One of the sites I look at when trying to determine interest in certain titles is Comgnet, a Japanese retailer who puts up daily reservations on the top 20 titles. It's linked up front.
It's just one retailer so obviously this isn't exactly a fool proof determiner, especially of more casual titles, but it can show core gamer interest. Basically, if a title doesn't show well on this chart before release, it is usually not going to do well, at least initially. I've found that *on average* for every 200 reservations you get about 100,000 units sold for the week. Obviously it varies from title to title but it is a good starting point.
I'm tracking 3 titles at the moment- Dragon Quest IX, Monster Hunter Tri, and Wii Sports Resort.
The numbers for tonight:
Dragon Quest IX: 2075
Monster Hunter Tri: 457 (split between three different versions)
Wii Sports Resort: 132
Comgnet Daily Rankings
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