Can Metal Gear Solid 4 sell more than halo 3 in first week sales?

[windbane]

Gnizmo said:

windbane said:
No, but it could outsell Halo 3 eventually.

In the same way n asteroid could hit the earth, MGS 4 could outsell Halo 3. The Best selling MGS game has not sold as much as Halo 3, and it is not slowing down. The MGS series has not shown a lot of growth from game to game, and Halo games are usually around 3 million higher. There game just isn't as popular as Halo. Not by a long shot.

Name	Console	Publisher	Japan	America	Others	Total
	Halo 2	Microsoft	0.11	6.67	1.68	8.46
	Halo 3	Microsoft	0.10	5.69	1.96	7.75
	Halo	Microsoft	0.10	4.91	1.42	6.43

Name	Console	Publisher	Japan	America	Others	Total
	Metal Gear Solid	Konami	0.78	2.81	2.00	5.59
	Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty	Konami	0.85	2.29	2.42	5.56
	Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater	Konami	0.86	1.42	1.69	3.97
	Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops	Konami	0.38	0.35	0.31	1.04

It's nice not being on the PS3 browser anymore...

Anyway, MGS2 was a disappointment to a lot of people (not me), so MGS3 didn't sell as well.  It was only a prequel and on the same system and released when Halo 2 was, I believe.

However, as you can see, the difference is only 3 million between MGS and Halo 2.  I fully expect MGS4 to sell better than these previous versions with the bundle.  Halo 3 still has a ways to go to catch up to Halo 2.

 But hey, we'll see.  I don't particularly care either way.  Halo is probably the most overblown game as far as sales go.  CoD4 has blown it away.  Granted, that's multiplatform, but the way it is still selling it might pass Halo 3 on 360 alone.