So did MGS4 fail to meet expectations?

[Gnizmo]

chenguo4 said: 

 

Are you gonna ignore the graph I put up? Here it is again:

 Your graph is meaningless really. Allow me to demonstrate why.

http://vgchartz.com/swlaunch.php?reg1=America&game1=Metal+Gear+Solid+4%3A+Guns+of+the+Patriots+-+PS3&reg2=America&game2=Metal+Gear+Solid+2%3A+Sons+of+Liberty+-+PS2&reg3=America&game3=Metal+Gear+Solid+-+PS&weeks=100

http://vgchartz.com/swlaunch.php?reg1=Japan&game1=Metal+Gear+Solid+4%3A+Guns+of+the+Patriots+-+PS3&reg2=Japan&game2=Metal+Gear+Solid+2%3A+Sons+of+Liberty+-+PS2&reg3=Japan&game3=Metal+Gear+Solid&weeks=100

http://vgchartz.com/swlaunch.php?reg1=Japan&game1=Metal+Gear+Solid+4%3A+Guns+of+the+Patriots+-+PS3&reg2=Japan&game2=Metal+Gear+Solid+2%3A+Sons+of+Liberty+-+PS2&reg3=Japan&game3=Metal+Gear+Solid&weeks=100

 Notice how each graph is set-up to compare it against 2 other Metal Gear Solid games, but only one comes back with data. I suspected that the staggered launch was to blame for the graph disparity, but it appears to be a large amount of missing data. The only region we have data for has MGS2 way ahead. I will tool around and see if we have hard data for 3 to compare it with, but 3 was the sales low point I seem to recall.