The next Metal Gear to be exclusive?

[johnathonmerritt]

atma998 said:

kitler53 said:
okay,

metal gear 4: 3.89M
metal gear 3: 4.02 M

What is obvious from these numbers is that the metal gear did not lose any of it's core fanbase by remaining a ps3 exclusive. so let me list the reasons remaining ps3 exclusive in the future is not a bad idea.

1. sales of mgs4 proves (regardless of the overall install base) that your fanbase already has access to your title.

2. metal gear isn't the type of game that appeals to an expanded/new audience. nobody read the 7th harry potter book without reading the first 6 and no one is going to play the 5th metal gear without playing the first 4.

3. metal gear is a cinematic heavy. yeah sure, you can do multiple discs on the 360 but production cost rise when you use 3,4, maybe even 5 discs.

4. sony heavily promotes the title. going multiplat means losing all that free advertising sony will give the title as an exclusive. and everything i've read suggest the advertising cost can be just as costly as development costs.

That sounds like a good wish rather than solid arguments.

1. Knowing that X360 and PS3 owners are the same kind of gamers it is obvious that if Konami decides to release the next MGS on both consoles it will sell a lot more.

2. If we are following your logic here then nobody who havent played SMB on the NES would buy Super Mario Galaxy or people who havent played Final Fantasy 1 won't buy FFXIII.

3. I partially agree with you on that point but the multi-discs still remain a good option if not then a downgraded version could also do very well.

4. Free advertising is a very little consolation comparing the millions sales lost by making it an exclusive.

 

 

 Comparing SMB and FF to MG is not valid. You have taken two independent story games and compared them to a saga. Using Halo would work or any other saga. But one thing I can tell you is that people who played part 4 without playing the rest of them had absolutely no idea what was going on and will probably not get part 5. Kojima doesn't like Microsoft. It could be multiconsole if Konami tells him to, but I don't think they will do that. Their current gen PS3 exclusive has sold better than most of their muliconsole games anyway. I think if Kojima says exclusive, it will be. Without him, Konami would most likely be for sale.