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PlayStation 3 News by Robert Purchese
Konami has sold 4.33 million copies of Metal Gear Solid 4 around the world.
The stealthy PS3 exclusive helped Sony's platform account for 38 per cent of Konami games sold between April and September 2008.
This compares favourably to the piddly 1 per cent of Konami games sold on PS3 during the same period last year.
Despite the pulling power of Metal Gear Solid 4, Kojima has maintained that we will definitely not see an Xbox 360 version of the game, despite public support for the idea from Microsoft.
MGS4, which launched back in June, will also be the last of the series helmed by creator Hideo Kojima. He's promised that MGS games will continue to appear, but under the supervision of younger members from his team.
Today also marks the arrival of a PS3 demo of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Better late than never, eh?
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@Darren
I'm not sure of the exact figures, but those numbers seems realistic. I think there are several reason Halo 3 sold so much bettar than MGS4. First, Halo 3 attracts a much broader span of gamers. Most people play FPS, but tactical spionage action games are not everyones cup of tea. Also many owners of PS3 bought it simply because it's the best, and one of the cheapest, blu-ray players on the market, and never had any intention to play any games on it. Another thing that probably boosted Halo 3's sales was the enormous marketing behind it. I've never seen a game being so hyped except for maybe Zelda: OoT and Mario 64. |
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Triggerhappytel
07/11/08 @ 12:41
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Wow, I thought it would do well, but that's a massive amount. Is it the biggest-selling PS3 exclusive? Surely must be very high up there.
Anyway, having just picked up a PS3 I was very pleased to learn about the demo. Will be downloading that tonight :D |
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Trigga_Tybalt
07/11/08 @ 12:42
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now if only they patch trophies and get rid of the konami id bullshit.
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That's pretty impressive although didn't Halo 3 sell over 8 million copies at the point where its user base was the same size as the PS3s? Not starting a 360-is-better-than-PS3-nah-nah-nah thread here by the way, I own both consoles, just asking a genuine question?
Halo is a more popular title overall anyway, MGS is up there in sales figures in general but it doesn't touch either GTA or Halo in a direct comparison. |
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Still 'need' to get this. Finished part 3 a month or so ago and really loved it (like I did part one (which I played on GC) and part 2). One of the better games I've ever played even. The stealth gameplay is excellent, camouflage definitely makes the experience more intense (think of the CoD4 level in the ghillie suit).
The crazy but smart stories really add to the experience IMO but I can understand that they're not everyone's cup of tea. |
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Ah, the clunky controls argument.
I went back and had another go at Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, a game I never got very far into a couple of weeks ago. I found the controls practically unusable whilst I find Metal Gear controls easy. Splinter Cell fans will say entirely the opposite, it all comes down to what you're used to. |
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ParanoidZombie
07/11/08 @ 13:47
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@cappy: that's funny, because i did the same thing, bought Splinter cell 3 a couple weeks ago. Very clunky indeed, but the fact that you can save whenever you want to saves the day IMO, because you don't lose any of your progression if you mess up.
You can't do that in MGS (if you load your last save, it's back to the last checkpoint, if I remember correctly), which means that even if the controls are slightly better, the game turns out to be more frustrating IMO. |
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I hadn't played an MGS game properly since the MGS2 demo on PS2. While it took me a while to get back in to the swing of things, I was surprised how much I enjoyed the actual game. Brilliant fun, and MGS4 does a good job of keeping things fresh with some great set pieces and novel ideas.
The cutscenes can get a bit irksome, particularly towards the end *yaaaawn*, but there are some really quite cool bits too. I'm thinking of breakdancing cyborg ninjas here. |
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SilentScream
07/11/08 @ 15:40
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@ evilfoxhound - LBP anyone?
@DrDamn - Controls haven't changed since the older versions, or at all, inability to adapt to game controls?? |
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Marshall2008
09/11/08 @ 01:12
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I bought MGS4 when I bought my second PS3 (80gb one, I got rid of my first PS3 as, at the time, there were no games out for it) played it, thought is was shit and took it back. There are so many of them returned that game and gamestation will only give you a tenner if you trade it in.
At least LBP looks like it will have some staying power. (let me extrapolate on shit: It was about as exciting as watching paint dry. The dialog was awful the visuals were meh, gameplay non-existent, Kojima obviously wants to direct movies but he is worse than Uwe Boll. Oh and dont forget the gay as fuck undertone running through the game, Snakes mankini, the cock grabbing, and ground humping)
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