tbone51 said:
I can't copy the link. It's on the Mc thread (gaf) |
The poster on NeoGAF seems to be confusing sell in and sell through.
The Press Release from Capcom states that the 3 million total includes sell in of Packaged Software, Digital Downloads & Download Cards.
Media Create only track Packaged Software unit sales to end users and therefore is not an accurate way of measuring sales from digital download.
Anyway, this is good news for Capcom as they have beat the Fiscal Year forecast for Monster Hunter X. There was a lot of discussion among retailers in Japan regarding the impact that Monster Hunter X would have and it was decided fairly early on that Monster Hunter X would not perform like a mainline game and instead would see much lower sales. It seems that retailers were wrong on this one and Monster Hunter X has seen strong sell through numbers which in turn has strengthened the 'Monster Hunter' brand.
