MGSV: The Phantom Pain has shipped 3 million units worldwide
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mugurumakensei
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It's almost at 500k on PC. I'd imagine PS4 has to be at least 1.5 mil at this point and Xbox One also at least 500k.
~90% of PC purchases are digital at this point, rendering its inclusion in shipped numbers meaningless. You are essentially comparing two unrelated values and drawing a conclusion, there will be some overlap between physical PC versions sold and Steamspy numbers, but they will be minimal.
I'm pretty sure these numbers are combination of shipped and digital.
Destiny sold through 3 million during its first month in the US alone.
SkylineRKR
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Its sarcasm.
OccamsLightsaber
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Konami: "MGS V has failed to meet sales expectations. We needed at least 15m in the first week to break even."
hmmmmmmmmm
that's pretty good.
I wonder how many of these people will stick around for the expansion. I got Destiny last september, finished the single player in about a week, and will never play it again, or anything else with Destiny on the box.
Permanently A
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Considering the stories of Kojima's ridiculous overspending that might not be far from the case.
KoopaTheCasual
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Joke post? (I'm really bad with sarcasm, if true)
Aceofspades
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PS4 is at least 2m, maybe more.I don't think X1 is close to 500k at this point
Not sure if serious or just trolling
'Shipped' generally implies physical copies shipped to stores, not total copies sold, not digital.
My Walmart sold out on PS4 over the first few days when it came out, and we just got 9 more copies in stock today. We already sold 3, possibly 4.
I noticed Best Buy by me was completely sold out on PS4 two days ago. They said they had about 25 PS4 copies in the back (they were sold out of PS4 versions on the sales floor during launch day, and an employee had to grab a copy for me and another guy moments after I purchased my copy).
I'm noticing that the game is primarily selling on PS4 and is just about only sold out on PS4. I never personally sold a copy on Xbox One, 360, or PS3 yet.
I noticed Best Buy by me was completely sold out on PS4 two days ago. They said they had about 25 PS4 copies in the back (they were sold out of PS4 versions on the sales floor during launch day, and an employee had to grab a copy for me and another guy moments after I purchased my copy).
I'm noticing that the game is primarily selling on PS4 and is just about only sold out on PS4. I never personally sold a copy on Xbox One, 360, or PS3 yet.
I know what shipped means. Publishers usually combine shipments and digital sales to pad out the numbers. This isn't a press release so there's no confirmation but it wouldn't surprise me if that's what's going one.
AmaterasuOni
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Congrats Kojima, well deserved!
Can it hit 10M?
Can it hit 10M?
Yeah, of course, but it's actually been profitable within its first month already. Every game sold is a profit now.
Game is still chugging along on the STEAM charts. It will probably see a million in the next 2 or 3 weeks. Just look at Rocket league. Game is already over a million.
I feel the PC version will be the secondo highest sold version by years end and the highest selling version after a good couple couple of sales. Sort of like how Dark Souls 1 and 2 outsold any other platform.
Don't worry, when that happens consoles gamers stop separating their platforms and lump their numbers together to contend with it.
I feel the PC version will be the secondo highest sold version by years end and the highest selling version after a good couple couple of sales. Sort of like how Dark Souls 1 and 2 outsold any other platform.
Don't worry, when that happens consoles gamers stop separating their platforms and lump their numbers together to contend with it.
Mass_Pincup
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Wow, I always thought that PES was way way bigger then FIFA during the PS2 era, me and my friends bought one every single year since PES5 and never even entertain the thought of playing FIFA.
Fifa sold on having an official license the fact that you could play teams like Yeovil and rise them to the premiership is what broadened it's appeal to everyone in the UK, modern day Fifa now has both the license and the gameplay and it's only rised higher and higher since.
Omnistalgic
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Don't bring that nonsense into the thread please. It's a great number for a great game, leave it at that. Tons of gamers on PC buy more than one version anyway. Just stop.
Ehh that'd be quite a big jump. And considering it's not selling gangbusters on the Xbox or the last gen consoles, expecting the PS4 to handle the bulk of that is kinda unrealistic.
I think it'll do about at 6-7
It's actually my boat, but you are welcome to stay.
That's just terminology. All those decades they used 'shipped' so when digital happened they stuck with this term, clarifying that from now on it will include all physical copies shipped + digital sales. There's no logic in announcing an overall number of sold copies but choosing to use a lower figure.
MGS4 sold as much on PS3 alone. The franchise remaining stagnant, even while expanding to other platforms is more unlikely. I think it will easily take the top spot for best selling MGS game. Above 10m is my guess. 12m? Even better. Guessing splits I would go with PS3 + PS4 taking the lion's share with PC duking it out with XBO + 360.
Suspect PC will be quite big. Seems a really solid port and an ideal PC SP experience really.
Suzushiiro
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Yeah, this is the first MGS that wasn't platform exclusive at launch, so you'd think that long term it'll be the best selling game in the series.
That said, it's also been a very long gap between 5 and the last "major" entry in the series (seven years, compared to the 3-4 years between each of the first four games) so it's possible interest has waned a bit. Also note that the two best-selling entries in the series so far released at much less competitive times than this one has- MGS2 and 4 were arguably the first "major" releases for their respective platforms in terms of how anticipated they were, whereas 3, which sold well but significantly less than 2 and 4, released in the same season as a shitload of other big titles.
Metal Gear Solid, and Metal Gear Solid 2 both sold over 7,000,000, and Metal Gear Solid IV sold over 6,000,000.
There is no way for Metal Gear Solid V sells so low... 9/10 million at very least.
Never underestimate the amount of PC gamers who will wait for a Steam sale before buying a game, no matter how big or popular it may be. The PC sales could go through the roof between now and the end of the year if we see a decent price drop during the Steam Winter Sale, which I'm guessing will be somewhere in the neighborhood of 25-33%.
Not sure, if you extracted only the % margin per copy after steam/sony takes their fat cut or printing + retail cut, add in other expenses like marketing, it might take awhile.
Interficium
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I'm not going to say it's "extremely unlikely" but it's unlikely.
Hello? This is Hailun!
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Plus another 450,000 on Steam so far.
friskykillface
Banned
Kojima the God
If Konami makes like triple the amount they spent developing the game, are they not satisfied with that? It's a shame that they are sitting on that awesome Fox Engine and they decide to disband the team responsible for creating it. Silent Hills, MGSVI, ZOE3, new Castlevania...think of all the awesome AAA games that could have been!