Metal Gear Solid 4 - 4.04M
Japan - 680k
America - 1.68M
Others - 1.68M
Like GTA before it, this was once known as a PS franchise (despite having previous games on the original Xbox console, + others)
So what Console will sell more copies of MGS:R?
Others - PS does have this in the bag, but sales can be stolent in Microsoft market the shit out of it, and they will. You know Microsoft are going to make their mark and behave like its their franchise (just like GTA) for comparison GTA on 360 in Others sold 2.53M with the PS3 version slightly ahead at 2.95M
Others will go to the PS3 but if Microsoft play REALLY hard it won't be a massive gap.
America - A lot of people bought a PS3 for MGS in America, the one thing helping them in this case. However the userbase of the 360 is double that of the PS3 here and GTA4 360 in America blew PS3 GTA out of the water. WHEN Microsoft spend milliosn on advertising this. They will win America.
Japan - Very obvious who will win here, but the latest MGS only sold 680k in Japan, just over 1/6 of total sales, the 360 version could be happy to get 100k out of this, if MGS:R can do as well as MGS4 in Japan, thats a 600k win right there.
IMO it all comes down to America and how well Microsoft play this deal, the ball is sitting firmly in Sony's court though.
