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Sony: More MGS4 PS3 bundles early July

With the Metal Gear Solid 4 80GB PlayStation 3 bundle in short supply, according to Sony, more shipments will become available to retailers soon.

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Condoleezza Rice5782d ago

More people will get to experience the highest rated Next-gen Exclusive!

sonarus5782d ago

Sony only relying on the 40GB is kinda lame. They need to get the 80GB out there. A bundle with a copy of MGS4 and a dualshock controller is basically THE console to get for all hardcore gamers.

LevDog5782d ago

UMM Sonarus .. That is an 80 gig.. Sonys bundle was always an 80 gig.. Konamis MGS4 bundle was the 40 gig..

Just thought Id let you know

mistertwoturbo5782d ago

Levdog, Sonarus is referring to the 40gb's that are available right now. He's saying they should rush out those 80gb MGS4 bundles.

The Phantom Agree5782d ago

I Strike Again

Bubbles and Agrees for all of you

Nevers5781d ago

maybe I'll be able to snag one of these... tho now I'm thinkin' of upgrading my TV first so I'll have something that highlights the PS3 and BR and such...

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eagle215782d ago (Edited 5782d ago )

Someone who worked at Best Buy on Blu-ray.com told a forum thread just the other day. Sony has those shipping boats roaring up! :)

Nevers5781d ago

Gamestop told me the same thing the other day, then they tried to sell me on a 40gig "deal" they are promoting... If you buy a 40gig (no backwards compatibility that comes w/ six-axis) WITH MGS4, & a dual shock - they'll knock off $30... I laughed and walked away.

supergamer5782d ago

sweet my birthday is in july!

eagle215782d ago

July will be huge just like June.

Light Yagami5782d ago (Edited 5782d ago )

PS3 outsells 360 in July confirmed?

Edit @ Chris: LOL! I must've beaten you in seconds.

-L-5782d ago

Presumably yes. However, I still suspect Light Yagami to be Kira.

badz1495782d ago

you joined with that name just to reply to that comment? just wow!

back to the topic, this will be great! Finally Sony is shipping those 80GB people are talking about and many will be please to get their hands on this bundle! even without MGS4 bundled, 80GB is already a great deal! MGS4 is just what makes it levitate from GREAT to AWESOME!!

and up till this day, I still assume that Sony was only temporarily drew back the 80GB from the market and replace it with only the 40GB at cheaper price but with less features - especially the BC! this decision made the PS3 more compelling to mass market in terms of price and at the same time built the demand for the 80GB as there was where the deals really were but most people didn't even realize!! it's like an old saying "you'll never treasure something until you realize you've lose it" - (maybe I just made that up but I know it's true, right?).

Now, they released the 80GB again in the wake of MGS4 release and even bundled it with MGS4 and DS3 with the same price as before! nobody can't even ask for more than that! it's a major hit in an instant and Sony know they can't never let this opportunity gets away! 80GB was treated like a step son because of the high price tag but right now, that very 80GB brings along MGS4 and DS3 with it which made it a real SOLID deal!! If they can keep this bundle available from now on, I can see PS3 sales surging with a larger margin than 360's month by month!

-L-5782d ago (Edited 5782d ago )

As the greatest detective in the world, I cannot allow a case to go unsolved.

Hmm...

The suspicious timing, identical gender, identical location, identical typing style...yes.

After analyzing these facts, I suspect a probability of 75% of you being Light Yagami.

badz1495782d ago

hehe...nice try though! I know no Light Yagami. I'm just a bored lecturer in the office with nothing to do as my students are still on vacations. I spend a lot of my free times reading things over here. My PSP is already out of juice but still have 3 and a half hour before I can go home! I miss my PS3 at home.

DrWan5782d ago

lol..u death note otaku are funny

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Chris Hansen5782d ago (Edited 5782d ago )

PS3 outsells Xbox360 in July CONFIRMED!

@Light Yagami
LOL you beat me to it

Dateline NBC,
Chris Hansen

Light Yagami5782d ago

Great minds think alike. I may need your help to take down Near.

-L-5782d ago (Edited 5782d ago )

Unfortunately I cannot allow for that to happen Light Yagami. I've already instructed Near and the SPK members to collaborate with Mello to finally put an end to your childish games. As a result, this will undeniably prove my theory and the murders will cease. Justice will be served.

Light Yagami5782d ago

Damn that L. I can't ever win if I'm always on the defensive, to win, I have to attack. The real battle starts now. If I eliminate L first, it'll be easier to take down Near and Mellow. I will hunt you down where ever you are hiding and I will eliminate you.

-L-5782d ago

Yes Light. I'll always be watching, even as a fragment of your memories.

Once my theory has been proven, you'll be executed for your crimes.

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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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OtterX45d ago (Edited 45d 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-ro45d ago

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

darthv7245d 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_45d ago

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

Cacabunga45d ago

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

Profchaos45d ago (Edited 45d 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

seanpitt2345d 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!

Iceball200045d ago

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

Father__Merrin45d ago

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

InUrFoxHole45d ago

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

Marcus Fenix45d ago

A Resistance reboot will be awesome

Michiel198945d ago

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

1Victor45d ago (Edited 45d 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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Michiel198945d 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_Lemons356d ago

That was a great fucking game/ movie.

DarXyde356d 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.

sadraiden355d 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.

porkChop355d 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.

Santouryuu355d 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...

porkChop355d 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.

MIDGETonSTILTS17355d 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.

porkChop355d ago

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

ANIALATOR136355d ago (Edited 355d ago )

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

FallenAngel1984355d 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?

PitbullMonster355d ago

Ah a man of culture. Duty calls

cell989356d 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.

Eidolon356d ago

You learned all this from MGS?

Tody_ZA356d 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.

Eidolon356d 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_ZA356d 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.

Eidolon356d 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.

sadraiden355d ago

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

Knushwood Butt355d ago

MGS taught me not to pee my pants.

cell989355d 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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MaxiPower90356d ago

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

sadraiden355d 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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