One of the world’s biggest video game expo,E3, made a comeback after missing last year earlier this month. Now that 2021’sE3has come to a close, many gamers have started looking back on all of the new games and trailers revealed, and have started discussing what games they are looking forward to the most.
There was a wide variety of games shown during this year’s E3, with companies like Xbox, Nintendo, and Square Enix all coming together to show what players can look forward to playing in the coming years. While the company that organizes E3, the ESA, hasrevealed the winners of its E3 Awards, another metric some have looked towards to see who won E3 is pre-order numbers.
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Thankfully, GameStop has come out to help players who care about the numbers by announcing the top ten games that have been preordered at its stores in the wake of E3. As a bonus, the list includes an honorable mention inHalo Infinite. The bottom of the top ten is filled byPokemon Legends: Arceusat number 10,Madden NFL 22at number 9,Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Allianceat number 8, andFar Cry 6at number 7. Number 6 is held bySquare Enix’s newMarvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, which was one of the bigger surprises of the show.
Interestingly, the top half of the list is dominated by Nintendo titles. Number 5 is held byMario Party Superstarswith number 4 beingPokemon Brilliant DiamondandPokemon Shining Pearl. Number 3 is the upcomingMario Golf Super Rushwith number 2 beingLegend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD. Finally, the most pre-ordered game after E3 at GameStop isMetroid Dread. Fans have been waiting a long time for a new mainlineMetroidgame, and it was announced following Nintendo’s presentation thatMetroid Dreadwill finish the story started by the very first gamein the series.
Of course, GameStop’s data is only privy to the pre-order numbers at their stores, so it could be possible that pre-orders through other avenues could sway the leaderboard pretty significantly. Regardless, it is interesting that Nintendo dominates GameStop’s top 10 so much. Of course, it could also be a consequence of Nintendo’s line-up primarily being games releasing later this year where many of the other shows showed games that were either further from release or didn’t even have solid dates. Either way, there werea lot of games revealed at E3to get excited about with something coming for every type of gamer under the sun.
