Sullla on 02 June 2008
| MikeB said: Sounds promising. 200K for its first week would make MGS4 easily the fastest selling PS3 game for Japan. Hopefully the release will push many hardware sales. |
Not really, although it would be fair to say that it would make Metal Gear Solid "one of the fastest" selling PS3 games in Japan. Devil May Cry 4 opened with 209k in its first week... and has sold just over 303k lifetime in Japan. Dynasty Warriors 5 debuted with 186k in week 1, ended up at 409k lifetime. Gundam Musou started out with 175k, and unfortunately only made it to 298k lifetime.
So an opening around 200k would place Metal Gear Solid in the same range as several of the other big-name games that have come out so far for PS3. I think the interesting question is whether it will be the first PS3 title in Japan to break 500k sales.
End of 2008 totals: Wii 42m, 360 24m, PS3 18.5m (made Jan. 4, 2008)
