Aprisaiden on 06 November 2008
@FishyJoe
While you are correct that its possible for MGS4 to have 710k - 810k copies on retailer shelves i don't think GTA4 is a valid example... after all GTA4 -- the biggest release this year sold 6 million copies in its first week. As such its not surprising that at the end of may retailers had stocked up on copies of the game which is expected to sell over 15 million copies easily...
Compare that to MGS4 4 months after the game was released --> will retailers really stocking more than 2 or 3 copies per store?
Anyway in the end MGS4 has sold extremely well and will pass MGS3 in lifetime sales -- possibly approaching or hitting the 5 million mark.
