I think it means that PS3 has a chance for resurgence in Japan... if only SE could get out FF13 this fall for Japan and have it be polished...

Im 17, im just saying that, your always on this site 24/7

How is that cherry picking? MGS4 sold more than MGS3, that's all that there is to it. As much as I'm sure it pains you to see it.

JAPAN ftw

The other regions need to follow.
but obviously i am not expecting europe to drop

lets see if it will continue to sell well to pass MGS3 in total sales

Well we can see each week how it compares to MGS3..

Wow big boost for America... Keep in mind I bought 2 copies of MGS4...long story. I am returning one tomorrow however :)

FishyJoe said: If you look at past sales trends, MGS is much more front loaded in Japan. MGS3 fell very fast after a couple weeks. In America it started slow, I'm not sure why. I'd guess America will have a more front loaded selling pattern for MGSIV. Region Japan America Others Total Total Sales 0.86m 1.42m 1.70m 3.98m Week 1 493,827 183,805 411,100 1,088,732 Week 2 115,054 156,318 189,696 461,068 Week 3 79,141 87,101 74,913 241,155 Week 4 46,779 122,559 51,299 220,637 Week 5 19,900 142,575 34,818 197,293 Week 6 10,365 177,632 25,073 213,070 Week 7 7,575 40,432 23,931 71,938 Week 8 4,913 23,834 19,529 48,276 Week 9 4,322 18,265 17,939 40,526 Week 10 3,511 15,102 17,794 36,407

If you take a quick glimpse over the history of Metal Gear Solid 3, you'll understand why the American sales were so unusual. I'll save you the trouble in these two statements:

1. MGS3 was hyped, but it was nearly swallowed by the hype of two far larger competitiors, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Halo 2, which were hyped up to be and ended up as the defining games of last generation for their respective systems. This is probably why it sold less than the previous iterations despite the PS2 having a massive userbase at its launch.

2. The game launched during the holiday season. So even though it had low first week sales, it got a lot of sales just from being launched during that time period. I'm not sure when Week 7 took place, but that was most likely the week after Christmas, so sales might have dropped off. I can't be sure as I haven't checked the release dates.

Hey Darth you can expect Others to have less of a drop off next week. It will be Spains first week there.

It is cherry picking though. He's looking at the total sales of MGS4 without looking at the regional sales. There is a large disparity between Metal Gear Solid 3 and 4 when it comes to America.