| jman8 said: MGS2 did not have the benefit of a 100 million PS2 install base on day 1. There were about 10 million PS2s in people's hands when MGS2 came out in Nov. '01, just one year after the launch of the PS2. By the time MGS4 comes out, there will be about 8-10 million PS3s in people's hands. You can also argue that the PS2's library was far better than the PS3's at the launch point of MGS2 and MGS4 respectively. By the time MGS2 came out, huge titles like Twisted Metal Black and Gran Turismo 3 were already out and FFX was but 2 months from being released. So, is it really that outrageous for MGS4, the final MGS, to sell similarly to MGS2? |
Sony shipped 19.5 Million consoles as of September 31st 2001 and had only shipped 8.24 Million units in North America ... That means that when Metal Gear Solid 2 was shipped the North American userbase of the PS2 was similar in size to the total userbase of the XBox 360 (currently).
