1st day 500k , 1st week 800k and lifetime sales around 3.5 million

i really think MH III can be the biggest game in the series, like others said the games sales increase with every version. It also has chance to becoming most popular one in the west if Capcom can advertise this title in America and use Wii's popularity. I think 2.5 mln is a safe bet.

1st week 600.000

4 million LTD :)

MH3 will be released worldwide :)

400-500k first week, 1.5m lifetime.

considering the wii userbase when it's released i expect 450k first week

Wrong, Monster Hunter 2 released after Monster Hunter Freedom and the latter sold more. The PSP version have become stronger and stronger in sales not the franchise overall. I do agree with NINTENDO advertising the game in NA and the EU in order to make the franchise big there but we shall see what happens there.

A. Your prediction is far too high.

B.The ened of 2010 is ages away ... who's actualy going to care then ?

This is true, though MH2 was released just 2 months after MHF. It had a larger opening, but pretty much no legs. It still sold about 60% of what MHF did. For reference, 60% of MHF2G is around 1.7mil.

What FishyJoe said is also true. I'd like to add one more: The best selling 3rd party game on a Nintendo console since DQ6 (end of 95, 13 years ago) is DQ Monsters: Joker on the DS, with 1.5mil. On Nintendo's home consoles, a third party hasn't broke 1mil since Derby Stallion 96. Keep this in mind!

So RPG, I'm curious about your prediction...

750k is my guess.

I predict 1.2 million Lifetime, to me that seems a more then reasonable estimation.

More importantly, IT'S SNOWING IN LONDON YAY!!!!!!!!