you also have to take in ming when GOW 1 released that it was a new IP.

Take Uncharted 2 & Killzone 2 for example how they sold compared to the first one.

When GOW 2 released,PS3 had already launched so there was not much hype about the game.

Now when GOW 3 released it had both an established vid game name and it is releasing as a major release in the middle of the gen.So i think so that it can do easily 1.2-1.5m first week

Around 700,000 first week, maybe a little more. My guess based off how the past two games sold and how Uncharted 2 and Killzone 2, both highly anticipated PS3 sequels sold first week.

yes it will sell more than the other titles...

i know at first glance your logic is sound y would a game with a smaller install base sell more than the previous titles?

the answer? hype.

and i know at first glance my logic seems terrible compared to yours, but i have to admit i had no idea what god of war was when it came out wasnt even on my radar in 2005, then the second came and i got curious, tried it in 2008 since ive been hearin all this hype about 3, i am now a commited fan and GoW3 will be a day one by for me. for critics and hardcore gamers, god of war might be the best title on ps2, but i dont think until the casual base are checking it out, the collection is only helping those like me who may have passed it in 2005, and at the current rate of preorders itl do 500k in americas alone.

day one sales prediction.

500k americas

285k europe

75k japan

day one sales=860k

ltd=5mln(it will be bundled the following black friday, and throughout the course of the console life)

i know it doesnt sound right but i work at gamestop(i know i fail lol) and this is by far our most pre ordered title 3 times higher than mass effect two mag or ff13. the hype is out there. and also it shold be noted halo climbed higher and higher each installment(numbered anyway), and the old mgs4 did better than mgs3 on a smaller base argument. the reason? hype......(and on a side note i think reach has the same potential, to do better than 3 that is)

US: 440k
Eu: 420k
Japan: 35k

1.3 Million First Day

2.1 Million First Week .

7 Million Life Time .

*facepalm*

at least 1 million

first day? those are awfully high numbers no?

anyway, think i'll do one on another game, thanks for the idea.

on topic though...

300k day 1, theres no way it could do 1M, thats unrealistic.

I can definetly say it'll do OVER NINE THOUSEND!!!! IN the first secound after its released then in the first day of sales around the world it'll do OVER A MILLION and ltd it ll do OVER NINE MILIONNS.

1 million ++ FW
4.5 million + LT