Monster Hunter 3 is having the same legs as Monster Hunter Freedom 2.

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| | Dragon Quest VII | Dragon Quest VIII | Dragon Quest IX | difference |
|--|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|----------|-----------|
| #| Weekly | LTD | Weekly | LTD | Weekly | LTD |DQIX-DQVII|DQIX-DQVIII|
|--|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|----------|-----------|
| 1|1.862.065|1.862.065|2.236.881|2.236.881|2.343.440|2.343.440| 481.375| 106.559|
| 2|1.072.286|2.934.351| 559.524|2.796.405| 602.856|2.946.296| 11.945| 149.891|
| 3| 329.317|3.263.668| 200.033|2.996.438| 271.206|3.217.502| -46.166| 221.064|
| 4| 154.797|3.418.465| 116.731|3.113.169| 172.728|3.390.230| -28.235| 277.061|
| 5| 83.918|3.502.383| 118.119|3.231.288| 106.514|3.496.744| -5.639| 265.456|
| 6| 64.351|3.566.734| 95.879|3.327.167| 121.000|3.618.000| 51.266| 290.833|
| 7| 43.717|3.610.451| 56.945|3.384.112| 79.000|3.697.000| 86.549| 312.888|
| 8| 33.852|3.644.302| 22.175|3.406.287| 68.000|3.765.000| 120.698| 358.713|
| 9| 21.429|3.665.731| 11.611|3.417.898| | | | |
|10| 18.191|3.683.923| 11.293|3.429.191| | | | |
|11| 18.360|3.702.283| 9.892|3.439.083| | | | |
|12| 13.941|3.716.224| 9.389|3.448.472| | | | |
|13| 10.541|3.726.765| 7.403|3.455.875| | | | |
|14| 8.841|3.735.606| 6.698|3.462.573| | | | |
|15| 9.147|3.744.754| 6.490|3.469.063| | | | |
|16| 8.903|3.753.657| 5.103|3.474.166| | | | |
|17| -| -| -| -| | | | |
|18| -| -| -| -| | | | |
|19| 10.769|3.784.682| -| -| | | | |
|20| 15.632|3.800.315| -| -| | | | |
|21| 5.634|3.805.949| -| -| | | | |
|22| 5.643|3.811.591| -| -| | | | |
|23| 6.190|3.817.781| -| -| | | | |
|24| 4.184|3.821.965| -| -| | | | |
|25| 4.406|3.826.371| -| -| | | | |
|26| 5.227|3.831.598| -| -| | | | |
|27| 3.848|3.835.446| -| -| | | | |
|28| 5.083|3.840.529| -| -| | | | |
|29| 4.859|3.845.388| -| -| | | | |
|--|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|----------|-----------|
| -| LTD |3.893.293| LTD |3.538.860| LTD |3.765.000| -128.293| 226.140|
| -| LTD 2 |3.893.293| LTD 2 |3.677.560| LTD 2 |3.765.000| -128.293| 87.440|
| -|shipments|4.150.000|shipments|3.700.000|shipments| | | |
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*LTD 2 includes BEST releases
[PS2] Dragon Quest VIII (Ultimate Hits) (Square Enix) (20/07/06) - 138.700
[PS1] Dragon Quest VII (PSOne Books) (Square Enix) (02/03/05) (didn't chart)
[PS1] Dragon Quest VII (Ultimate Hits) (Square Enix) (20/07/06) (didn't chart)

I didn't know this was a Xbox 360 discussion? It'd be nice if you stuck to the argument, rather than derail it, Neos.

@Soriku, who said it was 40K last week?

• Media Create: 51,101
• Famitsu: ~42,000 (not quite in yet)
• VGChartz: 45,597

Best case scenario is Famitsu, with a 27% drop. Otherwise, VGC and MC will not be so kind. Better drop than it's been, but I don't think one small drop can be considered some sort of massive trend to 'prove' that MH3 is going to obtain some sort of gaudy legs. It may, but given the past drops, which have been pretty bad, this one deserves more time to be looked at.

Except that MHF2 is about 250,000 units ahead at the same point.

Why would you use other numbers than famitsu when they are famitsu numbers? And according to the famitsu numbers, it is a 27% drop, and it follows the pattern of MHF2. Everyone with half a brain knows it's going to sell at least 1 million.

@ mrstickball

Of course, MHF2 in its first week sold 160k more copies than MH3. Take a look at the percentages, they are very similar, we are talking about legs. And also I'm sure in the long term MH3 have nothing to do with MHF2, at best it will end up selling about 1,1M - 1,2M.

It's called perspective? I gave all 3 numbers because I thought that the readers of VGC would like to see the differences, and where it may point for Monster Hunter's drop. Who was arguing that MH3 wasn't going to sell 1 million? It looks like it should in two to three months.

MH3 has awesome legs.. I expect it to find its range in the 25k - 30k range from now on.

Also WSR also having nice legs. Good choice with going to DS for DQ, SE.

Dream C Club did it amazing on the contrary Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny bombed hard, also the other new releases.

First Day Sales VS First Week

- Dream C Club (D3 Publisher) - 23,000 (60%) ----- 45,000 (100% shipment sold + 7.000 copies)
- Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny (Bandai Namco) - 23,000 (33%) ----- 31,000 (44%)

If you used this week's Media Create and VGCarts numbers comparing to their last week's numbers, it would be called perspective. However, when you use Famitsu number to compare Media Create/VGCharts numbers, it is not perpective since there is no guarantee this week's Media Create/VGCharts numbers would be 32000 as Famitsu's.The best case scenario you describe above is misleading since you are comparing data from one source to all sources.

MH3 needs to sell more than 37303 units this week for Media Create number in order to have a drop less than 27%. Considering the difference between Media Create and Famitsu last week was 9000+, it is not impossible for MH3 to have less than 27% drop.