Yeesh... Not that good at all MHG

Why are people saying that a PSP port with pay to play online doing 92 thousand and half of it's shipment on the first day is bad? Those are really big numbers for a game most people already have, especially since, as many people here are keen on noting, it can't "recreate" the experience it offers on the PSP.

This was such a smart choice by capcom. Money in the bank on the port, money in the bank on pay to play online, money in the bank on the special controller bundle and money in the bank on getting so many Monster Hunter 3 demos out there.

Capcom must really like banks.

Yeah I was expecting 75k first week due to P2P scheme.

However we will see what impact it has on legs for the game.

Ehm, you do know that the PSP version is a port also right?  Of the PS2 version?  Capcom hasn't created anything new in the MH universe since MHG on the PS2.  The PSP versions have all been the same base (MHF) with a few added levels and weapons with each game.  The MH universe is largely unchanged since it's first iteneration, and that didn't slow down the sales of any PSP version, by being a port, so that argument/logic is flawed.

Also, the problem is that when the first PSP version came out, it had an install base of 2.2 mil, and didn't VGC just have an article of how the Wii passed 8 mil?  So what's that? 4x the amount of potential users, for a slightly better opening for the Wii version?  People really need to stop lowering the goal posts for this game.

When is MH3 and MH3 demo expected.? this yr or next.?

Good numbers for a console MH game but I will say it, pathetic compared to the PSP versions. MH3 should easily do a million though, something MHP3 will do in weeks max.

Wonder which team at Capcom is making the game, maybe the MH3 team is making it as they go along.

Yes I do know it was a port. A PS2 game that got ported to the PSP, found success on the platform and has now been ported to the Wii. So the Wii just sold 92 thousand of a port of a PS2 game that is already being played to death on the PSP with free online. Why would it be expected to suddenly be huge AGAIN on the Wii, with pay to play. If anything, the sales of this game just show how much interest there is in the MH3 demo, as buying MHG for Wii on it's own seems kind of like buying Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of time for Wii. You just get an inferior product.

Not to mention it's half of their shipment in day one. That sounds pretty inline with Capcom's expectations to me.

MHG did better than I thought.

I heard about 65,000~ preorders, but I didn't realize they were separating the bundle and just the standard game. It sold 92k in one day. That should provide a small boost to the Wii, because any type of software unusually does push systems over there is the game opens well enough.

The game should sell around 115-135k first week, sellingmore than half of the first shipment.

92/210 = 44% sellthrough

100k sales day#1 is pretty good (remember its NOT a new game, just a port) - should do 150k-180k for the week.

Pretty surprised with KZ2 sales, a lot better than I thought for Japan!

More interested to see the PS3 hardware sales this week - can the boost continue?

Wow i see some people do not realise that MHG is a port of a old game that arleady has been released on other systems. (and sold well) Or they just ignore this important fact, sales of nearly 100k first day for such product are good, even if you apply negative spin.