So did MGS4 fail to meet expectations?

[Dallinor]

bbsin said:

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.

 

Did MGS4 fail to meet expectations of Konami? No, they probably made alot of money on it via Sony funding and bundles.

Did MGS4 fail to meet expectations of MGS fanboys? No, they bought the game, played it, and enjoyed it.

Did MGS4 fail to meet expectations of Sony? No, They moved quite a bit of systems and put a jolt in their game library.

Did MGS4 fail to meet expectations of Kojima? Yes, there wasn't enough time or resources to make the game as he envisioned ......as always.

Did MGS4 fail to meet expectations of Microsoft? Yes, they got absolutely pummeled that month.

Did MGS4 fail to meet expectations of Starcraft? No, "because he's not into these type of games" and if he we're, he'd play Splinter Cell instead.

Did Sony money hat Konami into making this game exclusive? Yes.

Did Microsoft money hat SquareEnix, NamcoBandai and other publishers into making DLC and exclusive games for them? Yes.

Are MGS4 sales going to come to a complete halt right now? No

Did i expect MGS4 to reach 3 million lifetime? Yes

Do I feel stupid now? Yes

Are my questions annoying anyone? Maybe.

Should I stop? Yes

Will I stop? No.

Your last few posts have been great.