That Yakuza 3 would outsell SO4 2:1 in Japan first week :(

Still I must B3LIEVE

Shining Force day one comparison:

2005-03：PS2「Shining Force Neo」- 32k
2007-01：PS2「Shining Force Exa」- 55k
2007-05：PS2「Shining Wind」- 57k
2009-02：NDS「Shining Force Feather」- 19k

you dont think yakuza can sell 300k first week?

Yeah, I dunno about 2:1... could happen, though.

not surprised by that 130k its got a good bundle there
wonder if any of the HD's can take down the wii

80% day 1 (thursday) sellthrough means there's higher than expected demand, which means retailers will get extra stock. 1st week sales will likely be close to 200k.

werent you saying wkc would be lucky to get 160k opening week with similar 1st day sales and in the middle of holiday rush? 80% or not 35k is still a decent amount on shelves some games get 35k shipment first week. add that in with how insanely front loaded SO titles are (400k first week - 500k LT)

SO4 will do more than 150k first week, 200k seems more likely. As I said I must believe Ryu Ga Gotoku can especially after the advertising that has been pushed for the game. GTA IV doing well also gives me hope, that franchise is not as popular as RGG but still managed 100k first week.

We shall see but no doubt in my mind it will be a beast.

I really don't know that anymore. If you want to know check my post history. But most likely I said 180k with similar opening numbers, since that would be typical for a JRPG (some 65% day 1) and that's also what I thought for SO4 as you can read above. I changed my prediction due to the sell through percentage. 80% sellthrough means retailers are out of stock. WKC (as far as I remember) didn't have such a massive sellout percentage.

thread id 54494 about 15 comments in. check it out yourself. im on my ps3 or id copy and paste