[Multi] Americas Sales Chart, Oct. 23-29: Record-Setting Debut for Battlefield 3

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SOFTWARE TOP 20
1) Battlefield 3 (X360) - 1,746,856 (1,746,856)
2) Battlefield 3 (PS3) - 959,951 (959,951)
3) Battlefield 3 (PC) - 294,661 (294,661)
4) Batman: Arkham City (X360) - 201,992 (800,753)
5) Batman: Arkham City (PS3) - 178,470 (714,929)
6) Dance Central 2 (X360) - 109,489 (109,489)
7) Just Dance 3 (Wii) - 99,152 (357,567)
8) Kinect Sports: Season 2 (X360) - 81,666 (81,666)
9) Pokemon Rumble Blast (3DS) - 65,538 (65,538)
10) Mario Kart Wii (Wii) - 63,948 (12,822,558)
11) Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi (X360) - 63,933 (63,933)
12) Kirby's Return to Dreamland (Wii) - 62,670 (62,670)
13) Wii Sports Resort (Wii) - 54,021 (14,212,152)
14) Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi (PS3) - 49,903 (49,903)
15) Wii Sports (Wii) - 49,329 (41,568,054)
16) Gears of War 3 (X360) - 45,949 (2,922,724)
17) Kinect Adventures! (X360) - 45,075 (7,403,731)
18) Forza Motorsport 4 (X360) - 40,016 (355,426)
19) The Sims 3: Pets (PC) - 39,858 (128,315)
20) Monster High: Ghoul Spirit (DS) - 39,477 (39,477)

HARDWARE
Xbox 360 - 150,237 (33,831,426)
PlayStation 3 - 110,540 (21,233,296)
Nintendo Wii - 105,643 (42,303,353)
Nintendo 3DS - 90,698 (2,130,735)
Nintendo DS - 39,670 (56,152,563)
Sony PSP - 20,249 (22,549,111)
PlayStation 2 - 16,221 (56,221,047)

Notes:
- Battlefield 3 sold a whopping 4.22 million copies in North America and Europe for the week ending October 29, making it the biggest debut of 2011 so far and the biggest launch in Electronic Arts history.
- Debut week sales for Battlefield 3 are up over 180% over the launch of Battlefield: Bad Company 2.
- Dance Central 2 debut week sales are down 12% from the first Dance Central, while Kinect Sports: Season Two debut sales are down 56% from the first Kinect Sports.
- Next week's major debuts: Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (PS3), The Lord of the Rings: War in the North (PC, PS3, X360), Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns (3DS), Sonic Generations (PC, PS3, X360), Fate/Extra (PSP)

Debuts:
- Battlefield 3 (X360) - 1,746,856 (#1)
- Battlefield 3 (PS3) - 959,951 (#2)
- Battlefield 3 (PC) - 294,661 (#3)
- Dance Central 2 (X360) - 109,489 (#6)
- Kinect Sports: Season Two (X360) - 81,666 (#8)
- Pokemon Rumble Blast (3DS) - 65,538 (#9)
- Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi (X360) - 63,933 (#11)
- Kirby's Return to Dreamland (Wii) - 62,670 (#12)
- Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi (PS3) - 49,903 (#14)
- Monster High: Ghoul Spirit (DS) - 39,477 (#20)
- Monster High: Ghoul Spirit (Wii) - 33,070 (#23)
- The House of the Dead: Overkill - Extended Cut (PS3) - 30,857 (#24)
- Disney Universe (X360) - 22,023 (#39)
- The Cursed Crusade (PS3) - 20,017 (#47)
- Disney Universe (Wii) - 19,833 (#49)

TOP 10 PREORDERS
1) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (X360) - 406,250 (2,386,019)
2) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (PS3) - 195,752 (968,794)
3) The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (X360) - 162,522 (966,417)
4) Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (PS3) - 82,300 (437,122)
5) The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Wii) - 68,675 (521,500)
6) Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary (X360) - 64,066 (475,142)
7) The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PS3) - 62,136 (350,613)
8) Star Wars: The Old Republic (PC) - 56,014 (752,655)
9) Assassin's Creed: Revelations (X360) - 40,062 (471,768)
10) Saints Row: The Third (X360) - 38,049 (221,853)

Written by: Mike Glubish

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