Japan Prelim: Around 460k first week in Japan for MGS4

[DragonLord]

FilaBrasileiro said:
What are your predictions for FFXIII 1st week Final Evangelion?


I must say this is great news for the PS3 but something on that article worries me:

"There appears to have been no significant bump in PS3 software sales to accompany Metal Gear Solid 4 sales."

That's not good AT ALL.

That should come in time...most that bought a new console didn't buy any extra software because they know they'll be absorbed with MGS4 for a week or two (plus the console, MGS4, & probably an extra remote already cost them a LOT...lol, probably waiting for the next paycheck!). If we see any jump in "other" titles for the ps3, it will probably be in the following weeks after they finish off MGS4 and are looking for something new to play.  I'd expect Yakuza 3, Hot Shots Golf 5, and Devil May Cry 4, Gran Turismo 5: Prologue...and some of the Gundam/Mech games to get some minor jumps in a few weeks.   Probably not enough to put them on the charts, but maybe a few thousand a week for each.

 

@I Perdict,

Yeah, I understand what you're saying...I was just saying that they announce it has 460,000 though so he wasn't REALLY inflating the sales, just saying what "preliminary data" is predicting. But I understand. I prefer to be a pessimist that way, I can be pleasantly surprised if things turn out better than expected and when they don't, it's not a big deal because I was expecting it.