I guess you failed to look at the TIE ratio for PSP games in Europe.  Its doesnt take much to outsell PSP games, especially in Europe. 

And who was talking about excuses before? Hypocrite.

Ok, so how about the PS2 games? Monster Hunter Tri has had a MUCH bigger launch in Europe etc. than any Monster Hunter game in the past, just what standard are you going by when you claim the sales are "disappointing"?

ps3 probably clearing stock for the new sku.

Ps3 is still above the 360 despite conviction (no pun here) But it's the slow season, will heat up again in a month or so

adjustements will be made when sonys numbers show that according to vgc there are 3 million ps3s on shelves despite of shortages vs 1 million 360s on shelves without shortages
and every vgcfanboy will again find some excuses

Im sure that Dead to Rights is high on Nacmo Bandi most important franchise list.  Right up there with Ridge Racer and Tekken.  The last revelant Dead To Rights was what, 2003? What more did you expect?

Nier is a new ip, created by Cavia.  If you look at the games that Cavia created, that isnt a part of a larger franchise (such as dragon ball or resident evil) you will see their sales are not barn burners.  I think this game is a step in SE quest to make more western origanted games and this is a decent start.

And what data are you using for this claim?  Both Japanese releases of MH and MH2 (both on PS2) outsold Tri first week in Europe, Monster Hunter 2 was never released in the west and there is no data for Monster Hunter in the west (at least here on VGC). 

How about the fact that Monster Hunter didn't sell enough for Monster Hunter 2 to be released in the West......?

It's like saying that CoD:MW2 in west outsold Japan's sales! It's obvious, you can do whatever you want, for this gen Monster Hunter is bigger in Japan than in west, that can change just with many successful MH in west which can increase IP's popularity.

Actually MH3 out sold every console MH, so really there's no comparison in Japan, if not with PSP (with no free online, less users and a different, less hardcore userbase how in hell could someone think that MH3 would have sold 3+m LTD??).

As a Wii game MH3 is doing well, as a third party Wii game it is doing great, as a Monster Hunter it's doing great in west, so really, don't see how the FW sales could be seen as bad.

you can't use the tie ratio in Europe for any system due to how much software information is missing. PSP has a lot of games that have never been tracked. The same can be said for most systems.