Exclusive MGS4 needs to sell 1 million on day one

[Gold Line]

Just cause Mario Galaxy didn't sell 1 million its first day doesn't mean MGS4 won't as well.

yes it does...

mario is MUCH more popular than MGS and there are MUCH more wii owners than ps3 owners.

[F9zDark]

Mario is extremely a bigger franchise than Metal Gear Solid but Super Mario Galaxy didn't sell 1 million in the first day.

When I see that, it makes me wonder if people are just sick of mario. I am not gonna say that Wii owners don't like games, otherwise why would they own a Wii, but Nintendo will soon find that casual gamers are NOT the ones who will wait in line on launch day to buy a game, as has happened with the Halo series and many other really popular games on hardcore gamer consoles.

yes it does...

mario is MUCH more popular than MGS and there are MUCH more wii owners than ps3 owners.

How would you know thats it more popular? Where is your proof for this? Is there some poll out there that says more people like Mario than Snake?

[Napalm-Death]

yes it does...

mario is MUCH more popular than MGS and there are MUCH more wii owners than ps3 owners.

This doesn't mean that people won't buy PS3s when they pick up their copy of MGS4.

[Gold Line]

How would you know thats it more popular? Where is your proof for this? Is there some poll out there that says more people like Mario than Snake?

Because mario games have always outsold mgs games.

[Shadowblind]

or mayb they just like a good console insted of a pile of $#@! ...

Lets face it...right now, the PS3 can't compare to its peers.

End of story when it comes to the PS3.

The only POSSIBLE, plausible reason someone would EVER want a PS3 is one of 2 things:

1)They want it for MGS4, or KHIII whenever it comes out

2) They are Sony fans.

No other reason. Online sucks, games are limited to crap and mediocre, and at best, there are only 5 good games out for PS3 that aren't out for 360 too.

Production values are so freaking high on PS3, Konami clearly states that MGS4 must sell 1 mill in the first week to even start making a profit. While people are buying Blu-Ray more then HD-DVD, only 13% of all video sales aren't DVDs.

No matter how much you argue, the 360 has so far matched and often surpassed the PS3 in terms of graphics and gameplay. This is fact, and will remain fact until the PS3 can top it.

No, the 360's potential hasn't been tapped. It hasn't been NEAR tapped. I'm not sure which wingnut says it has, but that idea is just as convoluted as saying MGS4 will be released for 360, Wii, and PC as well as PS3.


Dude....you can ask anybody in the world. They know who Sonic and Mario are. Even I didn't know who Solid Snake was till he was announced for SSBB.

[JKKDARK]

Mario franchise sold more than 200 million units.

Metal Gear franchise sold (please, don't laugh Gold Line :rofl 20 million units.

[DPyro]

LoL @ Shadowblind. Who are you to say why someone would or wouldn't want a PS3. Thats your own opinion, and it doesn't = the rest of the world. Maybe people buy PS3 for the games, you know, something unique like LittleBigPlanet or the Eyetoy. Beats 10,000 mediocre FPS that get over hyped by the M$ machine and their advertising (notice how much money Microsoft wastes on advertising). Microsoft hasn't so much as made a dime from their gaming division, and their losing in Japan. In order to compete, you need to do well in all regions, not just 1.

[Shadowblind]

LoL @ Shadowblind. Who are you to say why someone would or wouldn't want a PS3. Thats your own opinion, and it doesn't = the rest of the world. Maybe people buy PS3 for the games, you know, something unique like LittleBigPlanet or the Eyetoy. Beats 10,000 mediocre FPS that get over hyped by the M$ machine and their advertising (notice how much money Microsoft wastes on advertising). Microsoft hasn't so much as made a dime from their gaming division, and their losing in Japan. In order to compete, you need to do well in all regions, not just 1.

Every single person i know who owns a PS3 says that they specifically bought the PS3 for MGS4. Yes, this is over 50 people. They also say they own less then 3 games for the PS3.

Wasting money on advertising? Everytime I see a game commercial for the PS3 (which is about every 3 commercials) they always add PS3 now at $399. Seems to me like they are even advertising crappy games just to have the "PS3 now at $399" appear. Japan = less then 1/4th of the gaming industry. They are losing in Japan, yet they are narrowly behind the Wii in console sales.

Every game MS has hyped has always lived up to it. Sony has so bad games, they can't even hype them. Too bad, too.

Unique, like eyetoy?... Unique like Bioshock, unique like Mass Effect, unique like the XBLA, and unique like XBL in general. Unique like the Wiimote, unique like Mario galaxy?

Unique like Sixaxis? Unique like the interface button in their controller? Unique like their brand new controllers? Right...

[Napalm-Death]

PS3 owners are mad because they know they bought a commercial failure :rofl:

I don't know which PS3 owners you're talking about because I don't see any owners "mad because they know they bought a commercial failure", if you don't like the console, then just leave it alone. If you're that mad that you can't get MGS4 on one disc on your own system then take it up with Konami.

EDIT: Shadowblind, you're probably the only gamer that hasn't heard of Solid Snake before the SSBB announcement, EVERYONE in the world knows who Solid Snake is, gamer or non-gamer.

[DPyro]

No good games? Ratchet and Clank, Heavenly Sword, Warhawk and Uncharted in just a few months. Next up is UT3, Killzone 2, and LittleBigPlanet. Sony has their PSN which is similar to XBLA. Super Stardust HD and Everyday shooter are just a few of the good PSN games they've started to release in PSN's first year, vs Xbox having a 6 year head start. Best part is that PSN is FREE, why would you pay for something you already paid for (internet access). Quite frankly, you can't say that XBL is better than PSN. Do I really want to hear 12 year old kiddies screaming in my headphone say OMGZZZ I PWNEDED J00. The experience I've had with PSN is what I expect. I've never dropped connections, the games run fluid and I don't hear stupid kids screaming in my ear.