First day sales in Japan (4/23) - MHG Wii, Killzone 2, Disaster Report 3

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mrstickball said:

ClaudeLv250 said:
It's like I stepped into a warzone. So I'm going to hit a few points while I'm here:

- I'm impressed by MHG numbers, I had lower expectations after reading Source's predictions for 100k first week. It almost did 100k first day. Monster Hunter generally has legs too, and with the MH3 demo being the main selling point, the more Capcom hypes MH3 to its eventual release, the more people may buy MHG to sample MH3 before the real deal comes along.

- Bayonetta will not have great numbers in Japan. I just don't see it getting close to DMC4, and that game's numbers weren't that great in the first place.

- The 2nd half of 2009 line up argument: I think the Wii beats the PS3 here, especially with variety and originality.

Monster Hunter games on consoles do not have legs. MH2 on PS2 debuted at 368,000 as per Famitsu, and managed 576,000 LTD. Not really great legs. Of course, the PSP games have had phenominal legs.

 

Well i really believe that Monster Hunter Tri on the Wii could have some legs when released. After such long lacklusture period for software in Japan the more core oriented userbase is craving for new titles (especially the big ones) also those that havent yet converted to the Wii will look at this title because of the size of the franchise in Japan. Who knows maybe Monster Hunter 3 can be really big in Japan? (not as big as PSP , but much bigger then PS2) MHG sales are really encouraging