MGS4 Sells 5 Million

Who wants to be a millionaire?
Published 07/02/2010 at 21:19 by Tuffcub
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This Sunday evening I shall be combining two aspects of TSA: News reporting and Challenge TSA. The news is about Metal Gear Solid 4, the challenge is that I have fired up the Aliens Vs Predator demo and I’m going to see if it can find a game before I finish typing this up.

So, on to the news…

ScrawlFX have uncovered some data from Konami’s Fiscal Year 2010 3rd Quarter Financial Results and since the game’s launch Metal Gear Solid 4 has sold a rather staggering 5 million units and – hang on, my PS3 is now telling my controller has timed out as it hasn’t done anything for ten minutes – sorted that, where was I?

Ah yes, Metal Gear Solid 4 sold 650,000 units in this fiscal year alone. Pretty staggering numbers for a game that came out in Summer 2008. This means MGS4 is the PS3’s biggest selling exclusive game and Gran Turismo 5 is going to have a lot of catching up to do.

Right – spell check, add icon, last read through to make sure I call Gran Tourismo ‘Gran Turismo’ and not ‘Grand Tourismo’ like I always do – and – we’re done.  And still nothing from the Aliens Vs Predator Demo.  Epic Fail, fifteen minutes and not one person online apparently, and thus not one match.

Comments

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  1. It’s Gran Turismo ;)


  2. “Pretty staggering numbers for a game that came out in Summer 2009.”
    Wasn’t it Summer 2008?

    That’s some pretty staggering numbers, I guess it isn’t enough for Konami though *Looks at MGS:Rising’s non-exclusivity*


    • Correct 2008. It wasn’t last year for sure.


    • Yup, Summer 2008.
      I don’t see how 650,000 since April 2009 is all that staggering. It’s impressive, but not quite as impressive as selling 4.3 million copies from release up until that point…

      Be prepared for Uncharted 2 to at least get damned close to that point. It hit 3 million a couple of weeks ago, and is still strong in the charts.


  3. I hate you all and im going to bed


    • Haha, Sorry! :P


    • :) nice article


  4. Mgs4 is one of the greatest games ever created. I love it.
    Also, why does no-one play MGO anymore! Its so good!
    Good luck gran turismo (if it sells any as its never going to be released) and also MGS rising because it has a lot to live up to. A lot.


  5. Best ps3 game ever. The only game I will never trade


    • seconded. i still have my copy


  6. Metal gear is the game i most go back to even after 7 play through s i still find things and dialogue i’ve not seen or heard before, its amazing that it sold even more this quarter – that’s fantastic.
    As for GT5…well that can come out next year if they still think it needs tweaking and you can guarantee millions of us will still buy it anyway……..its gonna that good


  7. I wish they had put trophy support into it tho.


    • You, me and a billion other people.


      • Shouldn’t that be 4.999.998 other people? :)


    • yeah, me too!


    • yep they’d sell another copy if they put trophies in it


  8. I’ve just been playing through MGS4 again this week!
    Great to see that such a fantastic game has reached so many players!
    I knew it had sold well, just not /this/ well!


  9. While people are being pedantic, it should be “650,000″, not “650,00″. >_>


  10. But indeed it is an epic fail of AVP, I was very much looking foward to it and I too, haven’t fired a single triangular laser beam at anyone yet.


  11. I never did buy MGS4 the game-play was just too slow for me :( .


  12. Escape from New York was on the telly this weekend – Snake Pliskin!

    It’s a shame the AvP demo was multiplayer only – i guess they wanted to showcase the best aspects of the game… :s


  13. Good to see this sell well, just wish that Uncharted 2 sells this many as it deserves it.


    • Well… It is!
      UC2 sold 3 million in mid January, which is roughly on track with the performance of Gears 2 in 2008, and that hit 5 million by May.

      I don’t think it’ll do it that quickly, but I have no doubt it’ll get there.


  14. i knew it, its going to sell more with trophies


  15. just a quicky to see if i have a custom tag…


    • …no… :(