Metal Gear Solid 4 has already passed 4 million!!

[Bodhesatva]

Yep, weve gone over this many times, Kane, but you're newish so it's understandable. Sometimes forums just have to be prepared to state things over and over again as new people join. What Konami is stating is sold to retail, because Konami makes their money when the retailer buys the game from them. VGChartz (an other trackers like NPD) report sold to consumers.

The consequence is that -- for all games -- the number publishers give will always be higher than what we report. All games sold to consumers have been sold to retail, but not all games sold to retail have been sold to consumers.