The Conduit sold 420.000
Madworld sold 510.000
These titles had very small marketing budgets compared to MHT.

Monster Hunter Tri sold 440.000 so far in the west.
It had a very large western marketing budget for a 3rd party Wii title, its marketing budget will probably only topped this gen on Wii by one game once it hits the west: Dragon Quest X.

Flop? No. Success? No. Mild disappointment? Probably.

I know, and I also chose only 3rd party games for my comparison which mainly sell to the "core" audience, just like MHT (I chose not deBlob for example which was a great success with nearly 800.000 copies sold without big marketing, but I'm sure deBlob sold to "casuals" and new gamers as well).

MHT will make it past 500.000, but not much more.

With my comparison I'm just saying: In my opinion the developers/publishers of The Conduit and MadWorld can be content with the sales of their games, but Capcom not really with MHT. I think they want to establish MH as a big franchise in the west, but MHT showed again that it only works to some extent.

I thought it would have outsold MHFU in the west by now, but its sales are ok. Not great, not terrible.

while yes better comparisons in general still not the best to use.

1: monster hunter is not a new ip, though also in same sense it hasn't yet succeeded in west

2: totally different genre's as well

I mean this is going to be the best selling MH game in west, that seems like at least a "mission accomplished" to some extent.  Any game developer wants to sell more than prior game, and if you do that and are dissapointed then well your expectations were too high.  Also regarding the fact that it isn't a new IP, if prior sales were all around say 500k, then expecting a million this time makes me wonder "where is your reasoning behind that prediction"

We will never know the marketing budgets of Conduit and MadWorld, but I assume they paled in comparison to MHT. Let's not forget MHT got a classic controller bundle as well to push the game (and I remember some VGC members saying they'll give the franchise a try just for the added controller). Capcom and Nintendo marketed this game very well imo and I'd never claim that MHT was or will be a flop (you're probably right that it even has a shot at 700.000 LT, we will see). Maybe I was expecting too much, but I still think it can't be called a success. I'd call the sales good if the game wasn't marketed so heavily, now I call them just okay.

Just a sec here... Its settled in selling around 10,000 units per month. If it averages that for the rest of the year that is a further 260,000 units added equalling 700,000 in less than one year. My real prediction is that it rests at an average of about 6,000 units per week for the rest of the year... ending at about 600,000 in 9 months.

Ill wait for Sven

You can't put a great game down.

I love Monstare Hunter Tri! One of the most beautiful games on the Wii!

But knowing Capcom, I will not be surprised if they release a Monster Hunter 1,2 & Tri HD Collection for the PS3.

Even the PSP versions might make it.

Same with Resident Evil 4, Umbrella Chronicles, Darkside Chronicles HD Collection

and Devil May Cry 1.2 HD Collection

All PlaySation Move compatible.

oh, you're serious?

 This game here in the UK got as much promotion (TV ads, 'priority' shelf space, Nintendo Magazine covers) as any first party Nintendo game and doesn't seem to have set the sales charts alight like those. Any game with that much put behind it should fair better in my opinion, albeit perhaps the majority of those EU figures are for the UK and it was just forgotten outside of the UK?

 It's not poor sales but I can't imagine many games, with the promotion they got here, 'happy' to settle well short of 6 figures, just my take.

 Brilliant sales in Japan when you consider it has a pay monthly online type thing though.