Most Anticipated Games According to Nielsen, but What Are Yours?
Nielsen have conducted research throughout June to see which the most anticipated games of 2012 are. The results are in, and are interesting, but we want to hear your thoughts.
If you’re not aware of who Nielsen are, or what they do, well, they are a global marketing and research company based in Manhattan, with a massive amount of staff, based in over 100 countries.
Consumer data was derived from online interviews of 4,823 male and female active gamers (those who own at least one current generation console and actively play on and purchase games for that console), between the ages of 7 to 54.
First up, they asked people what their most anticipated Xbox 360 title was. No surprises here as Halo 4 took the crown easily. One thing of note however, is how highly anticipated Resident Evil 6 is, in both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 categories.
2012 Title for Xbox 360 | Release Date | Game Rank |
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Halo 4 | 11/6/2012 | 99% |
Call of Duty: Black Ops II | 11/13/2012 | 97% |
Assassin’s Creed III | 10/30/2012 | 94% |
Madden NFL 13 | 8/28/2012 | 94% |
Resident Evil 6 | 10/2/2012 | 93% |
Borderlands 2 | 9/18/2012 | 88% |
NCAA Football 13 | 7/10/2012 | 83% |
NBA 2K13 | 10/2/2012 | 82% |
FIFA Soccer 13 | 9/25/2012 | 79% |
Fable: The Journey | 10/9/2012 | 77% |
Darksiders II | 8/14/2012 | 76% |
Need For Speed: Most Wanted (2012) | 10/30/2012 | 74% |
Far Cry 3 | 12/4/2012 | 74% |
Medal of Honor: Warfighter | 10/23/2012 | 74% |
NHL 13 | 9/11/2012 | 69% |
Lots of multi-format titles here, with only Halo 4 and Fable: The Journey really representing first-party from Microsoft.
Sony fared slightly worse, which is to be expected as most of their first-party titles are slated for 2013; titles like Beyond, God of War: Ascension and The Last of Us.
2012 Title for PS3 | Release Date | Game Rank |
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Call of Duty: Black Ops II | 11/13/2012 | 99% |
Madden NFL 13 | 8/28/2012 | 97% |
Assassin’s Creed III | 10/30/2012 | 97% |
Resident Evil 6 | 10/2/2012 | 96% |
NCAA Football 13 | 7/10/2012 | 93% |
Borderlands 2 | 9/18/2012 | 88% |
NBA 2K13 | 10/2/2012 | 85% |
Darksiders II | 8/14/2012 | 81% |
NHL 13 | 9/11/2012 | 80% |
FIFA Soccer 13 | 9/25/2012 | 79% |
Far Cry 3 | 12/4/2012 | 79% |
Need For Speed: Most Wanted (2012) | 10/30/2012 | 78% |
Hitman: Absolution | 11/20/2012 | 77% |
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron | 8/28/2012 | 77% |
WWE ‘13 | 11/1/2012 | 75% |
Finally we come to Nintendo’s Wii, which is mostly predictable save for FIFA and Pro Evolution Soccer making an appearance. Other than that, you’d expect most of the results, Just Dance 4 dominates.
2012 Title for Wii | Release Date | Game Rank |
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Just Dance 4 | 10/9/2012 | 97% |
Madden NFL 13 | 8/28/2012 | 94% |
Just Dance: Disney Party | 10/23/2012 | 94% |
Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two | 11/20/2012 | 86% |
Disney Princess: My Fairytale Adventure | 9/18/2012 | 79% |
WWE ‘13 | 11/1/2012 | 74% |
Need For Speed: Most Wanted (2012) | 10/30/2012 | 71% |
NBA 2K13 | 10/2/2012 | 69% |
FIFA Soccer 13 | 9/25/2012 | 64% |
The Last Story | 7/31/2012 | 63% |
Everyone Sing | 9/4/2012 | 61% |
Ice Age: Continental Drift: Arctic Games | 7/10/2012 | 37% |
Skylanders Giants | 10/1/2012 | 33% |
Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 | 9/25/2012 | 11% |
Rise of the Guardians: The Video Game | 11/20/2012 | 7% |
So, now you’ve seen the results of Nielsen’s research, but what are your most anticipated games of 2012? If you’ve listened to the Godcast recently, you’ll know that Borderlands 2 and Darksiders II are high atop the list of the podcast crew, but we’d love to hear your thoughts in the comment section below.
Source: Nielsen