MGS2 on PS2 is above 5.5 million on this site, so the difference is not even close to 3 million. Also a number of other versions of MGS2 have been released, which can account for the rest of the difference.

Well, Konami isn't just going to keep shipping copies if the game stopped selling. Yet, we've seen them update their shipping from 3 million, to 3.5, to 4, to 4.5, and now to 4.75, and yet VGC's number has only gone up like 0.20M. Are you trying to tell me that Konami shipped near a million copies extra for no reason, and they're all just sitting on a shelf somewhere? Let me guess then, when Konami says they shipped 5.5M (maybe) and VGC still has it under 4M, you'll continue to say "you guys will never let this go"?

I bet you're one of the people who always talks "business" when a game goes multiplatform or something of the sort, and says that the companies only care about profit. Why would they ship out so many copies if the game isn't selling?

Slap yourself, and quit trying to derail the success of a game that deserves it

Really now. I didn't know that. I should have email ioi to let him know that Valkyria went on sale for the month of April. He caught it at the very end of the sale though.

I will say, don't expect a reply, as I don't always get one, however, I have gotten sales cleared quite easily for games that haven't released yet. This happens quite often for small games that get delayed a lot.

Also, besides e-mail, a well written note to the game db admins though the report game functionality can also lead to ioi reading what you wrote if we deem it valid. So I wouldn't let the 4.75m MGS4 though as it clearly is for the series and not the game itself, but I have pushed through other reports that DB admins can't deal with.

Your math fails you BMaker.... if the game had only sold (by VGC) 0.2mil over the 5 shipment figures you stated, then MGS4 would have been at 3.6 million sales when the Metal Gear series shipments were only at 3 million.

Also, you added a shipment figure.... Konami had shipped 3 million of the Metal Gear Brand by the end of Q1 (ends June 2008... so about 3 weeks of MGS4 included)
Then by the next quarter it had increased to 4 million shipped, then 4.5 million by the end of December, and 4.75 as of the end of March.

So in that timeframe VGC has it [MGS4] selling just under 1.5 million, while the Metal Gear Shipments increased by 1.75 million..... is it really that hard to believe that 250k shipments were not of other metal gear games (particularly the essential collection, which sold ok in the period, and portable ops+, which wasn't far behind)

Perhaps you are right, perhaps it is a little undertracked, but there is no way to prove it from what information Konami has given us that is for sure, and at the most the undertracking is 200-300k

Thanks TWRoO

BMaker..... I hope you realize how many times we have seen threads dedicated to claiming that MGS4 was undertracked. Again and again people have proved that it was a SHIPPED NUMBER FOR THE ENTIRE SERIES available on the market. That includes MGS titles on the PSP and a few on the PS2.

As for slapping myself, I will, right on my cute butt *sizzles*

First off....it was an exaggeration showing that no matter how much Konami says they shipped, VGC numbers stay relatively the same.

And...having been at 3.93 for well over a month, maybe even 2, I guess MGS4 sold 100k out of the blue last week, because it's at 4.03M now

Like a PS3 game could ever sell 4.75million. Get serious guys.

Just kidding.