MGS4 is best-selling PS3 game in Japan, boosts hardware sales

I work at a GAME store in the UK and we've seen a massive increase in system sales due to MGS4 and GTA. We sell far less Wii60's then PS3's, but then most people that want a wii or 360 have probably already go theirs....

Slight OT: I've got a MGS related question.
There is an option in the game Option Menu that allows the use of an external headset to be used as your codec... or at least that's how I understand it. It just doesn't seem to work. The game still uses the speakers for the codec. Couldn't find anything on that on the internet or in the manual. Any help, please?

On Topic: GO MGS4. The game is awesome. Completed it once, now going to grab some more emblems. A must buy, so it's really no surprise that it is doing that good. Great to have a GOOD PS3 exclusive for a change!

best... game... ever...

imo at least


yes, i have good relations with several gamestops and they all are saying they havent moved this many ps3's since the price drop. Although they dont have official bundles, they are making their own

"This is certainly a time of celebration for Konami and Sony, and should alleviate fears that a PS3 exclusive can't be incredibly successful"

Wasn't there just an article on PS3fanboy about exclusives selling better on PS3 than the other consoles.

Anyways, its nice to see it doing well. I think the MGS4 effect will slow down in the coming weeks, but PS3 sales will be up compared to before MGS4 arrived.

i thought the Japanese dint like shooters of any kind ? or is it they just dont like shooters developed by anyone thats not them ?

Yay Metal Gear and PS3, but is anyone else annoyed that the online multiplayer is region locked? I have a good friend in Australia with-whom I like to play, but now we can't. Is it so much to ask that I be allowed to play with anyone in the world? I play Rainbow Six, Warhawk, GTA4, and Burnout with this guy and have no problems or lag...why not MGS4?

First i want to say a BIG Thanks to Kojima and all his team !!

I really liked the game, and all the layer of the story, to me its really a master piece because of so many of those layers.
In a way it make me think of 2001 by Kubrick.

I hope that konami and the fan will let Kojima do another game that is not MGS. Not that i dont want any other MGS game, but i can wait !
And i really want to see what Kojima and his team can do next. And now that they know how to use the PS3, the next game could be huge !

So yeah please, do another game that is not MGS please !
And in 4 or 5 years when we, the fan, are all starving for a new MGS come back with a big bang :p

Thanks again to Kojima Production !

Not to Troll but wow you totally skipped how it didn't do that well in the UK?

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/06/17/mgs4-sells-476k-units-first-week-in-japan-uk-ps3-sales-impact/

yea that region lock is stupid andddddddd getting online is a B*TCH. totally annoying process

Looking at the comments in that linked Joystiq article is hilarious . I still can't believe people are complaining about price of the PS3. Where is this mentality that the PS3 has to Wii Priced? I know its not "cheap" but common!

Math and logic is not needed to consider yourself a gamer.

All that is necessary is an unreserved willingness to buy most any hyped game or gaming system that shows up on your personal radar.

Most other considerations be damned.

Viola! You are now a gamer.

'True' gamer status is thus proportional to your willingness to buy almost anything and everything. Because if you don't, the self appointed elite will attempt to revoke your gamer card. Even though their own ownership of said card is suspect due to their, what I like to call, gamer-tard status.

So instead of owning a gamer-card, they are a gamer-tard. If you think on it some I'm sure you'll realise that you personally know a few of these individuals.

If this where a political discussion, these are the types of people that you could expect to call you a Paul-tard, if you lean that way, for example.

They will espouse the values of paying premium prices for substandard product, and look at you crazy (just got kicked in the nadz) eye if you choose to differ.

They will buy all the add-ons, both hardware and digital, pushing cost of ownership startling close to $1000 or more yet refuse to pay for quality hardware, even after experiencing hardware failure. Sometimes over and over again.

I am sensitive to the borderline hypocritical nature of this post, but c'mon when people bitch about prices and forget totally about inflation and the cost of say a $299 PS1 in 1995 in terms of 2006-2007 dollars ($413 ish) I begin to wonder.

Isnt it sad a terrible game like Halo can sell systems and systems yet MGS4 wont do as well?

Thats how easy the world is to please these days. Well in North America anyway. The rest of us know which is the right system.

I bet the numbers would've spiked more if there were more of the 80gb bundles w/ the game and DS3 and hadn't made them so limited. It's almost like Sony hates money or something.