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Halo 3: ODST, God of War III top E3 favorites - Survey

By Matthew Peters, GameSpotPosted Jun 18, 2009 12:27 pm PT

Nielsen study released yesterday reveals the top 12 games presented at the expo that are most likely to be purchased by gamers.

According to a June 8 report by research group Nielsen, New Super Mario Bros. Wii garnered the most online "buzz" at this month's Electronic Entertainment Expo. However, a report released this week indicates that such ephemeral attention might not translate into hard sales.

Mario and his Yoshi steed did not ride onto the top-12 list.

The survey asked gamers which games presented at E3 they were definitely or probably interested in purchasing. Some 53 percent of respondents were likely to purchase Halo 3: ODST, with 49 percent for God of War III. On the other end of the list, The Beatles: Rock Band ranked last at 12th with 30 percent.

One interesting factoid by Nielsen is that there were no massive changes in interest in the 12 titles from pre-E3 to post-E3. As the research group puts it, "In other words, games that already tugged at gamers’ hearts held on."

The results of Nielsen's June 7 to 14 survey are listed below, along with a video of GameSpot's Halo 3: ODST demo.

TITLE - RELEASE DATE - PERCENTAGE INTERESTED
1) Halo 3:ODST - September 22, 2009 - 53%
2) God of War III - March 2010 - 49%
3) Wii Sports Resort - WII - July 26, 2009 - 45%
4) Guitar Hero 5 - September 1, 2009 - 42%
5) Final Fantasy XIII - Q2 2010 - 37%
6) Madden NFL 10 - August 14, 2009 - 35%
7) Guitar Hero: Van Halen - Q3 2009 - 34%
8) Assassins Creed 2 - November 17, 2009 - 32%
9) Need for Speed: Shift - September 22, 2009 - 32%
10) Need for Speed: Nitro - Q3 2009 - 32%
11) NCAA Football 10 - July 14, 2009 - 32%
12) Beatles Rock Band - September 9, 2009 - 30%

179 Comments

  • sicklilfreak

    Posted Aug 5, 2009 6:20 pm PT

    Cant wait ^^

  • jemoedr

    Posted Aug 4, 2009 10:41 am PT

    Its the same as the fact that WoW is still first in the PC top 10 list.. i mean, get real, it shouldn't even be IN that list anymore...

  • jemoedr

    Posted Aug 4, 2009 10:36 am PT

    wtf? How can a stupid game like guitar hero stand ABOVE FFXIII??

    And NFS? Come on... since the comming of Most Wanted it went straight downhill, a very steep hill...

  • AttackTroll

    Posted Jul 19, 2009 12:37 pm PT

    Looks great

  • munchlax99

    Posted Jul 19, 2009 10:32 am PT

    mw2???

  • jokerzrus

    Posted Jul 18, 2009 8:34 am PT

    Assassins creed 2 should be #1...the game is gonna be EPIC =D

  • 2mike23

    Posted Jul 15, 2009 1:45 pm PT

    not cool

  • Fady117

    Posted Jul 1, 2009 11:36 pm PT

    LOOKING FORWARD TO ASSASSIN'S CREED 2!!!!!!!

  • Cillerboy

    Posted Jun 29, 2009 4:01 am PT

    those ppl seemed to have missed some of the best looking games like uncharted 2, splinter cell:convictions or alan wake just to name a few.

  • MGS4RobRules

    Posted Jun 28, 2009 4:09 am PT

    where is MW2 ??? cant wait 4 assassins creed 2

  • bladerbot

    Posted Jun 27, 2009 8:20 pm PT

    MW2 ??? did they not show it at E3? WTF TREYARCH!!!

  • lucky789

    Posted Jun 26, 2009 2:32 pm PT

    final fantasy 13 is amazing

  • kd_kash

    Posted Jun 26, 2009 12:33 pm PT

    No splinter cell convictions or mass effect2?

  • Giakura

    Posted Jun 25, 2009 12:39 pm PT

    Uncharted 2 and MW2 not listed?? O.O

  • SvV_Ying

    Posted Jun 24, 2009 10:48 am PT

    Some of those I'm definitely going to buy

  • anik786

    Posted Jun 22, 2009 11:58 am PT

    Splinter cell and unencharted 2 should have been up there. The thing is that most people will buy games that has great titles and will not care to check about how good the actually is.

  • 2682271

    Posted Jun 22, 2009 7:38 am PT

    crab and bla bla bla
    ff XIII should be number 1

  • VINCENT299

    Posted Jun 22, 2009 7:12 am PT

    where's splinter cell and mw2 ???

  • Pexalottle

    Posted Jun 21, 2009 11:52 pm PT

    thats because MW2 doesnt interest everybody. It was #1 on my list though

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