Even if it "only" sells through its first shipment (which it is well on pace for) ... I'm sorry, but that's a big success.
The console market in Japan is so dead that there hasn't been even *ONE* console 3rd party game to cross 750,000 let alone 1 million.
Given that MH3 is a pay-to-play online-centric title on the Wii that really doesn't even use the Wiimote (that's pretty hardcore) ... 1 million is a minor miracle in itself IMO.
Comparing to FF13 is stupid, Final Fantasy is a franchise that has an established fan base built up over 20 years. MH is still an unproven franchise on the console side (previous console high was a decent but hardly spectacular 630k or so on the PS2). The Wii version already pretty much has matched the LTD sales of MH2 in just two days.
That bodes well for Monster Hunter 4 staying on the Wii brand IMO as well as potentially another MH3 expansion title on the Wii before that.
