BengaBenga on 15 October 2008
| Aprisaiden said: MGS4 has sold great worldwide and its still selling. Its definitely made back the money invested by now and every new copy sold to retailers cash in Konami's hands. Besides based off PS3's 2007 sales i am lead to believe Konami would not of expected MGS4 to do much better than MGS3.... |
Yes, indeed, but MGS 4 needs to make a lot of profit. It is Konami's #1 franchise. Companies don't want something to break even, they want profits. These 10.000+ copies that are sold every week are nice, but won't cut it for Konami. My guess would be that it needs at the very least a 40% Return on Investment for Konami. That means that for every dollar they invested they earn $1.40. I really wonder whether they have made their target.
Also: Konami didn't start the development knowing the PS3 would not do so great. They thought it be the new PS2.
