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Metal Gear Solid 4 back in the top 5 best sellers

Gamesthirst Articles writes: Snake, snake, snaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake! Solid snake just won't give up no matter how hard you try to press him down. Looking at amazon's best sellers chart, MTG4 is No. 4, that's just one slot beneath Halo 3: ODST, and one spot higher than Uncharted 2: Among thieves.

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Peter North5352d ago

Bu-but MGS4 is coming to the RRODbox :'(

RROD Service_Rep5352d ago (Edited 5352d ago )

i hope it does.

MGS4 on 360 = more 360s that blow up = more business = more money for me

54percent5352d ago

Bu-bu-but teh DVD 9 disk compreezziooonn!!!

Arnon5352d ago

I gotta say, that box looks awesome rofl

Marquis_de_Sade5352d ago

A quick browse through your comment history indeed confirms you have no life outside of bashing a box of circuitry and silicon, bravo.

kingdavid5352d ago (Edited 5352d ago )

@marque alot of them dont. Quite sad really.

They'd prefer to try flame xbots (which the majority of have left) then play the "plethora of stunning AAAA ps3 exclusives" they have.

For them, their number 1 goal in life is to race each other and be first to be the first to post in the open zone.

11 360s and counting5352d ago

MGS4 is the greatest thing god ever gave to man, besides gummy worms and ninjas.

likedamaster5352d ago

Extract the overdone cutscenes and MGS4 will fit on a CD.

Marquis_de_Sade5352d ago

Yes, this is what I don't understand, they seem to spend more time bashing the 360 than talking about their beloved PS3. Strange indeed.

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kevinx10005352d ago

Wait, so sales do matter?

"MTG4 is No. 4, that's just one slot beneath Halo 3: ODST."
and ODST isn't even out yet.

Sunny_D5352d ago

They did to 360 fanboys back then, we're just fighting fire with fire.
I say with the Ps3 you get the sales and quality.

frnkyl5352d ago

Isn't ODST coming out soon? MGS4 was released last year and it still manages to get in the top 5. That's pretty good. Nice spin though :D

kevinx10005351d ago

soon indeed, but not out YET and it's already higher.
And if you look at the players still playing the game halo 3 wins, hitting a million or more, every weekend, 2 years after its release.

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Sunny_D5352d ago

YLOD Service Rep VS. RROD Service Rep. FIGHT! Ding Ding Ding!

cereal_killa5352d ago (Edited 5352d ago )

Well we all know which one of them will be in the unemployment line due to lack of work ;)~

Once again Congrats to Kojima and his team this is definitely a game any PS3 owner should get but I understand it's not for everyone.

@suunyd Lmao to funny bubbles for the laugh but you could have grabbed coryweb93s PS3 and broke that.....Oh wait!

Sunny_D5352d ago

Quickly breaks ps3 because he feels sorry*

Sunny_D5352d ago

Awesome, more people have bought PS3's since the price drop. So many MGS fans can finally play since they can now buy a Ps3.

nbsmatambo5352d ago

i am definitely gonna pik it up now

cRaZyLeGs 935352d ago

I still have to pick this up, I just don't buy PS3 games. I need one in my bedroom!

Timesplitter145352d ago

I was going to ask what happened but I think that's a pretty good explanation

CobraKai5352d ago

And with the metal gear being a lower price, it just serves as icing on the ps3 cake

The Killer5352d ago (Edited 5352d ago )

and i will definitely pick up MGS4, thats a promise i wont back down from it!

then uncharted 1 and 2! then hmmm damn!! too many option!!! ow yeah LittleBigPlanet is a must have! and probably motorstorm PR.

waaw its a perfect time to own a ps3!

and credits for those who bought it before! you deserve all respect for support such master piece hardware, software and brand!!!

raztad5352d ago

It makes a lot of sense. Possibly the best game this gen for many, MGS4 is a must buy for those new ps3 owners, and the deal is sweeter cause game is Greatest Hits. Good news for Konami.

Timday55352d ago

IMHO it is the worst game ever, takes 30 minutes to even get started. If I wanted to watch a movie, I would put a movie in. People who like this game are idiot fanboys that have an iq below 5. Punks.

nnotdead5352d ago

Timday is a tool. though his comment on the length it takes to just start the game is true.

i traded MGS4 for LBP a while ago. i may pick it up again since its $30.

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foxtheory5352d ago (Edited 5352d ago )

Don't forget the new Ratchet and Clank (and Tools of Destruction)!! And if you're an RPG fan, Demon's Souls. Oh, and Killzone 2 and Resistance 2 are some great FPS's!! How about some Infamous and Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 (or 1)? Heavenly Sword?

And don't forget about these ones:
Final Fantasy Versus 13
Gran Turismo 5
God of War 3
Heavy Rain
The Last Guardian
L.A. Noire
ModNation Racers
Quantum

Welcome to the world of PS3!! Prepare to be blown away!!

And @Timday: lol!! Go back and waggle around with Mario and his friends. You obviously don't know what you're talking about.

angel6045352d ago

"Sales=best games"

god i hate that so much, no it really doesnt just look at ico and shadow of the colossus

and just because you couldnt get into mgs4 dont bash on other people, its a complex story where you need to play all 4 to understand

go play with your wii sports and super mario galaxy if that what keeps you entertained

zeeshan5352d ago

Timday5 = IDIOT. MGS4 is one of the BEST games EVER. Yes, I mean EVER. If you don't wana watch the cut scenes, you can skip it moron! The gameplay is AWESOME, the graphics are AWESOME, the voice acting is AWESOME, the music is AWESOME. It's an amazing product!

Treylove995352d ago

I have to agree, wii sports is a better game. It gives you full control and it doesn't take that long to get into. Keep it up Timday.

sunil5352d ago

Now if only they added trophy support...

dantesparda5352d ago

How bout some trophies now, please!

CrazzyMan5352d ago

Always was, always will be.
It`s nice to see, that new PS3 owners have good taste. =)

slayorofgods5352d ago (Edited 5352d ago )

It's a nice jump for MGS4 as I see PS3 exclusives on the rise with PS3 slim sales. But Uncharted 2 just jumped up in sells quick. It's going to give Halo 3: ODST some nice competition.

ZBlacktt5351d ago

Timday5

LOL.... Agree(3) | Disagree(54) This So fits.

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Jamegohanssj55352d ago

This will be the first PS3 exclusive to reach 5 million. It only needs like a maybe 200,000 more and that'll more than likely happen at the end of the year.

TGSI

Dark_Vendetta5352d ago

I'm so fuc*ing pissed that I can't find anywhere a copy. Searched the game yesterday in like about 15 stores and all said it was out of stock. What the hell happened? Guess I'll have to order it via internet and wait ...

Jamegohanssj55351d ago

Our Wal Mart keeps them in stock.

TGSI

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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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OtterX68d ago (Edited 68d 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-ro68d ago

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

darthv7268d 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_68d ago

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

Cacabunga68d ago

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

Profchaos68d ago (Edited 68d 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

seanpitt2368d 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!

Iceball200068d ago

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

Father__Merrin68d ago

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

InUrFoxHole68d ago

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

Marcus Fenix68d ago

A Resistance reboot will be awesome

Michiel198968d ago

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

1Victor68d ago (Edited 68d 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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Michiel198968d 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_Lemons378d ago

That was a great fucking game/ movie.

DarXyde378d 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.

sadraiden378d 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.

porkChop378d 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.

Santouryuu378d 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...

porkChop378d 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.

MIDGETonSTILTS17378d 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.

porkChop378d ago

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

ANIALATOR136377d ago (Edited 377d ago )

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

FallenAngel1984378d 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?

PitbullMonster377d ago

Ah a man of culture. Duty calls

cell989378d 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.

Eidolon378d ago

You learned all this from MGS?

RNTody378d 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.

Eidolon378d 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.

RNTody378d 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.

Eidolon378d 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.

sadraiden378d ago

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

Knushwood Butt378d ago

MGS taught me not to pee my pants.

cell989378d 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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MaxiPower90378d ago

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

sadraiden378d 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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