yeah.....I mean even his names like that

Now you speak in riddles.

Oh what the hell.

500k WW hardware
2m WW software

I am in no way shape or form expecting these numbers in this reality, so I'll do what everyone else does when their unrealistic prediction fails: plead supply constrained.

Over 300k ww hardware and about 1.5m ww software (about 1m on Day 1) is enough to claim success for both Konami and Sony and to punch a big hole in some of the more feeble theories being kicked around to include "everyone who is buying MGS4 already has a PS3" and "MGS4 is only a niche game."

 What I mean is that the arguement about low 1st week sales being down to short release time is mostly used when concerning European sales, not in the US

I cant even remember what my prediction was but....it will be a big week for sony, mark my words

No way MGS4 is a niche game!

Oh no: MGS4 is only for Teh HarDcoReZ. I'm sure absolutely nobody else will have any interest in it.

I genuinely hope the game will appeal to a broader audience even though in a way, this game is a bit of fan service from Kojima to those who have been following his MG games over the past 10-20 years.

Yes, that may be true. But I clearly remember the same happened about the US-sales of Lair, HS and somewhat Haze.

 Anyway, DMeister used the argument on MGS4 as a pre-emptive strike against the laugh-fest we'll have when MGS4 only moved 250,000 HW. ^^

Japan:

SW - 250k
HW - 40k

Americas:

SW - 450k
HW - 95k

Others:

SW - 650k
HW -  150k

Total:

SW - 1.35 million
HW - 285k

It's being released on a Thursday, it won't have a full week to sell.

Might have to revise my predictions again later.