I am personally NOT a MGS fan anymore. After Metal Gear Solid 2, the franchise disappointed me. The stories get more and more convoluted and predicable, all the while trying to remain somehow liberal while dealing with military issues. But personal issues aside, the game is DEFINITELY a system seller. It is akin to Madden back when it was Sony nearly exclusively. While there is an issue with the PS3's shipping of units and overall price, I believe that by the time this game comes out Sony will initiate a price drop to push a few people over the edge and help sell the game at the same time. Konami works closely with Sony to ship titles while competition (MS) ships theirs. Anyone else remember "March of Konami?" The month that Konami released a title a week for PS2? When larger retail chains get 30+ units of a third party title, it's a system seller. The only problem here is it is NOT truly able to be compared to Halo. Halo made gamers out of people who both didn't play games AND didn't like FPS titles. The issue with MGS is there is no inbetween. With controls that are still archaic it takes an intermediate or advanced gamer to appreciate (or not, in my case.) While the game will sell units, it will not make those who weren't interested in a console buy one. It WILL however make those few PS3 hermits come out and purchase the system for the game they have been waiting for. Every system has these hermits. They're the people who bought Dreamcasts, Nintendo 64's, PS2's, and Xbox's nearly a year or two after launch for that "Killer App." MGS is an app for those who hide in the shadows. Go get em Snake, even though I think Sam Fischer is better. (haha...he wouldn't have a philosophical discussion with the enemies...they're just pork chops to him.) -A
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But personal issues aside, the game is DEFINITELY a system seller. It is akin to Madden back when it was Sony nearly exclusively. While there is an issue with the PS3's shipping of units and overall price, I believe that by the time this game comes out Sony will initiate a price drop to push a few people over the edge and help sell the game at the same time. Konami works closely with Sony to ship titles while competition (MS) ships theirs. Anyone else remember "March of Konami?" The month that Konami released a title a week for PS2? When larger retail chains get 30+ units of a third party title, it's a system seller.
The only problem here is it is NOT truly able to be compared to Halo. Halo made gamers out of people who both didn't play games AND didn't like FPS titles. The issue with MGS is there is no inbetween. With controls that are still archaic it takes an intermediate or advanced gamer to appreciate (or not, in my case.)
While the game will sell units, it will not make those who weren't interested in a console buy one. It WILL however make those few PS3 hermits come out and purchase the system for the game they have been waiting for.
Every system has these hermits. They're the people who bought Dreamcasts, Nintendo 64's, PS2's, and Xbox's nearly a year or two after launch for that "Killer App."
MGS is an app for those who hide in the shadows.
Go get em Snake, even though I think Sam Fischer is better.
(haha...he wouldn't have a philosophical discussion with the enemies...they're just pork chops to him.)
-A