That is quite evident.  :P

And my response to max/viper wasn't directly related to MH.  I was just saying that you can't really compare EA's financial situation to that of Japanese companies, given the open pricing of games in Japan.  EA games sell horribly in the region, and don't benefit from potentially higher price points.

Yes, absolutely. It has outsold the previous console versions by a great deal already. Now all they have to do is port it to the PSP and then they'll sell 4+ million more copies.

Yeah..Just like MGS4 before it. Gimme a break.

I think that they should be happy with sales so far, Although how it does during the holiday season and in the west will be the real teller of whether it reaches expectations or not.

Thanks for answering, that was all i needed to know (thats why i asked in the first place) :D

Capcom sold 1M units at full price, that should be suficient to make them happy... retailers on the other side...

But my primary point was about not selling the first shipment in the first month(s) like what happens with some games, even if it is rare.

"Capcom sold 1M units at full price, that should be suficient to make them happy... retailers on the other side..."

I would say retailers are probably still happy as well - the 1M units will eventually be all sold, and the "bargains", while indeed lower priced, were not bottom of the barrel bargains, so even after eventually selling some of the games they ordered at a lower price, the retailers probably earned something on those as well (not to mention all the full priced games they sold in the first weeks).

"But my primary point was about not selling the first shipment in the first month(s) like what happens with some games, even if it is rare."

So in your book a game that shipped 100,000 copies and sold all of them in the first month is a success and a game that shipped a million copies but hasn't sold all of them but only 900,000 so far is less so? 

^yes!

i mean, the game that sold a million will give more revenue (making publisher happier) than the 100,000 sold game but the one that sold more than the expectations i think is more successful, or atleast the franshise is building momentum. I really don't know, just guessing...

900k in 8 weeks, best selling monster hunter on a console. i think capcom should be very happy

I think not.

It hasn't quite broke 1 million yet, but I have no doubt that it will. I don't see how Capcom is dissastisfied with the sales of the title.