Big openers through time:
Name of best 1st weeker- WW sold - top in its area
Dragon Quest VII- 2.2M WW. 2.2M Japan
Final Fantasy 7* - Unkown WW - 2.0M Japan.
Halo 3 - 3.8M - 2.8M America
Pokemon Gold/Silver** - unkown WW - 1.5M Japan
Pokemon Diamond/Pearl - 3.6M WW - 1.6M Japan
Starcraft*** - unkown WW - unkown Others.
Super Smash Brothers Brawl**** - 2.5M WW - 1.6M America
Grand Theft Auto 360 - 3.3M WW - 2.3M America
Grand Theft Auto Ps3 - 2,4M - 1.2M America
Grand Theft Auto Combined - 5.7M - 3.5M America
* Final Fantasy 7 may very well be a bigger opener than Halo 3. It sold 2M first week, and ended with 4 in Japan. It has sold 5M in Others and America, so it could be the biggest opener ever.
** Pokemon Gold/Silver opened with 1.5M in Japan. It sold more overall in America, and about equal in Europe. This should be bigger than FF7, and could beat Halo 3. It had 600K preorders in America (http://gameboy.ign.com/articles/085/085733p1.html) and at this time preorders weren't very big.
*** Put it up as at least number 2 should have enourmous sales. 42% of its sales are in Korea, and Korea sales are 4M, so about 10M total sales. First week - unkown.
****Lacks European sales.
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