Well it's not as though people know the proper definition of a lot of words, like how politicians think liberal does not stand for liberty, or how conservative has nothing to do with conservation (even it doesn't directly relate to environmental), or that politcially correct is a term only for left views, even though there is nothing in the term implying that.

 Well the last three Playstations have been comforatbly priced at no higher than $300. Doubling that has affected sales of games that did sell extremely well on the previous systems. I'm not saying it won't be a hit. Heck, it could even spur PS3 sales there. Yet as your question is "why wouldnt this be any different", I gave you a reason why. 

I (personally) wouldn't anticipate much in the way of sales from this mainly because the PS3's userbase is not large enough ...

A game like Hot Shots Golf (or Mario Golf) is a simple fun golf game designed primarily with non-golfers in mind, these games generally have a pretty broad but shallow appeal. Basically, what I am saying is someone who has already bought a PS3 (or has already decided to buy a PS3) may pick up this game but few people will be willing to buy a PS3 specifically for this game.

When the PS2 was released in my country it was some 450 euros back in 2001 .It didnt sell too well (but enough still ) the first months until it was price cut to 300 thats the truth .With the PS3 the same is happening although it has sold faster than expected until now .

the other hot shots were system sellers?  what evidence do you have?  It has sold well, but there is no reason to believe it sold systems, trust me i've looked.

all the others are system sellers so why wouldnt this one be?? it

I think the ps2 and psp version sold consoles that costed probably not more than $200-$250. Now, should this game sell $600 consoles). I don´t think so. After the casual market of Japan is playing Wii Sports golf, which, of course, looks faaaaaar worse, but cost extremely far less.
I could be wrong though, Japanese sometimes defy logic...

Guess what, chowderhead. This happens all the time. Resident Evil had a history of selling a million up to the third, and then suddenly RE4 can't sell a million in Japan on two platforms combined. Super Mario may be hot shit now but Mario Sunshine game couldn't muster a million like all the rest.

Past performance alone isn't in and of itself indactive of future performance. Everybody's Golf 5 is going to sell less than the previous games int he series, unless it can somehow get a 140% attach rate going. Even if it does push systems. Get your head out of your ass.

Dam whats up with the name calling??? did i once say it would sell a million no... i just said why cant it sell a million given the games tradition...  theres a difference Moron...

The only reason this won't be a million seller is because of the install base in Japan. I think Gundam Musou numbers would be good for this, close to 200k opening week in July, and PS3 should see a good boost in hardware for a couple weeks, me thinks.

i dont think anyone ever believed this series could ever sell a million ....the series has sold over 10 million copies combined though... go figure..... its on the ps3 so its natural for everyone to doubt it even selling 200k