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kber81 on 24 March 2008
Week one + 50k in Japan (MHF2 moved around 70k extra PSPs). In EU and USA people will buy a bit less...
I would say +35k. In the long run we can expect figures to gain around extra 7k-10k a week in both EU and USA. Japan can easily go back to ~ 20k few weeks later... PSP with two decent games (MHF2 and CCFFVII) really turned negative pace into positive though.
 
Week one: 70k (JP) + 100k (Others) + 90k (USA) = 260k


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darthdevidem01 on 24 March 2008

@fastra

as I said I cannot predict BEFORE GTA IV is out..

We need to know what the sales will be after GTA IV, how higher they will be..



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Fastrabbit09 on 24 March 2008

u have no gut feeling about how many people will buy a ps3 specifically for mgs4? ie they are holding off now, but once mgs4 comes out, they will take the plunge at the current pricing? that's what this thread is for

what about riot and capt preferences?  u both said 'big boost' but have yet to define what that means 



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darthdevidem01 on 24 March 2008

@fastra

yes that may happen as SONY announced the bundle so early, so maybe some people will be holding off....and so resulting in a huge boost then



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Deviation59 on 24 March 2008

Considering that it will also be the reintroduction of the popular 80gb unit, I imagine that it'll be a sizable boost. No clue on what the actual numbers will be.



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NintendoMan on 24 March 2008

a good boost, nothing significant but noticable.



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FinalEvangelion on 24 March 2008
Garcian Smith said:
Probably not much. I'd guess that most of the MGS fanboys out there already bought a PS3 at launch.

 Hmm... Where have I heard that line of reasoning before?  Oh yeah, when Halo 3 came out and Sony fans were saying that all Halo fanboys already got their 360.

 

Judging by various gaming forums and seeing all the "I will buy a PS3 for the release of this game," it might be a really big boost. 



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ChronotriggerJM on 24 March 2008

Man o' man all you guys are plain stupid, I'd say the PS3 box by itself will be about a foot tall, maybe a foot and a half, I expect the MGS4 bundle to be no different.

So yeah about a foot taller, not THAT much of a boost.



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SlumsofOhio on 24 March 2008
Fastrabbit09 said:
metal gear solid/ps: 5.59mil
metal gear solid 2/ps2: 5.56mil
metal gear solid 3/ps2: 3.96mil

it has been in a decline since the first, even tho larger userbase for each subsequent release

now, mgs4 may do better than mgs3 because ps3 owners will be more likely to buy it as one of a dozen good games instead of one of 100 good games

however, i don't think it is much of a system seller...those who are most likely to buy it already have a ps3...others who would like to buy it won't buy a ps3 until price goes down...a decent amount will buy it, but it won't bump up sales more than a few hundred k max

while it has great name recognition, it just isn't a huge seller like u would think

Those two numbers are the only ones that matter (bolded). MGS3 was a prequel that a few were impressed with. (Came around the same time as Halo 2, so no one noticed that MGS3 was out other than the hardcore fans.) MGS4 will likely hit 5 million Lifetime, maybe even 6 million.

The bundle will have a small impact in Japan, but the US and Europe is a different story.



                                   

Mummelmann on 24 March 2008

Ah, the good old "everyone who intends to buy game (insert title here) already own the console.
MGS will give the PS3 a massive ww boost I think, possibly spurring sustained ww sales of 250-300k for over a month and a permanent boost of 10-15% ww.
It is one of the most universally anticipated titles this year and even so far this gen ever since its announcement.
People can try to disarm the PS3 and its games all they want (and they want to), but there are some very good and highly rated and sold series on it who are bound to make an impact on hardware sales this year.