An article on Reuters suggest that Metal Gear Solid 4 will be the "last of the great exclusives" and talks about the death of third party exclusivity as well the high costs that factor into their demise. Of note was a comment from MGS4 assistant producer Ryan Payton who stated that Guns of the Patriots would need to sell one million copies in the first day alone if the high development costs are to be justified.
In the first day, on the PlayStation 3, is a lofty goal, and proof positive that third party exclusivity just isn't worth it anymore. Will MGS4 manage such a feat? Well, without saying it's impossible, let us just say that it's about as likely as Darth Vader being Luke Skywalker's father and the creator of C3-PO while discovering that The Force is actually made up of hundreds of tiny germ people.
G4's Adam Sessler agrees that Metal Gear Solid 4 isn't going to be a modern day miracle. "No, Metal Gear Solid 4 isn't the killer app," Sessler states in the article. "People who already own a PS3 will likely get it. But it doesn't have that kind of broad-based appeal." I adore Metal Gear Solid, and I'm inclined to nod along with him. Metal Gear is not a system-shifter. Never has been, never will be. A sales spike is possible, but Solid Snake will never be as mainstream as Mario.
Now, what were we saying about MGS4 on the 360?
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2:08 PM on 11.29.2007
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you'd have to sneak up on the pokemon and repeatedly apply pressure to a choke hold to knock it out and catch it.
i'd buy both versions and a ps3 for that.
It will shift one unit on my account, and I'm quite sure on many other people's.
Meh..
It's not a system seller to the demographic that matters: Casual or non-hardcore gamers. You, me and your friends fall under the small minority of hardcore gamers.
40g PS3 sells for the first day on japan: 5000
So they want to double those numbers for 1 game, that is metal gear solid?
Yeah right.
I'll buy it for PS3 first day, so thats only 999,999 copies left to sell
Finally I'll be picking up a 360.. er PS3 I mean.
As for the 360 version I still say that "Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots" will never be on the 360. "Metal Gear Solid 4: Strange One Word Subtitled Game Released One Year Later" may be a different story though.
To be a system seller, people need to buy a PS3 JUST to play MGS4. And not just small pockets of you and your mates. Thousands upon thousands.
I for one will definatly be picking up this title, already have a ps3, and this was one of the reasons I picked up the system earlier this year. If I didn't have one would this game make me pick one up? If I had the cash I probably would.
Wait for SSBM ;)
The first gen xbox never did sell to well,
but the one thing that sold the hell out of it?
halo.
If MGS4 can be a good enoguh game to sell itself insted of being a game that sells the PS3, then people have nothing to worry about. If worse comes to worse Konami will realize that if they want to make money they will put it on 360 eventually. Plus, it'd be selfish to make a game exclusive to a system that people are only buying that one game for...i'd feel ripped off if i bought a PS3 just for MGS4, also, does anyone see MGS4 getting any kind of sequel for PS3? I don't unfortunatley, because by the time this game comes out sony will be near its 2nd year life cycle for the ps3, and i think that if sony had any huge announcment games that were going to be exclusive, they would have announced them by now, and having MGS4 as the only game peopel consider buying a PS3 for, well......thats just stupid. I didn't get my 360 just for Halo 3. I was the second person at my gamestop to get halo 3, and now i have not played it in about 3 weeks, because its simply not as fun as all the other good games that are coming out, and the funny thing is all the games I've been playing are crossplatform. I say this exclusive stuff should just come to an end.
Four people is pretty niche. Yes.
I'm pretty sure that MGS4 will come to 360 eventually. PS3 is just a more expensive 360 with less games.
MGS1 was great but the stealth mechanics where a joke, MGS2 was total shit and Splinter Cell came out 4 days after MGS2 and showed what an actual stealth game it is, it also didn't have a joke of story.
MGS3 was mediocre at best, good idea, horrible execution, especially the menu system, pausing to enter the heal menu and remove a bee bullet from my crotch just slowed things down to much, same with the camo system and the weapons things.
Overall, the MGS series just irks me, it tries to add some realism and tries to preach while at the same giving me a ridiculous situation that makes my eyes hurt from rolling them so much.
MGS4 will sell not because its good, but because of its mammoth hype train.
sorry to piss on your parade but I don't think any of us are in a position to make postures on who is "owning" 08... unless your related to Mystic Meg of course.
I do agree that it is good to support games development, and that requires a good user base... which is probably why Okami is being ported to Wii, even if it is weak by your ascertion. Its just unfortunate that the sales lists will be dominated by chavtastic copies of FIFA 0X regardless of quality.
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I don't pay attention to sales numbers that much, but 1 million on day 1, worldwide should be a piece of cake for any big franchise no?