that question is not really about the game but people often use the japanese amazon to talk about preorders or sales. isn't rakuten much bigger in japan and wouldn't it make more sense to use the ranking of them?

Is the trend is to be believed, MH4 will do 2M in Japan.

These are the sales data taken from Capcom's website:

PSP MH:
Monster Hunter Freedom : 1.3M (2005)
Monster Hunter Freedom 2 : 2.4M (2007)
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite : 3.3M (2008)
Monster Hunter Freedom 3 : 4.7M (2010)

Wii + 3DS
Monster Hunter Tri : 1.9M (Wii) (2009)
Monster Hunter 3 (Tri) G : 1.9M (3DS) (2011)

so with these numbers its really safe to safe MH4 will B 2nd place no matter what cuz the lowest this game is selling in japan is 3.5mil lifetime. It has a shot to be #1 of all time but its a stretch, anything is possible since we yet to see how a new MH4 game sells on a nintendo handheld

It won't sell 3.5M in Japan.

ok then how much will it sell lifetime>>? dont be scared>>> also by end of year

I would say 2-2.5M lifetime sales in Japan.

WOW talk about low, its gonna do way more than that, so im guessing you think by years end it'll sell 1.5-2mil right lmao, i bet it'll pass 2.5mil sales by 2015, your so gonna regret that prediction

I just don't see any reason why sales would be higher than that based on sales of the past few entries.

i do, its going to be freaking huge! Im so sure, but it looks like i cant change your mind! Im so sure it'll sell much more than you think.... Wager? I say it'll easily sell more than 2.5mil by 2015, since im so certain, if i lose you can have 3 months of sig control, if i win i get 1 month from you.... Sound good?