As I said before, this was all about making Uncharted relevant from a news standpoint (Mw3 week). The only reason why there is doubt about these numbers, is because Sony confirmed it was sold to costumers, and IGN updated the info, and the Interwebz went crazy. There was "supposedly" contradictory information coming out of SCE, and in my mind it was the intent from Sony (some people will only see "it sold 3.8 FW", and say."I have to pick this game up").
U2 sold 5M
U3 > U2 (Internet belief)
1M played the beta
Huge advertisement world wide (ps3 standard)
1000x more hype then U2 before the game released.
If you take these into account 1.2M seems a little short, but, nothing factual to back this belief, and in fact, with the Uncharted series, FW numbers are the least important.
And the true question is, are these 3.8M supposed to last until the end of this year (from retailers/sony predictions)???
If the answer is no because there is more demand then it was expected that would mean that U3 took a huge step forward in GT territory
If the answer is yes, then selling 3.8M in 2 Months would mean a steady increase from U2.
Logic says the 2nd option is more likely
Regardless, I am happy for ND
