There’s been tons of focus in recent months on the epic clash between Activision’s billion-dollar “Call of Duty” franchise and EA’s smaller yet also enormously successful IP, “Battlefield.” Much of the narrative in the gaming press focuses on this clash of the titans as a “kill or be killed” scenario, in which one game is going to earn the rank of “hugest game ever” and the other will be forever condemned to obscurity.

Of course, we gamers know that both games are going to be massive successes regardless of who wins the sales battle, and the pre-order figures suggest that both EA and Activision are going to have very fine holiday seasons. What no one seems to have picked up on, however is how Bethesda’s “The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim” is creeping up the presale chart and now lies in third place, just 200,000 or so sales from “Battlefield 3.”

Here’s a breakdown on the top ten contenders, thanks to VG Chartz:

Overall, this chart doesn’t tell us anything we didn’t already know about the upcoming fall barrage of releases, except maybe that PS3 owners aren’t that into pre-ordering things. However, it would be fun to see the narrative between EA and Activision completely disrupted by a massive surge in “Skyrim” pre-orders.

I’m planning on picking up “Battlefield 3,” “Skyrim” and “Skyward Sword” this fall. What about you?

Via VGChartz

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