Finally, after delays and gallons of tears from fanboys, Metal Gear Solid 4 finally has a release date. The game will be out this year between April and June but we're hearing that the game actually has a firm date of June 12th. Either way, the game is only just a few more months away.
Sony will also be releasing a PS3 bundle coinciding with MGS 4. The bundle will consist of MGS 4, a 80GB PS3 and the DualShock 3 controller (which now also has a firm release date). The bundle will retails for $499.99.
Finally, those who have preordered the game will be able to get into the beta of Metal Gear Online in late April.
The bundle is an extremely smart decision. A lot of people have been waiting to buy a PS3 just for Metal Gear Solid 4. Sony has made it simple and the price of the bundle is a steal. It's also a little funny to see that they've brought back the 80GB model after the recent discontinuation of it.
Alright fanboys, lets hear it. Is Sony going to finally kick some ass this year thanks to Metal Gear Solid?
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I am so buying that bundle. Fuck Yes!
I don't know about kick ass, but certainly reclaim some ground that they've managed to squander poorly over the last couple years.
I wonder if this SKU includes backwards compatibility, if so I may soon be the owner of a PS3
I'm not angry at my $400 purchase of the 80 gb PS3 in december. But I will pick up a 2nd controller with the DS3 release. But will I get MGS? The games always kicked my ass, so who knows
They picked a perfect time too. They'll have virtually no competition for gamer dollars near the summer.
Unless there is another huge release around that time that I forgot about?
MGS was good, the others in the series weren't.
They picked a perfect time too. They'll have virtually no competition for gamer dollars near the summer. A perfect gift for Dads and Grads maybe?
Unless there is another huge release around that time that I forgot about?
MGS4 bundle with rumble is really, really enticing.
@casual
I think NG2 is coming out near that timeframe but as much as I love violent ninja action I don't know if it'll have the same killer app appeal as MGS4.
I would buy that bundle in a heartbeat. Sucks i payed 600 for my 60gb. Sigh...
I just posted this on colette's post about the DS3. Prize please.
This will be the best bundle until the LBP bundle with 4 controllers and a sackboy plush comse out
(none of that is true)
Did they announce the date for the 360 version as well? :)
i need that, and i especially need that beta. "Those who have preordered it..." does that mean they were already taking preorders and i've missed my chance for the beta of online?
@Vigor:I paid 600€ for mine
I'm with Qais. If there's backwards compatibility, they're going to make a killing.
Qais and Aerox have the same thoughts that I do... backwards compatibility = instabuy for me.
This will be the PS3 version I purchase. No diggity.
I figured I'd pick one up this summer once the games started rolling in and this is pretty much the perfect incentive.
Very tempting bundle. I'll definetly get this one.
im gonna get one!
Gotta spend my government tax return on something. I may have just found those things. I was looking for an excuse to pickup a PS3 and PSP. With PS3 being the only system with a Blu-Ray drive and the PSP's interconnectivity with it, i.e. playing games on the go, I can't really come up with a good reason not to own them now.
YEEEEESSSSSS!
but will it have backwards compatibility?
If this has backwards compatibility, Sony will be raping my tax return this year. $200 for the GoW PSP, $500 for this, hell, I might even make my HDTV purchase a Sony brand. Probably not though.
if this was to come out in the UK i would so buy it
So, when does it come out on the 360?
can't wait... something amazing to play in summer...
oh and preordered today to get that MGO beta in April... sweeet
Everyone just needs to wait until I buy the MGS4 PS3 combo. Moments after I buy it there will be an announcement that MGS4 is coming to the 360.
It is very likely that I will buy this combo. What else is money for if I don't spend it?
From PS blog for those interested in bundle and backwards compat.
Answer :
Yes, similar to the Motorstorm bundle, the new MGS4 bundle features an 80GB PS3 with some PS2 backwards compatibility.
This combo is a efkin g00d deal! 400g model is 400$.
this model is 80g + MGS4 + Dual Shock Sixaxis Controller for 500$, goddam...
While normally the game would surely move some PS3s, this changes everything. That's a good deal, and people like saving money, especially when they're getting a top tier game to boot. This is definitely gonna be a big help for Sony.
So, Destructoid.
Do you stand by your 'leak' that it's on it's way to the 360?
So how much is this in real English money, and will it be available in the England?
Or am I going to have to get some monkey to send me one of those lovely lovely naughty bundles >_>. But still, very excited. My wait has now been worth it.
Why yes destrutiod when will the 360 special edition come out we know it will come you know it will come out as well as sony knows that it well come out all were waiting.
Please come out on 360 relatively soon...otherwise I'm in for some wallet rape come this June.
Where do the preorders for the beta have to happen? Is this a GameStop only thing again?
..Man the 360 fans are comming out of the wood work for this game,. Christ what is so aweful about having to buy a system for a game ?
I got my 360 knowing that halo 3 was going to come out on it. I didnt wait by the side of my ps3 trolling on message borards passing rumors and wishing up and down that it was on the ps3.
With gaming dev costs these days, and sony being more giving with its contacts then M$ is (fucking ownership rights nazis) It wouldnt shock me to see this game out on the 360 a year later down the road, after sony has made all they will on it. But there is no way in hell that it will happen before xmas this year.
And like wise, I expect ninja gaiden 2 on the ps3 in the future, with all its dl content and after all the hype has toned down for it.
This is it.
This is what will make me purchase a triple.
i would've loved to have gotten this entire package. im hopeful this will be one of the reasons why Sony will be the king of 2008. www.consolepatrol.com
I work at a best buy and i asked our sony rep why the 80 GB were discontinued in the first place and she said that they were never discontinued they had just simply ran out of them. She said the only thing they were discontinuing was the bundle with motorstorm in it. So i assume the plan was to switch it from motorstorm it MGS4.
This is it, this is what's going to make me buy a PS3.
And for everyone concerned about the 80 gig model's backwards compatibility, it is backwards compatible with.. I believe the official number was 72% of PS2 games.
Check out http://www.us.playstation.com/Support/CompatibleStatus to see if the games you have are on the compatibility list.
Well I got the 360 and the Wii already and I would like to get a Bluray player so by the time this comes to Australia, the PS3 will be cheaper anyway so I think I might get this. I liked the other Metal Gear Solid games (except that crap Ac!d one on on the PSP) so I will get this for shizzle
Well, I hope this can finally put the whole "MGS4 coming to the 360" rumors to rest. Sony is essentially paying Konami for each and every game they put in the bundle.
Granted Sony is probably getting the game a little cheaper then $60, but still. What an incentive for Konami to keep the game exclusively on the PS3.
While I'm sure that the game will eventually come out on the 360, this will probably be what it takes to get me to buy a PS3. Value, 80 gigs, and BC? Hell yeah I want it.
Honestly the game isn't what really gets to me to want this, there fuckign badass games I just truely suck at them, but the value is awesome.
Fuck. I was gonna get a PS3 this weekend, but this deal might make me wait. GOD DAMN IT.
Oh indecision, my old foe.
Man the timing really couldn't be better for Sony. With the US government giving out bonus rebate checks in early summer late spring to stimulate the economy this should come as great news for those that were waiting to get a PS3. If you like the Metal Gear series this is a no brainer.
do want.
I was going to buy a PSTriple for my birthday on 6/19 (in time for MGS4), I guess christmas in June is going to be a few days early.
to everyone Begging for BC
NO!
why would they add it to this bundle when Sony has tried so hard to kill it off?
Makes no sence, though i'll agree I'll GLADY fork over 500$ for such a bundle
It's a sign from Kojima/God. Looks like I'm buying a PS3 now.
Dexter345 says:
02/26/2008 15:06
So, when does it come out on the 360?
ask Ron "i wish of MSG4 on the 360" Workman ... he's the best for rumours :)
I... may get this...
@Rainbowblack, this bundle DOES have BC. At least as much BC as the previous 80gb models.
@ James Sorrenson, where did you preorder from?
Wonder if it will be £250 over here, or more likely, around £400?
Yeah, the PlayStation.Blog has confirmed (look at comment #4) that this unit will be the same old 80 GB PS3 with software-based BC. I’m glad Sony finally wised up and decided to include a DS3 in the box, but adding MGS 4 as well? That could be a real coup for Sony this spring.
let me think a ps3 with mgs4 or a wii with a ds let me think
what I will spend my goverment bouns check on
*analogy about a nail in a coffin*
Guess it's time i bought a PS3 and became a duel console person.
My brother's birthday is June 12th an I hope he likes disappointment, because it looks like I'm finally buying a PS3 for myself. MGS4 + Dual Shock + 80 gig = I'm so fucking there.
Since when is 500 dollars for a game a steal. Seriously, fuck the ps3 and it's ridiculous pricepoint. I got a 360 (20 GB) and Dead Rising over a year and a half ago for 400. Not to mention with the extra 100 dollars I purchased COD2, Gears, and Gun for a grand total of 500 or so. Yeah right, PS3 sure is a steal all right. And this is from someone who plans on buying one, just not the George Foreman 400-500 dollar one.
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I didn't want to own all 3 systems it makes me feel like a prick and a loser, BALLS!!!! Oh well $500 for a PS3, MGS4, and blu ray .... I might just bite this time
Finally, the deal I've waited for. Now we just need an announcement from team ICO/SotC and we gots us a party.
so much want
My fate has been sealed. I'm picking one up once it comes out.
yessssssssssssssssssss
Damn, this would be the perfect bundle for me if only it included full backwards compatibility. I highly doubt it does, though.
The BC on the 80g model is pretty good with only a handfull of games(most of them not worth playing) that dont work so dont fret about it not being fully backwards compatible. Besides its way better than the BC on the 360's. ^^
http://www.us.playstation.com/Support/CompatibleStatus
@ Nerull
yeah unless something very drastic happens between now and the release of Ninja Gaiden 2,there is no fucking way in hell it will ever grace another console(pc's excluded of course).I say that for many reasons but mainly because fucking Microsoft is publishing the game!So yeah you have as good a chance of playing NG2 on your PS3 next year as like any of the Halo games.Dumbass.