I know many people don't want to admit it but MGS just isn't that big of a game in Japan. Dynasty Warriors, Gundam Musou, and Hot Shots Golf are bigger games. Yakuza is almost as big of a game as MGS in Japan.
Please stop saying they will ship a much higher number than sold, it doesn't work that way. Shipped = sold eventually. MGS 3 shipped 860k and sold 860k. If there is unwanted stock the game will go through a price collapse until the price gets so low that people will buy it. Virtua Fighter 5 could be found for less than $10 because nobody wanted to buy it.
Also Konami does not decide how many is shipped, retailers order how many they think will sell. The only way things get overshipped is when retailers overestimate demand.
Basically i think konami is setting themself up to be dissapointed here.
currently playing: Skyward Sword, Mario Sunshine, Xenoblade Chronicles X
