No doubt MGSV will outsell Batman. It's on 5 platforms.
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Metal Gear Community Thread: Made you wait, didn't I?
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No doubt MGSV will outsell Batman. It's on 5 platforms.
The difference isn't that big, but in 2012 it was revealed that MGS4 had sold 5.67 million copies.
Looking up some more information, it seems that Arkham City had shipped 6 million copies early 2012, a few months after release. Note: this is shipped, not sold. The only sales numbers I'm finding are around ~5.4 million.
Anyway, this is exclusive versus multiplatform. Adding Xbox One & PC, Metal Gear Solid V should technically be able to beat Arkham Knight.
NoctisVsStar
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Kojima should release MGSV the same day and make batman move. Reminds me of BvS moving away from Cap:Civil War
GreyOcelot
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eitherway, you don't want to release around the same time as batman. a few weeks before or after would be better. both games only stand to hurt each other if they release too close to each other.
Metal Gear Solid is one of the very few franchises that just keeps on selling. Most games just die a year after release. Nobody buys them anymore.
The fact MGS4 was able to add ~400.000 sold copies between 2012 and 2014 is pretty amazing, ESPECIALLY because it's a PlayStation 3 exclusive.
Love Deterrence
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True.
I believe they sold 900K copies between september and december, while the only notable release was Ground Zeroes PC.
Ahh yeah I see I'm looking at the 3 quarters' sales together. Regardless selling 900k in that period is bonkers.
GreyOcelot
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that makes sense with GZ dropping in price to a more reasonable level. i presume konami's internal figures include digital sales as well, right?
Love Deterrence
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Yup! Doesn't hurt that the GZ port is excellent. Seriously, shout out to Koji Pro on an amazing PC debut.
Sometimes I wonder if Konami would still be around without Kojima...
Physical release wasn't available until early 2015 IIRC, so it has to include digital for sure.
Love Deterrence
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God, no. They should seriously rename Konami to "Kojima."
Kojima Presents
Kojima Productions
A Hideo Kojima Game
Metal Gear Kojima
You'd think so.
They will but the gaming division will probably close. From the look of their financial reports games is only their third best selling division (in revenue).
I've noticed that a lot of Japanese publishers are re positioning themselves for the inevitable.
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Xpike
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They would probably still have Yu Gi Oh and PES and all that, but they wouldn't be a mayor player in the hardcore gaming industry for sure.
Rogue Agent
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It's really great. My only gripe is the lack of mouse support in the menus and no custom audio (without mods).
What? The PC version doesn't have the music import feature? That's crazy.
Rogue Agent
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Yeah, for PC of all things it really is lol.
NoctisVsStar
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Uknighted streaming MGS1
Love Deterrence
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Yeah, I feel ya! There's that weird bug where the cursor never leaves the screen or pops up regularly in the center if the controller os plugged in, too, but that didn't start happening until the January update. Haven't played the PC version in a week, so I'll boot it up this week to see what's up.
Yeah, wild. :lol There will be a mod sooner or later (there kinda already is, as you brought up). TPP is gonna have a ton of support over the years. Can't wait to see what the PC community does!
If the PS4 version of MGS V won't let me listen to "World is Mine" by Hatsune Miku on my helicopter, Kojima will be in trouble.
Love Deterrence
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Didn't someone say support was coming to GZ that allows for USB music playback?!
NoctisVsStar
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If he's not going to GDC I'm jumping on the e3 hype train
Stratosphere
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Wait what?! NO GDC appearance? All hope is lost.
RoyaleDuke
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Same here. I was at the LA Convention Center last year the week before E3. All the set up, all the hype and excitement. Too bad I couldn't attend though. lol
*ahem* You're reading that wrong. "Gaming" refers to our division in Vegas that does slots and various gambling hardware. Digital Entertainment is our video games (console/mobile/PC/browser).
Don't feel bad, you aren't the first and certainly not the last.
And yes, we differentiate between pachinko and Vegas on our English returns sheet.
Love Deterrence
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All this coming from the President of Konami himself, folks.
Tora you better make sure we can listen to custom .mp3 files on PS4!
YOU'RE MY FAVOURITE KONAMI EXEC, YOU CAN DO THIS
Gotcha. I was wondering what digital entertainment was meaning. I thought it was some weird new endeavor you guys were doing.
Also while I got you. Bring Portable Ops to Vita in NA!
Stratosphere
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Well if anyone would know the difference between 'gaming' and 'digital entertainment', it would be the Konami CEO.
I would like to start the petition to change your title to "Shit-Stirrer Extraordinaire".
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Xpike
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lool
NoctisVsStar
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N4G cover story incoming..
NoctisVsStar
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Me?! But I'm the nicest guy in this thread
Watch out Tora might issue a presidential order to not send you a review copy.
m8 it's 5am, too spooky
Even more than Kojima!?!?????
Yup, even more than Kojima, Mistral, my own missus, myself and other waifus out there.
Cipher Cat
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Dogs.. dogs.. and more.. dogs..!
You filthy dogs!
You filthy dogs!
SJRB
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Cipher Cat
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Has someone a good video footage of Kaz dancing in swimtrunks?
RoyaleDuke
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Hey Tora did you ever get my PM here on GAF about that thing? Sorry to bother you, Super Community Executive man.
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