I wonder how this thing will sell in the future, will it replace the other Monster Hunter?

I threw the 1M figure out there without actually knowing what the shipments figures were.

Someone said it is 700,000. If so, that is going to be sold out already, so it all really depends on when the next shipment is and how big it is going to be.

It is the school holidays here at the moment, so first day figures were always going to be huge, but if the supply is there for this weekend too then sales will be big. Very big.

If Capcom ship enough copies then 1,000,000 after a week is very possible. 900,000 just for the 27th, 28th, and 29th is also looking likely.

Naz is somewhat limited by his Mod status. So he can't show too my fan favor toward PSP

 Nobody on this forum loves PSP more than Hunter and I, not at least I'm aware of.

You never know.... brawl opened first day sales with 500.000 copies and landed at 850.000 by the end of the week. MHP 2nd G opened with 670.000, considering its higher than brawl the chance is most possible.

Hanafuda could be missing the target by +50.000 or -50.000.

Also considering he lives in Japan I presume he has the privilege to observe trends. Of course not speaking for all, but he's probably able to experience first hand where the market is going.

Overall, the final sales will be very, very, VERY close to his target.

 it's different with Brawl, Braw has great legs. MH has fantastc legs, outside of week 1. but individually, I don't think it will go over 800k first week.

I dont see how its any different, its a video game product. And it looks like you just answered why its possible.

Something troubles me though. Im kinda surprised by this anticipation of Monster Hunter.

On the portable console it seems to do far beyond excellent. On stationary consoles, meaning the PS2, it seems like its only doing decent. It has yet to reach a million alone in Japan on the PS2, which is where the franchise is the strongest.

Which is why Im really not sure how it will go on the Wii.

I'm not sure about the Wii version.  The PSP games are huge here as you know, and it has a 'social' aspect to it.  One of the big attractions is meeting up with friends and playing ad-hoc together.  I see this all the time.  Sunday for example, I saw 4 early-mid teen guys all playing PSP together.  I didn't see what they were playing, but I knew it was Monster Hunter.  This was in the local park. 

If the Wii version has 4 player split screen, then it will be able to capture some of that, but even so, it isn't the same as hanging out wherever you want and playing it.  The flexibility isn't there.  Playing over the Internet isn't the same either.

Also, the Wii demographic is very different to the PSP demographic.

 If the WIi version has half-assed online feature, the game will not sell nearly as well, ONline feature is what made the PSP version so popular

@rukusa  just wait until the week 1 number comes in, you will get what I am talking about.

Dude, Im totally clear on the term "long legs" its NOT like you have to wink me and say "you'll see what Im talking about". 

What I was implying was that MHP 2nd G will start with bigger/higher legs from the starting line.