| HappySqurriel said: While there is no perfect relationship between first week sales and the lifetime sales of a game, there is a relationship there. If you’re making the assumption that God of War III will sell 3 times as much first week as God of War II sold in its first week, then it is fairly safe to assume that you also predict that God of War III will sell (roughly) to 3 times the level of God of War 2. Metal Gear Solid 4 sold better than Metal Gear Solid 3, but it certainly did not sell that much better than Metal Gear Solid 3; and we don't have data to support it selling any faster initially than Metal Gear Solid 3. |
@ bolded: yes we do. We have full weekly sales for both games. What more do you want?
And how is 1.5 million 3 times God of War 2's first week? It sold 550k in America alone. It's safe to assume that it sold at least 150k in Europe so 1.5 million would be closer to doubling it than tripling it.
