Metal Gear Solid 4 is backordered at Gamestop.com. I know you guys are saying that isn't a shock but it actually is. GTA IV wasn't  on backorder until nine days after it was released.

 The sales of this game might be through the roof.

Or they had less copies than their GTA4 stock....

However I'd like to think that everybody is buying this game tho

4 - 5 million would be a huge success for this game. I will be adding to the Gamestop supply problem in 4 hours. New gameplay videos on gametrailers are great.

GTA4 had tons and tons of stock.

PS3 games FTW!!

Luckily amazon have it in stock, blockbuster were out of stock when I went down there

Well becasue GS only allowed 60 games per store, is this true?

they probably ordered 10 billion fewer copies of MGS4 than GTAIV -- I don't think anyone is expecting it to outsell GTA

GTA IV was a dissapointment to T2 in sales (I think), and therefore there was no backorder, because there was more stock than really needed. Therefore, this is only valid to compare how much it compares to expectations.

MGS 4 appears to outdo Konami's expentations, which is fairly incredible.

I say MGS4 will be the best selling in the series history. It will take time but hell it will get there.