Kojima: Japanese game industry is in trouble

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Onyxmeth said:

Ail said:

Onyxmeth said:

Kojima is saying this because he bet on the wrong horse. His premiere franchise is continuously falling in sales every iteration and is generating much more hype than sales.

 

MGS4 already outsold MGS3.

 

You were saying ?

Sorry I was going by VGChartz numbers. Can you link me to another source?

@psrock-At what point do you see MGS4 reaching the sales levels of MGS2 or the original? My point was that while hype for the game is still as sky high as it's always been, it isn't translating into equally strong game sales and that is because it is on a console that is not generating as well in hardware sales as the two other consoles the MGS games have been on. Kojima bet on the wrong horse from a sales perspective, not a creative one. He's the one bitching about the situation in Japan, not me.

 

So I suppose the reason MGS1>2>3 in terms of sales was because the PS2 was such a miserable failure, and actually saw negative sales between MGS2 and 3.
But seriously, MGS4 still has a good chance of passing 3, still has the holiday season, and greatest hits release.