| starcraft said: The average sales of the first three MGS titles was 5 million, not including spin-offs and Xbox versions. MGS4 is tracking to come in to around 4 million lifetime according to VGChartz, unless it sees ungodly sales during the holiday period, or bundling (of which it has already had a great deal). Given this title had an enormous budget compared to previous titles (even when taking account of the progression to the next generation), did MGS4 fail to meet its sales expectations? Note: Due to Sony moneyhatting, and solid sales of the game, I am positive Konami made a reasonable amount of profit on the game. |
If you look at previous topics and news in the media, Konami weren't expecting MGS4 to be as big as it has become on the PS3, they probably knew it was going to be a gamble considering it is being launched on a console which is 3rd this gen. However, it has lived up to and exceeded their expectations. I'm sure one they release the platinum edition, the game will see another spike in sales especially around xmas period.
