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Forums - Sales Discussion - MGS4 Japan --- First day sales

TheSource said:

Software should behave something like this:

420k-65k-35k-15k-8k-5k-2k

PS3 hw might do something like this:

35k-25k-15k-12k-9k

 

 I don't think SW is gonna be a frontloaded as you have it, but it'll have a huge drop next week, yes. I'm not holding my breath but I'm hoping the HW can sustain about 15-20k because of some decent quality games being released in the next month and a half or so. 

 



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Wow, it looks like hardcore is still alive and kicking and that is able to move an awful lot of money even on relatively small HW bases.



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TheSource said:

First day sales were higher than I expected looking at previous top preorder data vs. week one data.

 

MGS2 went from ~469k to 89k on a bigger userbase than PS3 has in week one to week two.

MGS3 went from ~498k to 115k on an even bigger base in week one to week two.

 

I'm thinking a disproportionately high number of the games sales will be day one, I wouldn't be surprised at all if it tops at 420k week one, even after a 300k opening simply because 420k is ~20% of the PS3 base in Japan.

 

Software should behave something like this:

420k-65k-35k-15k-8k-5k-2k

PS3 hw might do something like this:

35k-25k-15k-12k-9k

 


 Well it seem source you are wrong again on MGS4 sales. PS3 is confirmed to sell at least 50k and MGS4 350k first day.