FishyJoe on 18 June 2008
If you look at past sales trends, MGS is much more front loaded in Japan. MGS3 fell very fast after a couple weeks. In America it started slow, I'm not sure why. I'd guess America will have a more front loaded selling pattern for MGSIV.
| Region |  Japan |
 America |
 Others |
Total |
| Total Sales | 0.86m | 1.42m | 1.70m | 3.98m |
| Week 1 | 493,827 | 183,805 | 411,100 | 1,088,732 |
| Week 2 | 115,054 | 156,318 | 189,696 | 461,068 |
| Week 3 | 79,141 | 87,101 | 74,913 | 241,155 |
| Week 4 | 46,779 | 122,559 | 51,299 | 220,637 |
| Week 5 | 19,900 | 142,575 | 34,818 | 197,293 |
| Week 6 | 10,365 | 177,632 | 25,073 | 213,070 |
| Week 7 | 7,575 | 40,432 | 23,931 | 71,938 |
| Week 8 | 4,913 | 23,834 | 19,529 | 48,276 |
| Week 9 | 4,322 | 18,265 | 17,939 | 40,526 |
| Week 10 | 3,511 | 15,102 | 17,794 | 36,407 |
