When this game recieves a 65% drop I dont want to hear about it from anyone.
OF COURSE IT'S FRONT LOADED! The other three were too.
Mgs3 - 1.09 to .46 60% drop off. (Japans drop off is 76% just to compare to the other numbers since I dont have WW for those games. Looks as if with WW numbers the drop off will be smaller)
Mgs2 - .47 to .09 80% drop off. (only have japans numbers)
MGS - .35 to .1 70% drop off. (japans numbers only)
1.63 mil - first week MGS4. 41% of MGS3's total sales
.57 - second week. 2.20 in 2 weeks. 55% of MGS3's total sales.
.20 ish 3rd week 2.40 in 3 weeks. 60%
.10 ish 4th week 2.50 in a month
Then christmas sales will boost the game some more
Then we all know it will recieve a re-release treatment just like the other three that helped them with sales.
http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=29769&start=0
for japans numbers only I would have said 75% drop off. You said 72% so we are on the same page.