MGS4 sells 4.33 million worldwide!

Taken from www.psu.com

"According to Konami's earnings report for the period April-September 2008, PlayStation 3 posterchild Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots has gone and sold itself 4.33 million times worldwide. That's 4.33 million gunmetal grey 'taches, 4.33 million Solid Eyes and 4.33 million flapping bandanas. Strewth.

The figure accounts for the bulk of Konami's game sales during the period - 11.75 million units across the globe.

Konami appears to be focussing on consolidation rather than new IP: its three priorities from this point on are to expand its global operation, promote existing franchises and develop online gaming services. Metal Gear Kart-Racing Online: NITROUS expansion pack, here we come."

Not bad... but not great, GeoW outsold it in the same time period i think.

kinda sad this game isn't doing better.

Yeah, those are great numbers. Although in reality sales mean nothing. No matter how much it sells, it will remain one of the best games ever.metalgear-solid

Yes they do... If this sold poorly, it probably would have been multi-plat.

Great sales, I guess that makes it the best selling PS3 game as of now.

Not only not the best game ever (when you look at average score), but also not best-selling game. Either way - fail.Salt_The_Fries

1st, it got a 10, second, Metal Gear games never sell the best.

[QUOTE="Salt_The_Fries"]Not only not the best game ever (when you look at average score), but also not best-selling game. Either way - fail.bleehum

1st, it got a 10, second, Metal Gear games never sell the best.

I thought brand name power will be stronger here...

Not only not the best game ever (when you look at average score)Salt_The_Fries

Not bad... but not great, GeoW outsold it in the same time period i think.

kinda sad this game isn't doing better.

nintendo-4life

"Konami appears to be focussing on consolidation rather than new IP..."kmadon

On topic. I'm glad to see MGS4 doing well. It's an awesome game and deserves all the success it can get.

Not bad... but not great, GeoW outsold it in the same time period i think.

kinda sad this game isn't doing better.

nintendo-4life

GeoW sold 5 million in 2 years...

Mgs4 is at 4.33 in 5 months and chrismas didn't even come yet...

What are you on?

wow thats great news... it means Konami are happy cause they're surely making profits and also that 4.33 million gamers had the pleasure to play & enjoy this excellent game...

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Not bad... but not great, GeoW outsold it in the same time period i think.

kinda sad this game isn't doing better.

madsmokey

GeoW sold 5 million in 2 years...

Mgs4 is at 4.33 in 5 months and chrismas didn't even come yet...

What are you on?

exactly. Lems still don't understand GeoW DOES NOT sell like Halo.

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Not bad... but not great, GeoW outsold it in the same time period i think.

kinda sad this game isn't doing better.

madsmokey

GeoW sold 5 million in 2 years...

Mgs4 is at 4.33 in 5 months and chrismas didn't even come yet...

What are you on?

MGS4 was also bundled with a PS3

lets count standalone unit sales now. Probably 1.5-2 Million for PS3

lol at lemmings who said it didnt sell well when it's selling better and faster than gears of war did, and it's coming into it's first holiday season

It deserves it!! one of the best game ever and will be game of the year or LBP

4.33 million and x-mas isn't even here yet...:orogerjak

Exactly.. good point. Holiday season.. this will definately get a huge boost in sales.

lol at lemmings who said it didnt sell well when it's selling better and faster than gears of war did, and it's coming into it's first holiday season

It deserves it!! one of the best game ever and will be game of the year or LBP

bigLLL

if EITHER of those games gets GOTY it will be a travesty

not so much with LBP cuz it's definately a contender... but it doesn't stack up to games like Fallout 3, Dead Space, Gears 2, or Resistance 2

Great sales.

watch as lemmings downplay the sales, always trying to put a spin on everything PS3-related.

This is really impressive, 4.33 million in 4 months+, that's like almost 1 million every month.

Also, bear in mind that MGS does not have the 'casual' appeal like Gears, Halo, GTA, etc

Its outsold MGS 3, even with its huge user base.

Game of the Generation, FACT.

Good for Konami

But that means nothing to me

Not bad... but not great, GeoW outsold it in the same time period i think.

kinda sad this game isn't doing better.

nintendo-4life

How is 4.33 million not great? Why does every game have to sell as much as Gears to have great sales?

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Not bad... but not great, GeoW outsold it in the same time period i think.

kinda sad this game isn't doing better.

Cpt__Spaulding

GeoW sold 5 million in 2 years...

Mgs4 is at 4.33 in 5 months and chrismas didn't even come yet...

What are you on?

MGS4 was also bundled with a PS3

lets count standalone unit sales now. Probably 1.5-2 Million for PS3

Gears was also bundled with 360s, should we recount the sales figures on those as well?

watch as lemmings downplay the sales, always trying to put a spin on everything PS3-related.

This is really impressive, 4.33 million in 4 months+, that's like almost 1 million every month.

Also, bear in mind that MGS does not have the 'casual' appeal like Gears, Halo, GTA, etc

Its outsold MGS 3, even with its huge user base.

Game of the Generation, FACT.

xxThyLordxx

subjective impressions about games are opinions, never facts. fact of the matter is there never will be an objective 'game of the generation'. sorry.

my 2 cents are the sales are so high because there really isn't any breadth of depth in terms of Sony's current PS3 library. it's a no brainer people will pick up the most hyped game out there when there isn't too much else to pick from. also doesn't hurt that there are bundles - and guess what, Konami counts them as sold when they enter a bundle (sold to Sony) not when the bundle is sold...

*at the people seem unimpressed*:|

MGS3 didnt even sell 4 million IIRC.And these are superb sales for MGS4 and sure it's no halo but it is on gears level and could very well surpass the original gears total sales.

Awesome sales. Really impressive. I sure hope everyone who hasn't bought MGS4 yet, will do so during the holiday season.Ansip

Don't get your hopes up, that would be the rest of the 6 billion people on earth.

*at the people seem unimpressed*:|

MGS3 didnt even sell 4 million IIRC.And these are superb sales for MGS4 and sure it's no halo but it is on gears level and could very well surpass the original gears total sales.

Deep_Thinker_1

MGS3 was kind of terrible wasn't it? and MGS3 wasn't bought up by Sony for console bundles to the same degree it was this time.. if it all. can't remember.

keep in mind all copies bought by sony for bundles are counted as sales regardless of whether they are still on shelves so in reality the numbers are probably much lower.

Impressive! MGS3 didn't even sell that much with a userbase several times bigger. Not to mention that the game has been out less then 4 months and Christmas is soon, I expect sales to keep increasing.Asim90

i agree with you. just imagine the christmas sales....

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Not bad... but not great, GeoW outsold it in the same time period i think.

kinda sad this game isn't doing better.

madsmokey

GeoW sold 5 million in 2 years...

Mgs4 is at 4.33 in 5 months and chrismas didn't even come yet...

What are you on?

OWNED on so many levels :lol:

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*at the people seem unimpressed*:|

MGS3 didnt even sell 4 million IIRC.And these are superb sales for MGS4 and sure it's no halo but it is on gears level and could very well surpass the original gears total sales.

3picuri3

MGS3 was kind of terrible wasn't it? and MGS3 wasn't bought up by Sony for console bundles to the same degree it was this time.. if it all. can't remember.

keep in mind all copies bought by sony for bundles are counted as sales regardless of whether they are still on shelves so in reality the numbers are probably much lower.

Halo and other big name games are sold in bundles as well,it just shows the pedigree of the game that it's being sold in a bundle.

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watch as lemmings downplay the sales, always trying to put a spin on everything PS3-related.

This is really impressive, 4.33 million in 4 months+, that's like almost 1 million every month.

Also, bear in mind that MGS does not have the 'casual' appeal like Gears, Halo, GTA, etc

Its outsold MGS 3, even with its huge user base.

Game of the Generation, FACT.

3picuri3

subjective impressions about games are opinions, never facts. fact of the matter is there never will be an objective 'game of the generation'. sorry.

my 2 cents are the sales are so high because there really isn't any breadth of depth in terms of Sony's current PS3 library. it's a no brainer people will pick up the most hyped game out there when there isn't too much else to pick from. also doesn't hurt that there are bundles - and guess what, Konami counts them as sold when they enter a bundle (sold to Sony) not when the bundle is sold...

Funny for a moment I tought you where talking about GeOW.

I thought this was known for a while? Awesome anyway. But every PS3 owner should buy this game! 100% attach rate :P.Episode_Eve

Funny to see how lems try to downplay the sales. GeoW was bundled aswell. How you look at it, MGS4 stills outsells GeoW 4 months after launch.

Awesome to see that such a quality title racks in millions of sales. Shows that gamers are willing to invest in a deep and thought-provoking game. Everyone should be happy, not just cows(:

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Not bad... but not great, GeoW outsold it in the same time period i think.

kinda sad this game isn't doing better.

madsmokey

GeoW sold 5 million in 2 years...

Mgs4 is at 4.33 in 5 months and chrismas didn't even come yet...

What are you on?

To be fair Gears sold about 4 million of that in it's first 3 months. The thing in lems favor here is that when Gears 1 came out the 360 install base way much smaller then the ps3's base is now. Then again that was the first blockbuster for the 360.

Good for MGS4 though, the ps3 really needed it.

MGS4 had sold 3.36 m Not 4.33

http://www.vgchartz.com/games/game.php?id=6970®ion=All

they had Shipped 4.33 m

and had sold 3.36

Impressive! MGS3 didn't even sell that much with a userbase several times bigger. Not to mention that the game has been out less then 4 months and Christmas is soon, I expect sales to keep increasing.Asim90

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watch as lemmings downplay the sales, always trying to put a spin on everything PS3-related.

This is really impressive, 4.33 million in 4 months+, that's like almost 1 million every month.

Also, bear in mind that MGS does not have the 'casual' appeal like Gears, Halo, GTA, etc

Its outsold MGS 3, even with its huge user base.

Game of the Generation, FACT.

DarkCloud79

subjective impressions about games are opinions, never facts. fact of the matter is there never will be an objective 'game of the generation'. sorry.

my 2 cents are the sales are so high because there really isn't any breadth of depth in terms of Sony's current PS3 library. it's a no brainer people will pick up the most hyped game out there when there isn't too much else to pick from. also doesn't hurt that there are bundles - and guess what, Konami counts them as sold when they enter a bundle (sold to Sony) not when the bundle is sold...

Funny for a moment I tought you where talking about GeOW.

i know you thought you were being clever - but the same applies to both. that's why we don't play sales in SW.