http://www.joystiq.com/2008/02/08/mgs4-doesnt-need-1m-day-one-sales-payton-misquoted/

 As fun as it's been to dream about the vague, but imminent peril hinted at by Metal Gear Solid 4 assistant producer Ryan Payton when he allegedly told Reuters that the game must sell over a million copies on day one (or else...?), it's time to wake up -- all bets are off! Speaking on the Bionic Commando podcast, Payton denied ever quoting the ominous figure, admitting, "I don't even know how many figures we'd need to sell to be profitable." (Figures? Aren't we talking about game sales?)

"More importantly, that's not something you really talk about in an interview," Payton continued, "I've been trying to contact Kemp Powers over at Reuters to see, I don't know, if he recorded it on tape, but I'd love to hear it. So we can set the record straight." Well Payton, consider the record straighted with us. (This whole thing never made much sense anyway ... What if it took two days to break a million -- then what?)

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I'm glad they set the record straight--a million in one day would be GREAT, and it would also be possible, but required?  No way.

Konami must have came down on his ass.

EDIT: Okay...that doesn't sound right but I'll leave it in there because you know what I meant.

As far as I'm concerned a full-price sale is a full price sale whether it occurs launch day, the next day or the day before it becomes a bargain Greatest Hits title. So I never really understood how doom would occur if they didn't reach 1million in one day. How many it sells before becoming a greatest hits is what will determine the viability of the project and of other projects of its magnitude.

^ LOL. (two, three, four)

It took him this long to address himself being misquoted? How many months has it been? I am inclined to agree with ClaudeLv250.

what would be nice is for the "tape" to surface

Took him long enough.

It's too late Konami. We WILL give you a million day one. We WILL pay the price if we fail.

That is all.

I'm not sure how often this guy reads online chat's and such guys :P It's not exactly printed press news here xD.

I already started a thread about this but its dead. Anyways i checked to see how much assasins creed has sold and its about 2 million (ps3) so if assasins creed (emphasis on ASS can at least reach a million i have no doubt mgs4 will at least reach a million.