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MGS4 PS3 80GB SKU an instant sell-out at retail

Advanced orders for Sony Corp.'s Metal Gear Solid 4 Playstation 3 80GB Bundle held an instant sell-out upon availability at retailers.

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jkhan5812d ago

Talk about system seller. Sony should have launched more MGS4 80GIG sku. This game is gonna sell a lot of PS3. Sony is really counting on this.

TheHater5812d ago

and it seems to be working.

theKiller5812d ago (Edited 5812d ago )

its a system seller!!
it will sell much much more systems than GTA4, and maybe will sell more copies also excluding 360 GTA4 sales!!

to those who is waiting for a port to 360, i will say u will never play it unless u buy a ps3!! like it or not thats the fact! its MGS4 baby it aint no over hyped game like GTA4 or halo 3!!! its the real deal when it gets 10/10 scores!!

to think of it, MGS4 has a scary power of selling systems!! this sentence just made my day "MGS4 PS3 80GB SKU an instant sell-out at retail"

i predict ps3 sales will be 1,000,000 in june!! remember guys from who u heard it first from!! wait i think even more!

LJWooly5812d ago

At least this is a series that actually deserves all the sales...

Marceles5812d ago

Hopefully they restock on the bundles really soon...I know alot of people don't want to settle for the 40gb with a Sixaxis. It even sold out at Gamestop when they threw in the MGS4 headset which drove the price higher. I think everyone has already been waiting on the 80 gb for awhile, and now that it's back with MGS4 and a Dual Shock 3...that's a perfect bundle.

Mr_President_5812d ago

There doing this with practically ZERO ADVERTISING

solidjun55812d ago

I think everyone has been waiting for the bundle to arrive before dropping that amount of money on the PS3. It's funny cause those Analysts are going to be saying "well we don't believe MGS4 is going to significantly help the PS3".

Who knows, GTA4 might increase in sales because of that. Now that they have a brand new PS3 and they want to be entrenched in "Next Gen", they might even associate GTA with the Sony brand and sales of that might increase. Now i'm just speculating and it's all theory.

Lifendz5812d ago

at all those on the gs forums and here that said it won't move units. That MGS never moves hardware. Just like those people said MGS won't move units this time and were wrong so will they be wrong in their statements that Killzone 2 will be average because Killzone 1 was average.

LJWooly5812d ago

It seems MGS can do this without even so much as a couple of adverts, whereas games like Halo need ridiculous marketing budgets, like billboards and Mountain Dew.

Jok3r5812d ago

8 of my friends (who already own a PS3) have all pre-ordered a MGS4 SKU, so it´s not all new buyers who buys a PS3 just for MGS4...They traded in their 40gb/60gb PS3´s and buys this instead =P

Doppy5812d ago

Wow I love Metal Gear Solid, but I didn't expect this. I wonder how many 80GB consoles were actually sold.

hardmetal5812d ago

However, it's not the same with MGS which is supposed to target the hardcore gamers who would buy the console at any price.

meepmoopmeep5812d ago

"Also realize this
There doing this with practically ZERO ADVERTISING"

QFT

Lifendz5812d ago

"8 of my friends (who already own a PS3) have all pre-ordered a MGS4 SKU, so it´s not all new buyers who buys a PS3 just for MGS4...They traded in their 40gb/60gb PS3´s and buys this instead =P "

True but all I said was it would move units and, regardless of who's buying the sku, it is moving hardware.

PS3 in 08!

KillaManiac5812d ago

Joker...they traded in their 60gigs for a 80gig just b/c it came with MGS4 and a DS3? Wow...bad move

Now if we are talking about the Gunmetal Limited Edition PS3...that is a different story.

cito35th5812d ago

IT FEELS SO GOOD TO BE A PS3 OWNER RIGHT NOW!!!

nbsmatambo5811d ago

they should have made more TV commercials

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Kaz Hirai5812d ago (Edited 5812d ago )

Just 1 day left! 1 day until you CROTCH-SNIFFING XBOT NINCOMPOOPS finally learn your place! This is MY industry! You PIG IMBECILES do not belong here!
For I am the King of Sony!

1 DAY UNTIL METAL GEAR SOLID 4, MY SONY SOLDIERS!

1 DAY UNTIL JUDGMENT DAY, NAZISOFT!

MWAH-HA-HA-HA!!!

Edit: PirateThom, you are one lucky Sony Soldier! You get to enjoy Judgment Day a day early! Even King Kaz has to wait until tomorrow! Enjoy the Game Of The Century!

MWAH-HA-HA-HA!!!

PirateThom5812d ago

Kaz, I got the game a day early!

I've been playing it for over 7 hours now and it's absolutely amazing.

Judgement has been passed. Game of the Year and the best game I've played in ages.

PSWe605812d ago

Missing work tomorrow and going to the mid-night launch tonight, congrats on the success of the Sony console

highdro5812d ago (Edited 5812d ago )

i now know y u have only one bubble...never the less this game is gonna be epic,....ur not really kaz are u !?!

juuken5812d ago

Dammit PirateThom, I am jealous now. T__T
But we get it tomorrow! Cannot wait to play this game!

eagle215812d ago

Wow, what a release week! :)

Warning: to anyone who even tries my nerves today. You will get the unrated, explicit, director's cut hard truth about how I feel about "your console".....Test me baby....lol

Sir_Ken_Kutaragi5812d ago

Good one King Kaz;)
That 'Metal Gear Solid 4 Playstation 3 80GB Bundle' is the most Desirable thing thats come out this year!!! ;-P
YOU'KNOW'IT!!!;)

+The only Sad thing for me is that i won't get 'THAT' Feeling you get when you open a PS3 box for the 1st time and getting all Excited!!!;)
(i.e i Got a PS3 already!) ;-P

Enjoy it New PS3 owners!!!;) Next-gen Starts NOW!!!;-D (Er tomorrow erm well different time Zones and that er erm...) ;)

theKiller5812d ago

give a bubble to kaz hirai
he needs it

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Tmac5812d ago

Midnight launch for MGS4 today :)

Homicide5812d ago

Sh1t, less than 12 hours :D. I can't wait.

Pretty good news that the bundle is selling very well.

KillaManiac5812d ago

I am SO excited, I work at Gamestop and thank GOD I wasn't scheduled for the midnight release. I had to do GTA4s, but atleast not MGS4!

*dances*

heyheyhey5812d ago

Turning Point- if you smell me

highdro5812d ago

but i dont see it beating sales record alerday set in this gaming era, ...but no doubt more ps3 will be sold.

Zeevious5812d ago

. . . and 9 out of 10 of my crackHo's agree!

Only 12 hours left though, so WHAT are you doing HERE?

Z-Daddy needs a new MGS bundle.
So get out there and EARN Bytch!

;)

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PlayStation 3 Games That Desperately Need a PS5 Remaster

The PlayStation 3 may not have been the strongest generation for Sony, but there were still some diamonds in the rough that deserve a revisit as PS5 remasters.

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OtterX63d ago (Edited 63d ago )

Even if they could just remaster and put on PSVR2, some would still look great as VR titles and could do a whole lot to bolster the headset w these exclusives! I'd imagine the investment of reworking these titles into VR would be way less than building new games from the ground up, and they could be amazing experiences, and VR often makes flat games feel fresh again. The Resistance and Killzone games are particularly what I want to see!!

Rude-ro62d ago

I played killzone 3 in 3d and it really changed the game per being immersive.
In vr, that would be even more awesome.

darthv7262d ago

Funny you mention that... my son wanted to play some PS3 games in 3d on my PS tv and he was blown away by how good KZ3 was. It really was a great addition to the game. Im surprised there have not been more 3d games from that era being ported to the PSVR/VR2.

_SilverHawk_62d ago

resistance 1-3, killzone 1-3, uncharted 1-3, uncharted golden abyss, folklore, socom 4 , motorstorm, twisted metal, MAG, heavenly sword

Cacabunga62d ago

Killzone 2+3
Sly Thieves in Time
Crack in Time
God of War Ascension
Motorstorm
Modnation racer
Infamous 1+2

Profchaos62d ago (Edited 62d ago )

Killzone trilogy in VR would be amazing bonus points if they offer shadow fall.

There was a psvr1 Killzone project that supermassive was working on at one stage which wasn't up to scratch and Sony brand it back in house I was hoping we would see that on psvr2 eventually.

Personally I'd love to see some more love or acknowledgement of psvr2 from Sony in general it was a expensive headset and Sony barely acknowledge it's existence

seanpitt2362d ago

The amount of work needed to remaster these games wouldn't be beneficial on a financial and business sense.. MGS4 would probably be the best bet as it would need the least amount of work!

Iceball200063d ago

YEAAASSSSS! I miss this franchise and wanna play it so bad again.

Father__Merrin63d ago

The time is perfect for a resistance fall of man game campaign coop multiplayer

InUrFoxHole63d ago

The resistance series is str8 trash to me. Socom 3 I would welcome. Or killzone MP.

Marcus Fenix63d ago

A Resistance reboot will be awesome

Michiel198962d ago

That's what Bungie should make, Ill keep saying it until it happens

1Victor63d ago (Edited 63d ago )

Resistance was ok but Warhawk and Starhawk was better and kept me coming back for almost a decade of fun and petty revenge on the loud mouth unskilled players 🤣
Edit I loved capture the flag dropping the pot on the flag carrier was extremely satisfying as well as transforming your plane in bot form and stumping them to death 😱

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Michiel198962d ago

Resistance was the best co-op fps I ever played after L4D2

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One Last Smoke - The significance of Snake's cigarettes in Metal Gear Solid 4

An article looking at the symbolic meaning behind the cigarettes in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.

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Hideo Kojima laments that Metal Gear Solid 4's digital battlefield 'is no longer science fiction'

Game creator Hideo Kojima is and probably will always be best-known for his creation and stewardship of the Metal Gear series at Konami, which since his departure has been more-or-less on permanent hiatus (don't mention Survive). In his almost three decades these games evolved to the point where they predicted certain problems of the information age (MGS 2), took aim at contemporary topics like Guantanamo Bay (MGS: Ground Zeroes), and ended on a profound sense of sadness about our species' inability to break the cycles of global conflict (MGS V).

It's not clear what sparked this reflection, but Kojima's been thinking about Metal Gear Solid 4, an entry that was (and unfortunately still remains) a PlayStation 3 exclusive. In that entry the player controls an aged Solid Snake in the year 2014, caught up in a civil war being fought between Private Military Companies (PMCs).

Dirty_Lemons373d ago

That was a great fucking game/ movie.

DarXyde373d ago

To this day, it's one of those games where I refuse to skip the cutscenes, no matter how many playthroughs I've done.

But if you ask me...MGS2 was bloody prophetic and has aged like fine wine. That game was blasted as the weakest entry, and yet it's so enduring. I replayed it some time last year and it was remarkable.

sadraiden373d ago

Heed not the lamentations of people that say that MGS2 is bad because of the Snake/Raiden bait and switch. Every MGS game has its own merits, and while most people consider 3 to be the best, they all shine equally in my opinion.

porkChop373d ago

@sad

I would generally agree but with the exception of MGSV. It had truly excellent gameplay/combat, but dull and largely empty open world(s), and a narrative that is literally only half finished.

I really wish Kojima hadn't tried to go open world with MGS. It just wasn't right for the series. But I get it. He didn't want to make MG anymore but he wasn't allowed to make anything else. So he had to experiment within that franchise. Still, it was the wrong direction.

Santouryuu373d ago

I have been thinking about this a lot, MGS2 being the weakest and getting blasted.
My conclusion, for some years now, it's my favorite game of the series.
Going from MGS1 to MGS2 was such a big leap, in graphics, mechanics, etc.
And now it's even more relevant for being 'bloody prophetic' as you stated.

Maybe dust of my vita and play it again...

porkChop373d ago

It's a shame we never got a remaster of MGS4. The original game only rendered at 1024x768, and it ran anywhere from like 20fps to 60fps depending on the area. A remaster could have very easily cleaned up the visuals and performance. It's such a great game. I just want to play it again but in its best possible state.

MIDGETonSTILTS17373d ago

I agree, but they did all sorts of tricks to make use of the ps3’s cell processor….they’d probably have to rebuild the game in order to make it run on another machine. And, if that involves remaking those cutscenes somehow, then itll never happen, unfortunately.

porkChop372d ago

Nah. There have been plenty of remasters of PS3 games and they've turned out fine. It can be done.

ANIALATOR136372d ago (Edited 372d ago )

You can get near enough 4k 60 with it on RPCS3 these days

FallenAngel1984372d ago

War... war never changes. Or does it? The war has changed ...did it? The answer is no! Unless it is yes! No, of course it is! Is war! Yes! No! Yes?

PitbullMonster372d ago

Ah a man of culture. Duty calls

cell989373d ago

He was always ahead with this series. MSG1 taught me about the importance of passing on our genes into future generations but in a responsible way, for they are bound to what we experienced in our lifetime. Sons of liberty taught me about global control and simulation runs to test society in a grand scale, the importance and dangers of control of information. MGS3 taught me about patriotism and how that can blind you into doing things you never would have otherwise, all for the sake of politicians who only see you as another pawn in their grand scheme of things. MSG4 taught me war is inevitable and always orchestrated because it's great for the economy. Soon simulation systems will start dictating who goes to war and why, all run through proxies. Privatization of military company are already here. We already started to see how a small group of elites dictates everything that happens. Nothing is done, nothing happens without strings being pulled.

Eidolon373d ago

You learned all this from MGS?

Tody_za373d ago

All that was literally the themes and core story of each game, so not surprising he learned that from MGS. Metal Gear Solid 2 in particular is so relevant today, it was more than a decade ahead of its time and a work of genius. Kojima saw what the digital future was going to become when it was in its infancy. Even MGS 5 despite being unfinished and less of a traditional Metal Gear Solid game with regards to story, had a fair bit to say about language and control over it that is relevant today.

It's a highly acclaimed series for a reason, and one of my favourite.

Eidolon373d ago

I've watched my brother play the MGS games, but I only beat MGS1 myself on the PSP in 2014, and MGSV in 2016. I took the themes and plots as lore, tbh.. trying to piece together the story of MGS rather than relating them to our current times.

Tody_za373d ago

It's definitely social commentary, Eidolon. You should read the "themes and analysis" section of the Wikipedia page for MGS2: Sons of Liberty for a start! Game was heavy on this.

Eidolon373d ago

I'll take a look, thanks. Actually might pick up MGS2 again (PS Vita), It's been years since I last played. Might start a new game tbh.

sadraiden373d ago

MGS2 literally predicted digital manipulation of information that we see today all the way back in 2001. MGS2 became Zucc's playbook.

Knushwood Butt373d ago

MGS taught me not to pee my pants.

cell989372d ago

Yes back in 1998 when I was 13. Throughout the years more information has been shown on this subject matters, but go back to early 2000s and information wasn't as prominent. Kojima was ahead of the game

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MaxiPower90373d ago

He was on the ball about many things. A true visionary.

sadraiden373d ago

If it wasn't for the retconning of how FOXDIE works, including clunky scenes with Naomi and Liquid, MGS4 would be a perfect game. There are so many gameplay options. It felt like us PS3 owners got something truly unique and special.

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