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Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3)
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panzii,
MGS2 was released on the X-Box (although it was a special edition version a while after the PS2 release). So they have released on Microsoft's platform before.
Also, currently the 360 has sold about 400,000 in Japan while the PS3 has sold 930,000 (vgcharts of course). It's double, but still a very small number. Besides, the majority (80%+) of MGS game sales are in territories outside of Japan, where the 360 has a much larger install base.
Your price cut is speculative, as is any increase in sales. Personally, I don't see a price cut making that big of a difference now (at least not anything under a $200-250 cut).
I agree with the idea of a time-lagged port. However, given that Kojima is already working on Wii titles, I wonder if he might be inclined to to alter MGS4 (either dumb down the graphics of release a side-story) for the Wii.
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panzii posted on Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) at 9:31AM PST on June 6, 2007. RE: Further Evidence Pointing To No Porting Of MGS4 Onto 360To reply to Laoldar's comments:
You do make a great point on Konami needing to recover te development costs of MGS4. However there are three points we should consider.
(1) In Japan the PS3 is more popular than the XBOX360. Konami is a Japanese company and would probably like to stay with a Japanese built system.
(2) By the time MGS4 hits the shelves the PS3 will have at least a $100 if not a $150 price cut.
(3) There is no reason why Konami could not release a port to the XBOX360 a couple years after it debuts on the PS3.
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Barfo posted on Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) at 2:33PM PST on May 22, 2007. RE: Konami Expects MGS4 by March 200810 bids
Starless posted on Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) at 4:23AM PST on May 18, 2007. RE: Further Evidence Pointing To No Porting Of MGS4 Onto 360-4 bids
welshbloke posted on Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) at 2:49AM PST on May 18, 2007. RE: Further Evidence Pointing To No Porting Of MGS4 Onto 3609 bids
Laoldar posted on Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) at 2:09AM PST on May 18, 2007. RE: Further Evidence Pointing To No Porting Of MGS4 Onto 360Kojima must be losing some sleep over whether or not to port this game.
On the one hand, the MGS games have only sold well on Sony consoles. This despite an EXCELLENT Gamecube remake of the first one and a X-Box port of MGS2. However, with the state of the PS3, it's doubtful that his company will breakeven on that console alone, given how much the development of this game must have cost.
Do you spend more money and gamble on a port, or hope that the PS3 will gain a LOT more steam?
It's an amazing series and I'd love to play the next installment, but I certainly won't be paying $600+ (plus game) to do so and I wonder how many PS2 owners will think the same.
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Joe80 posted on Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) at 9:37PM PST on May 17, 2007. RE: Further Evidence Pointing To No Porting Of MGS4 Onto 36010 bids
Nothing official, but gamestop recently sent out an email about a change in their expected release date for MGS4.
Old Release Date - 9/1/2007
New Release Date - 3/1/2008
http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?cookie%5Ftest=1&product_id=T000316
They gave no explanation, but I assume they would not do this without good reason.
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I wouldn't include MGS:TS as a special edition since it was released so long after MGS1, on a new system. If we look at the figures in my post below we can see how much each special edition of MGS2&3 added to the overall sales.
MGS2 Substance added ~225,500 to overall MGS2 sales.
MGS3 Subsistence added 288,000 to overall MGS3 sales.
Not counting territories other than NA or PAL. Were the SE released in EU, etc?
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