OMGS4: Three million copies shipped worldwide

hmmm... 3 million.. not bad... but one wonders how many they could have shipped/sold if they had been able to shoehorn it onto the 360. someone at konami must be asking that question.

hey I made a legitimate point! 2 consoles are better than one :/

I bought a the MGS4 80 GB PS3 bundle for this game, and I'm telling you, more people need to experience it than 3 million people. That's how amazing it is. I actually want it to come out on the 360 so another 10 million people can experience it!

Please use this picture more, it makes me laugh.

This game was incredible! It deserved all the 10;s it got! If you are sad about the long cutscenes HELLO ITS A MGS GAME they always have huge cutscenes, plus they were amazing and i didnt mind watching them, especially since you could pause them to take a piss when ya needed to.

I've played a few of the prior Metal Gear games but I'm not a diehard fan by any means. I certainly don't know who half the characters are. However, MGS4 does a good job of explaining who everyone is and providing context on past events and storylines, so you don't actually need to have played the prior games. It'll make more sense if you did, but its perfectly understandable without the background.

It's a good game, and unlike a few of the previous Metal Gear games, kept my interest through the cut scenes. People make fun of the cut scenes, but a lot of them are damn good. I've replayed a few levels specifically to rewatch some of the cutscenes.

Haha. I'm laughing at the Sony Fanboys saying that they think MGS4 will outsell Halo 3 are long. Like it or lump it, Halo 3 sold 8 million in just over 3 months (with roughly 5.25 million in the first month if I remember correctly) and is apparently nearing 10 million shipped. 3 million < 5.25 million.

Sorry Sony Fanboys, but whether you rate Halo good or not - MGS just isn't going to match the numbers

So first week sales comparisons:

MGS4 = 3 million SHIPPED.

Halo 3 = Over 5 million SOLD

I have a feeling Konami is already starting on the 360 version.

"Shipped does equal sold to Konami, cause that's when they get paid."

Not true dude. When your development costs are over $100 million to make a game you are waaay more concerned about sold numbers. Shipped means the game is still sitting on store shelves. And if games sit on the shelves long enough they either get sent back to the distributor or sent to the recycle bin. Either way Konami shareholders are probably trying to stay optimistic right now but to say they don't care about how many copies are sold is crazy. Why do you think this info came out all of a sudden the same time that Sony released their info about how much money their gaming division lost? Companies normally don't post how many games are shipped because they know those numbers are not as meaningful to the bottom line - profitability. Sony has the numbers for how many copies sold during the first week. So why are they releasing shipped numbers instead of sold numbers?