MGS4 must sell 1m on day one

By Robert Purchese Published 30 November, 2007

Exclusives under pressure.

Metal Gear Solid 4 has to sell over a million copies on day one if it is to be profitable, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

Still, game producer Ryan Payton is adamant it will not become multi-platform to recoup costs, and stands eagerly beside his old friend PlayStation.

"The PlayStation brand has always been good to us, and we're pretty bullish on the PS3," Payton told Reuters. "We're telling our fans that if you want to play Metal Gear Solid 4, you have to buy a PS3."

Reuters' report adds: "Payton said the new 'Metal Gear Solid' needs to sell over a million copies on the first day it goes on sale due to its costly production."

It is no secret rising development costs mean it is tougher to make money on exclusive titles these days, but PS3 has a particularly hard struggle as it hasn't sold as many consoles as its rivals.

Fantastically named IDC analyst Billy Pidgeon believes this new batch of games cost around USD 10 and 50 million to develop. Coo.

"You might be able to weather one title coming in at 500,000 in sales," warned Pidgeon, perched atop a power line. "But two or three failures like that and even big publishers are going to be hurting."

But Sony has looked into this miserable future and prepared against the demise of third-party exclusives by ramping up its own internal development. It now has 15 studios working on games, according to marketing boss Peter Dille, which is more than both Microsoft and Nintendo combined.

Apparently we will also see the same number of PS3 exclusives released between September 2007 and April 2008, too.

Dille added: "We understand publishers are needing to recoup their investment. From our perspective, as long as the games aren't going exclusive to other platforms, PS3 gamers are not actually losing anything."

What a wise old fellow.

Bringing it all to close is news that only two PS3 games have ever sold over one million copies, where as its older brother PS2 has had nearly one hundred surge over that mark. Still, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune at the end of next week, wink nudge.

Fact is a juicy meatball sitting atop a monotony of fiction-spaghetti, which is why GamesIndustry.biz eats only protein.

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  • bionutz #1 5 years ago

    I have played very little MGS, but isn't it very similar to Splinter Cell? (opening the can of worms...)
    Edited by bionutz at 30/11/07 @ 10:41

  • Dizzy #2 5 years ago

    >PS3 gamers are not actually losing anything.

    Well except maybe some framerates and some high res textures.

  • bionutz #3 5 years ago

    LOL

  • greenthumb #4 5 years ago

    so this will be out on xbox360 by summer then....

  • alimokrane #5 5 years ago

    and this article is considered news now ..... My god

  • Pac #6 5 years ago

    "I have played very little MGS, but isn't it very similar to Splinter Cell? (opening the can of worms...)"

    Isn't that a little bit like saying Joy Division sound a bit like Interpol?

  • Darren #7 5 years ago

    So if MGS 4 fails to sell a million on the PS3, does that mean we *will* see quick lazy ports (a la MGS 2) for the Xbox platform and PC then?

  • neuroniky #8 5 years ago

    @bionutz: it's not. Actually, it's almost at the opposite side of design. Story is everything in MGS, gameplay is good, but not that much innovative (it feels much more arcadey and much less "flexible";), but what really keeps you playing is the characters and the story... it is much more similar to an 80's spy action movie while Splinter Cell is trying to feel much more realistic...
    That said, I won't be buying a PS3 for MGS... I never found it a game worth buying a console for, with the exception of MGS1...

  • BadBoyBonner #9 5 years ago

    Cue - "well MGS4 sold 999,999 on day one, so as we said previously, it needed to be one million to remain an exclusive and unfortunately that didn't happen.

    Obviously being the careful chaps that we are, we already have it up an running on the 360 and it will be out next week with higher res textures a better frame rate and comes as a Box-set to hold all the discs."

    EDIT there is no "i" in unfortu in ately lol
    Edited by BadBoyBonner at 30/11/07 @ 10:51

  • Kryon #10 5 years ago

    MGS4 will never be released on the 360... Although, MGS4 (Substance??) for the 360 will be out about a week after the PS3 game with improved visuals and extra features.

    Lulz @ PrayStation3

  • Gurgeh #11 5 years ago

    The pressure on developers is starting to get nasty...

    "We've heard an unsettling rumor... that longtime game reviewer Jeff Gerstmann from Gamespot has been let go [which has been confirmed although not why] ... According to the source, Gerstmann was fired "on the spot" due to advertiser pressure for his review of Eidos' Kane & Lynch: Dead Men. A visit to Gamespot shows that the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 game has taken over the site very prominently, with backgrounds and multiple banner ads all pitching Kane & Lynch. Allegedly, publisher Eidos "took issue with the review and threatened to pull its ad campaign."

    [link url=http://kotaku.com/gaming/rumor/gamespot-editor-fired-over-kane--lynch-review-328244.php
    ]http://kotaku.com/gaming/rumor/gamespot-...[/link]

  • McLovin85 #12 5 years ago

    i trust the japs to buy up a good 90% of that 1m total to make up for no PS3 install base in the USA. it's all going to be ok.

  • bionutz #13 5 years ago

    @Neuroniky: thanks. I will buy MGS 1 and play it (I have still a playstation 2). PS3 I would only buy for Singstar, if it doesn't come on Wii somehow.
    @All others: my bad (about comparison with Splinter Cell).

  • Lemming81 #14 5 years ago

    Thankfully, I've never given a shit about MGS. I found the first game pretty boring and have never looked back.

  • Britesparc Verified Creative, ITV #15 5 years ago

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but every other MGS game has seen a wide mulit-format release after a period of exclusivity on PS. I'd be really suprised if a year down the line we didn't see some version of MGS4 on 360, PC, and Wii.

    Not that I'm bothered, I've never liked MGS particularly.

  • Socrates #16 5 years ago

    "analyst Billy Pidgeon believes this new batch of games cost around USD 10 and 50 million to develop. Coo."

    That's a pretty wide range, so much for the analysts then.

  • crazyhorse174 #17 5 years ago

    Always thought MGS was a bit overrated myself.

    Even the story was a bit, I dunno, flaky. Snake is probably one of the coolest characters in games ever though, so it gets some kudos for having him in it.

  • SlackMaster #18 5 years ago

    TBH I'm not all that bothered about the MGS series, I lost interest after Sons of Liberty.

    The stories are just crazy now, like someone sketched out the whole plot and villans on the back on a napkin.

    It's a same as MGS on PSOne was a great game.

  • Steroyd #19 5 years ago

    okay

  • bad09 #20 5 years ago

    Oh no! as a 360 owner I won't be able to watch the long-winded confusing mess that is a MGS movie.. er, sorry game! I love MGS1 & 2 (although I hated that they got rid of Snake as the main playable character in 2!) but come on, this series is SOOOO overrated, and always has been. The more footage of 4 I've seen I don't think it is really THAT special. Pretending to be a statue, part of the floor or ceiling is just plain stupid! A big silly circle around the main character instead of a radar, no thanks! Sorry Konami I won't buy a PS3 to play this and I really can't see many (except die hard MGS fans) shelling out on a PS3 JUST for this.

    Myself, I will get my 360 stealth action from SC: Conviction, I'm really looking forward to Bourne-Like take they have in the new one.

  • Wayne #21 5 years ago

    Bullshit marketing hyperbole! What if it sells half a million on day one and half a million on day two, will that make it a failure? Catch a grip game making type people.

  • BadBoyBonner #22 5 years ago

    They should do an interactive DVD version like dragons lair - it would work on everything and allow Kojima to run riot with his cut scenes.

  • AcidSnake #23 5 years ago

    My money's on "Subinsistence"

  • miiiguel #24 5 years ago

    "Isn't that a little bit like saying Joy Division sound a bit like Interpol?"

    In the way that Interpol "makes sense" nowdays, while Joy Division hardly, yes. Without arguing both qualities.
    Edited by miiiguel at 30/11/07 @ 11:25

  • Machetazo #25 5 years ago

    "characters and the story"

    Being precisely what the advertising should focus on.

    Edited by Machetazo at 30/11/07 @ 11:38

  • SBfistfun #26 5 years ago

    "Isn't that a little bit like saying Joy Division sound a bit like Interpol?"

    Yes, they're both poo

  • Greebo #27 5 years ago

    heh, ironically at the bottom of the article in the 'Eurogamers' section under 'Most Wanted', it currently says '360 Users want this game' :-)
    Edited by Greebo at 30/11/07 @ 11:39

  • DUFFMAN5 #28 5 years ago

    Looks like I will have to play MGS on the PSP then. No interested in less they do a bundle with a PS3 for £250. Shame I thought MGS 3 was a great game.

  • monkie_king #29 5 years ago

    Since the exclusivity is being paid for by Sony, how's about "MGS4: Subsidy"?

    edit: @Greebo - that's genius!
    Edited by monkie_king at 30/11/07 @ 11:40

  • Machetazo #30 5 years ago

    "My money's on "Subinsistence"

    Nice, but no. "Subsustainance" would be the more apt title, wouldn't you agree? :D

  • PearOfAnguish #31 5 years ago

    Are there even that many PS3 owners?

    "We're telling our fans that if you want to play Metal Gear Solid 4, you have to buy a PS3."

    What he's trying to say is "we've been told to tell our fans that you must buy a PS3. Please for the love of god buy one, they have my wife and daughter."

  • Caimbeul #32 5 years ago

    Surely it is the total sales that dictate a titles success?

    What if it does sell 1 million but within the forst few days?? All a bit silly if you ask me.

  • bdc #33 5 years ago

    It's not going to happen, the Metal Gear games have very little broad appeal. Plus, you are asking for a supposed 10% attach rate, assuming the PS3 even makes 10 million sales worldwide by the time the game comes out. 10% attach rate is extremely high. You've got to put this in perspective and see just how unfeasible getting 1m on the first day is. MGS2 and MGS3 were on PS2, a far more wildly popular format, and both couldn't even break 500k in their first -week-.

  • NegativeZero #34 5 years ago

    A million? Is that all? If Halo 3 can move over 3 million in a day, then MGS4 should have no problems making it to a million, provided it's marketed well.

    In fact, if MGS4 fails to make it to a million then I think that would mean Sony are pretty much sunk.

  • AcidSnake #35 5 years ago

    Subwaysystemance?

  • Wyrm #36 5 years ago

    Have a million PS3s been sold?

  • sanctusmortis #37 5 years ago

    Pfft. Destructoid said ages ago Konami revealed in a conference call there's only a year's exclusivity on it and then the 360 and PC releases will come out. Presumably with lots of video and texture compression...

  • mikew1985 #38 5 years ago

    Fantastically named IDC analyst Billy Pidgeon believes this new batch of games cost around USD 10 and 50 million to develop. Coo.

    "You might be able to weather one title coming in at 500,000 in sales," warned Pidgeon, perched atop a power line.


    :D Am i the only one laughing at the pidgeon related humour???
    Edited by mikew1985 at 30/11/07 @ 12:09

  • moggsy #39 5 years ago

    One million on day one means one million pre-orders. I suspect that from that they're interpolating out the numbers to calculate how many units they will sell in total which may well be over 3 million.

    I'm not convinced that MGS is the big hitter that it used to be though. It'll all depend on the reviews...

  • aine #40 5 years ago

    mikew1985 - no, no you're not

  • Vin #41 5 years ago

    Man, this is going to rock on the 360.

  • JediMasterMalik #42 5 years ago

    You must really enjoy non-existent games then. ^_^

  • Nikanoru #43 5 years ago

    The most fun I ever had with the MGS series was in the first hour or so of MGS1. Before I had my fill of codec convos.

  • GamesConnoisseur #44 5 years ago

    I thought that MSG is so much more popular in West although it does sell reasonably good in in Japan?

    If that is the case then MSG will need to do very well in US/Europe from day 1 rather than depending on Japan?

    I disagree with others that the game is a mess, look what is Mass Effect? Big bulk of the game is based on conversations, thus for some there is a lot of 'cut scenes' to wade through though it is interactive rather than passive as in MSG. That said I am so much enjoying Mass Effect currently.

    I enjoyed the whole series, and MSG4 is the main reason I bought PS3 and goddamn looking forward to it. If Sony eventually loses its exclusivity I doubt that it would be before 2009. Decision for that will not be made until well into 2008 and even then porting will take up time.

  • miiiguel #45 5 years ago

    MSG ? Metal Slug...? nevermind...

    1 million is not too ambitious. I'm not seeing why it wont do it. Halo did 3m, as far as I know. 1.8m in US alone.

  • patchbox360 #46 5 years ago

    1 million aint gonna happen

  • L42yB #47 5 years ago

    @GamesConnoisseur - What is the MSG u refer to? ;)

  • JediMasterMalik #48 5 years ago

    I think it'll sell that pretty easily tbh.

  • mazzl #49 5 years ago

    the trailers look realy nice, and ps3 only has cod4, drakes fortune and ratchet and.. , motorstorm.
    so there's lotts of potential for mgs4 to sell realy well.

  • monkey-ken-wizard #50 5 years ago

    15 studios lol
    I wonder if and when the PS3 will break even

  • space_ace #51 5 years ago

    MGS4 must sell 1m on day one

    they'd better release some trailers then? ... no wait


  • Apologie #52 5 years ago

    Old news

  • ParanoidZombie #53 5 years ago

    GTA4 will sell 1M in one day, but casual gamers don't even know who solid snake is, and it looks like most ps3 owners are more interested in watching blu-rays than buying games (see the low attachment-rate). And MGS4's complicated plot, complex gameplay and lack of online play make it a tough sell.

    Sad thing is that some sony die hard fanboys will each buy 10 copies of it, just to make sure the game gets closer to 1M and remains an exclusive.

  • Foxclose #54 5 years ago

    Well, if two PS3 games have already sole over a million copies already, then it's certainly not impossible that this will easily go over the mark.

  • patchbox360 #55 5 years ago


    mgs3 sold 3.7 million with the install base of the ps2 at its peak and they want to sell 1 million of mgs4 on the first day on the ps3

    what happened to Sony ?

  • Kenshin001 #56 5 years ago

    Apparently 360 owners can not decide if this game is overrated and shit or that it is definitely coming to their console. I don't think MGS4 is a tough sell. MGS3 sold what, 4 million? The game will be hyped beyond belief, every (potential) PS3 owner will know about it and many will buy it.

  • patchbox360 #57 5 years ago

    'MGS3 sold what, 4 million'

    yeah in total

    fact is mgs has gone from mainstream to hardcore - the dwindling sales figures from mgs1 to mgs3 is proof

    mgs4 will be a great game but the only way to recoup cost is to cross platforms
    Edited by patchbox360 at 30/11/07 @ 15:00

  • imperial_seal #58 5 years ago

    The only game that will sell 1m on day one is Shenmue 3 ! 100,000 Shenmue fans around the world will buy 10 copies each ! Shame Sega is just too dumb to realise it !

  • Kenshin001 #59 5 years ago

    "mgs4 will be a great game but the only way to recoup cost is to cross platforms"

    Keep the hope alive! Or just buy a PS3.

  • cubbymoore #60 5 years ago

    "We're telling our fans that if you want to play Metal Gear Solid 4, you have to buy a PS3."

    Nice. Nice to know we've got their respect.

  • Pulsar_t #61 5 years ago

    I like the MGS story; it has a lot of imagination compared to cookie-cutter Tom Clancy shite.. However the gameplay has aged considerably and doesn't even compare to Splinter's.

    What I'd really like is the fusion between the more-open-ended western gameplay mechanics and Japanese storytelling.. But please do leave my JRPGs alone! :p

  • JediMasterMalik #62 5 years ago

    All previews suggest the gameplay has been improved alot over the previous games.

    @cubby - What does that have to do with respect?

  • Kryon #63 5 years ago

    @JMM

    It's all about respect, it's how to built a rapport with your customer. Just look what happened to Sony, they said fuck you to alot of people by way of lies and delays and root kits etc.. The PS3 isn't really doing as well as expected, is it? That's why, it is about respect.

  • JediMasterMalik #64 5 years ago

    Yes, that's exactly what Payton's doing. >_>

    Everything you just says has no relevance to this situation.

  • Dizzy #65 5 years ago

    "All previews suggest the gameplay has been improved alot over the previous games. "

    And we use the word gameplay very casual here.

  • orenishii #66 5 years ago

    Payton just proved that he is the biggest Sony fanboy ever!! lol

  • niteninja #67 5 years ago

    1 million in one day?
    Easy to do if they do a global launch.
    MGS4 is by far the biggest game of 2008 nothing will come close to it.
    Peoples days of slagging the ps3 off are over just wait until you see motorstorm 2.
    Edited by niteninja at 30/11/07 @ 19:38

  • captainrentboy #68 5 years ago

    niteninja, where's the indepth info on Motorstorm 2 then? You seem particularly impressed by it, I want to see it too.
    Ohh and this all seems like bullshit,
    ''Good news sir, we've sold 5 million copies of MGS 4 over this launch week, 500'000 on day one, and a further 4.5 million over the last six days''
    .............
    ''Nooooooooooooooooooooo, we're ruined!!!''
    See, silly huh? This is all crappy PR talk.
    Unless Sony have handed over mega bucks, Konami are just fucking silly keeping this as an exclusive.

  • Canadian_Mike #69 5 years ago

    Wow, some pissed off xbot's in this thread.

    It's funny watching you all twist and turn between....."they are so stupid for not putting this on 360 waaaaaa....waaaaaa" and the smug "but, but....our user base is soooo this and blah blah blah"

    ....Then there's the guys who pretend to never really have paid much attention to it with the "Well, this game is below my standards....splinter cell this....watching cut scenes that"

    Lets not forget the deer in the headlights group *shock* "They can't ignore us! They would be just stupid to not release it on xbox...just stupid i tell you, this will be on my 360...i knows it!"

    Please continue.

    Salt.....check! :)
    Edited by Canadian_Mike at 30/11/07 @ 20:49

  • omoshiroi #70 5 years ago

    "Still, game producer Ryan Payton is adamant it will not become multi-platform to recoup costs, and stands eagerly beside his old friend PlayStation."

    What absolute nonsense. This is a business. If it is the case that they will only release this for the PS3 it is because they have to e.g. exclusivity deal (could be other reasons).

    More platforms you release a game on the larger the customer base which in turn gives you the chance to increase revenue.

    There is rarely such thing as loyalty in this business (or any other for that matter). If you were a developer and had only one choice on which console you are to release on, which one would you pick? (be honest now :)) The one with the largest customer base of course...

  • VMerken #71 5 years ago

    Well, regardless of console politics and what not, selling at least 1 million copies of something costing around $70 (or 70 Euros) in one day... I'll tip my hat if they succeed.

  • Xerx3s #72 5 years ago

    You must really enjoy non-existent games then. ^_^

    There is a certain sense of irony in that line. ¬_¬

  • JediMasterMalik #73 5 years ago

    I guess you mean my Mass Effect comments. The history of Bioware games, and the History of MGS games vary to suit my predictions. :)

  • DjFlex52 #74 5 years ago

    Why is it that every discussion on a PS3 exclusive has about 70% xbot participants?
    For the same reason a 360 exclusive thread is full of Sonysuckers....cause they can :)

  • dahsif #75 5 years ago



    MGS4 4 360 CONFURMED!












    P.S: Why the hate for MGS in this place?

  • Vin #76 5 years ago

    Xerx3s wins the thread. Go home.

    Just wait until it's announced for the 360. I'll be there, waiting.

    And at the end, there's gonna be lots of tears and puffy little mitts hammering keys in impotent rage.

  • Lawlost #77 5 years ago

    Prediction on the score, a solid 8. Six months later on both the 360, Wii and pc. Got to get that development money back somewhere regardless of how loyal you are to sony.

  • captainrentboy #78 5 years ago

    Canadian Mike, I hope you're not talking about me with your highly original ''Pissed off X-bots'' comment. (Xbot....... LAUGH OUT LOUD!!!)
    As I'm afraid I'm one of the guys who couldn't give a shit about MGS4, it could be released for the 360 tomorrow, and I wouldn't give it the time of day. (Stealthy, story driven malarky just isn't my bag)
    I merely suggested that it was slightly daft, in a financial sense, of Konami to keep it as a PS3 exclusive, that is of course if Sony haven't already given them mega bucks for the priviledge.
    Release a game to an install base of saaaay 8 million (by then) on just one format, or 23 million over the two, it's not rocket science to see what would be in their best interest.

  • JediMasterMalik #79 5 years ago

    Are you trying to say you're not a fanboy?

    As for MGS, it may not be your cup of tea, but it has a large fanbase, and it consistently reviews excellently. (well, the main games in the series do)

  • TRUTH #80 5 years ago

    MGS - I can't understand the fuss in these games. I think may be it was the first sort of Stealth/action/story game on a console that it managed to get a audience...MGS 2 was shit and more like a bunch on mini games. MGS 3 was better, but not a AAA title that the hype it got.

    Splinter Cell for me is a better game, with less of those so over the top & silly stretched out movies.

  • NotSoSlim #81 5 years ago

    This whole statement only makes sense if they do a worldwide release

    At lease by then there should be 10m PS3 units in homes so they should not have an issue selling 1m about 500,00 of those will be in Japan anyway!

  • Turambar #82 5 years ago

    Or it could be that MGS releases on non-sony consoles didnt sell too well and that porting to 360 wouldn't make financial sense.

  • Foxclose #83 5 years ago

    I think if it will make sense for Sony to pay off Konami for the exclusive, then Sony will pay it.

    Most of MSG fanbase will probably have a PS3 anyway. Xbox hardcore fans are a different breed. (gung-ho and war mongers) :D
    Edited by Foxclose at 01/12/07 @ 21:23

  • CitizenGeek #84 5 years ago

    I'm sure it should manage 1 million copies worldwide on day one :)

  • NewYork #85 5 years ago

    It'd be funny if everyone who wanted to buy MGS4 decided to wait till day two to buy it, just to cause panic down at Konami on day one.

  • Raiftel #86 5 years ago

    As someone who owns a PS3 and XBox 360 can I just ask why certain people are so sure that MGS4 will sell 1 million copies on its first day. MGS3 sold 4 million units in total on a far more popular machine and had the benefit of being a 'stand alone' title. Metal Gear Solid 4 is the continuation of of a plot that has gone over two games and is about as un 'mass market' friendly as you could imagine.

    Halo 3 sold 3 Million Units because of the strength of the Halo brand, Casual gamers knew that by buying Halo 3 they could load up, shoot some aliens and then beat the crap out of their friends online. Metal Gear Solid 4 is essentially Crank with a bit of gameplay in between for a breather, there's no mass market appeal there.

  • Turambar #87 5 years ago

    "MGS3 sold 4 million units in total on a far more popular machine"

    That console also happened to have a crap load of AAA titles to choose from, PS3 doesn't, there will be a not insignificant number of people who buy MGS4 simply because there is nothing else for them to buy. Ok so it might end up on the pre-owned shelf a few days later but it was still sold.

  • GamesConnoisseur #88 5 years ago

    "Why is it that every discussion on a PS3 exclusive has about 70% xbot participants?

    For the same reason a 360 exclusive thread is full of Sonysuckers....cause they can :) "


    To add my bits, its all simple maths, there are a hell lots more X360 owners than PS3 and thus reflected so in the traffic of posts.

    PS3 owners still posts in X360 but on smaller scale (unless so encouraged to fight back and thus higher 'attach' rate of PS3 individuals and their posts?!)

    However not forgetting that there are good number of us who are 'multi-plat' and thus should not be tarred as either Xbots/Sony fanboys. The simple act of having both/all consoles of course does not mean we are completely neutral.

    We will continue to see the same situation and dont think we can moan about it, just accept it but make good arguments. The problem is often more to do with ability to take on the arguments!

  • captainrentboy #89 5 years ago

    JediMasterMalik, I'm saying that I, with 100% of every fibre in my body, could not give a flying fuck what console sells the most over the next few years, what console has what exclusives, and who has the bigger cock, Bill Gates or Ken Kutaragi.
    I'm just saying it would financially make sense for Konami to release it on more than one format, that's all, whether or not they do in the end? I couldn't care less.
    As for being a fanboy, yeah I come across as slightly Anti-Sony now and again, but that's because they treated us all like cunts for far too long in this generation of consoles.
    Other than that, at 25 yrs old, I have far too many real life worries, y'know actual important things, Bills, Girlfriend, Work etc, to truely give a shit about the current affairs of console gaming :/
    The fact that the odd PS3 lover actually bites at what I write just means I get 10 mins of silly banter now and again on here when I'm bored.
    Edited by captainrentboy at 02/12/07 @ 17:01

  • davisorle #90 5 years ago

    Post deleted at 20:44:35 16-04-2012

  • orenishii #91 5 years ago

    Hold on! So MGS 3 "only" sold 4million copies on a system with a user base of over 100million! That's less then 4% of PS2 owners bought it then! Yet if only 4% of PS3 owners purchase MGS4 then they'd be looking at around 400000-500000 copies. Now I'm assuming that alot of buyers of MGS3 buyers were fans on the series. So bearing that in mind Sony and Konami are gonna have to make absolutely definate that MGS4 appeals to a wider audience from day one then.

    I personally won't be investing in it! I found the MGS series and Splinter Cell series a real Chore. That said at least during the cut scenes on MGS I could go and make a tea....... and a sandwich........ and finish my book..... and do my tax returns..... which was nice.
    Edited by orenishii at 02/12/07 @ 21:47

  • Vandrius #92 5 years ago

    Yeah, cue all the sad 360-ers saying it'll multi-plat, and all the PS3-huggers who refute it.

    At the end of the day, MGS4 will sell well. Simple as that. Platforms aside, it'll sell very well on PS3. If it ever ports, it will sell well there, too.

    Here's a bucket for your tears, everyone. I may as well get some showerwater out of this thread.