MGS4 : the same old crappy gameplay with better visuals ?

[ClaudeLv250]

ckmlb said:

ClaudeLv250 said:

Takashii360 said:

DonWii said:
Side note: I highly doubt it can take on Metroid Prime. The metroid series has done, at most, 2.5M WW, with the first game.

WOW your being a troll arent you....Metal Gear Solid in my history has sold way better here in America and Japan...Metriod series doesn't do nothing in Japan but collect dust...Metal Gear Solid always hits a million in both of those regions...so your quite wrong on this statement...and MGS4 will sell a whopping 2 million in America and 1 million in Japan....

Always? You're smoking, right?Metal Gear sells more than Metroid in Japan (though it really depends, 2D Metroid sells more than Prime over there) but US Prime sales are through the roof and can equal combined US/JP MGS sales.

Wrong.

Metroid Prime- 120,000 in Japan + 1,920,000 in the US + 730,000 in others = 2,770,000 total worldwide
Metroid Prime 2- 70,000 in Japan + 820,000 in the US + 370,000 in others = 1,260,000 total worldwide

Metal Gear Solid- 780,000 in Japan + 2,810,000 in the US + 2,000,000 in others = 5,590,000 in total
Metal Gear Solid 2- 850,000 in Japan + 2,290,000 in the US + 2,420,000 in others = 5,560,000 in total
Metal Gear Solid 3- 860,000 in Japan + 1,420,000 in the US + 1,680,000 in others = 3,960,000 in total

MGS outsells MP in every region. In fact the lowest selling MGS game sells almost equal to both MP games worldwide combined. US sales for Metroid Prime are good but not through the roof in comparison to other games, including MGS.

Even if you add the old Metroid games, that were more popular in Japan as you pointed out, MGS is still a bigger series. MP is the best seslling Metroid game ever even though it did poorly in Japan.

I said can and not always. Prime sales in the US are greater than MGS3 US sales, so no, Metal Gear doesn't always outsell Metroid in all regions.

I expect MP3 to overtake MGS4 just from install base alone. That, and MGS sales suddenly creeping downward, while Wii is a force with MP3 kicking off the first of the Big 3's releases. As far as I know, MGS4 has no momentum to ride off of except for its own hype...whenever it gets released.