Okami is a counterexample. Niche product with 93% meta in PS2, and it didn't reach half a million units sold, AFAIK.

True, but Okami released very late in the gen. Plus it had no hype, and it was even more niche than HR. I believe it sold well over ½ a mill though (uncomplete VGC data) 750k maybe.

EDIT: According to this Okami sold 200K for PS2 in 2006 alone in NA. http://www.edge-online.com/features/the-games-people-buy-2007?page=0,5

And from Wikipedia we learn it had good legs and reached at least 270k in NA later on. http://wii.ign.com/articles/861/861215p1.html

I concede that probably 700k is a low amount, but I don't know why 1.5M seems to me that is out of reach by a really big margin.

^^not really....if it gets a pretty decent marketing and some awsome bundles there is no doubt it could reach 1.5m or more.

^^LOL that would be gr8 as long as it's not just the face of that girl on your sign with moving eyes....(creepy)

With that hideous woman from your sig painted on the console?

I hope Sony pushes it's marketing efforts behind this game. I hate when great games, because they get under the radar of the mainstream public, don't get more recognition. Snatcher and Policenauts are examples of great games with very low publicity and sales, and it's a pity because developers stop doing them because they aren't profitable.

Well, maybe not. She's very beautiful in that pic. I wonder if it's a different woman than that short haired Club woman in HR disqo.

This game will be Epic!!

MGS2 had 2000 pages of script, MGS4 had a little over 2000 pages as well. Hopefully this means there will be a lot of story in HR, equal to that of an MGS game.