i dont think any game except for gta can emulate what halo 3 did. mgs doesnt have that big a fanbase to sell that much imo.

MGS3 sales are at 1.4 million with the massive PS2 install base. What makes anyone think MGS4 will get anywhere near Halo3? Also since Sony has used MGS4 as the prime hype title for the PS3 since the unveiling of the PS3 I believe it is highly likely that the purchasers of MGS4 are people who purchased PS3's early.

 I don't think I've heard one person assume this is achievable.

Well Metal Gear Solid 3 launched at 221,024 units on week 1 of its release and 2 weeks before that, halo 2 launched at 2.6 million units.

Yeah, is he sipping the juice?  I have never read that, heard that, or said that.  Are you okay?

Ironically, Killzone also launched 1 week before that at a staggering 29,215 units.  Killzone and Metal Gear Solid are not a huge IP's as people make them out to be. There just average to good.

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eugene,

MGS4 and killzone not huge IP ??

For Killzone : YES
For MGS4 : I dont agree.

MGS1 and MGS2 sell EACH 5.5M unit ...
do you really think it is only "good" ?
and whatever, MGS4 release is not suppose to have amazing sales like Halo3
It is suppose to move console
and GT5 will do it even better.

i've definetly heard the sony hype that MGS4 will be THE game to sell the ps3 (other forums though, part of why i like VG chartz is people are much better behaved). of course they are the same fanboys that said the same about uncharted, ratchet and clank, EoJ, folklore, lair, UT, so basically every ps3 exclusive.

i'm not that familur with the MGS series so i looked up the data.

halo 2 on XB: 8.4 million
MGS3 on ps2: 4 million

so about half the sales on a much larger user base. i'll take that to mean that MGS4 won't push the sales of the ps3 as much as halo3 did for the 360. almost a shame cause from the videos i've seen MGS4 is looking to be a much better game than halo3.

Metal Gear Solid is nowhere near as big of a franchise as Internet fans seem to assume. Much like God of War or Metroid Prime, these series get critical acclaim but don't appeal to the mass market. Metal Gear Solid 4 will probably do around 2-3 million sales lifetime; a very strong title, just not even remotely close to Halo numbers.

I'm going to agree with a bunch of people here and say that I too, have NEVER heard of ANY game selling as well as halo 3's launch >_>; that's some mighty fine refer there. Umm but yeah the question that MS fans should be asking themselves is "Will ANY other Non-halo title sell like Halo 3?" :P, everyone seems so quick to flaimbait the succes of playstation sales via launch week but I haven't seen crap out here for any other Xbox title >_>; How well did Forza do? How about Bioshock, shadowrun, or PGR? Did they sell as well opening week?