First off, as American gamer & a 360 owner, I WILL be picking up Rising. I have been a fan of MGS since MGS1 on the original Playstation. I have played MGS, MGS VR Missions, MGS2: Sons Of Liberty, MGS2: Substance, MGS3: Snaked Eater & MGS3: Subsistance. I have not yet played MGS4: Guns Of The Patriots & MGS: Peace Walker because I don't have a PS3 or PSP. Regardless, I am still a fan of the series. I think that this will most definiately sell more than MGS4 being that it's on PS3, 360 & PC. Although I perfer Snake a main character, Raiden is still one of my top 10 favorites.
For those of you who really don't keep up with gaming, Hideo Kojima will serve as Executive Producer for Rising & will be more hands on with the project than a normal Executive Producer would be. (Think how J.J. Abrams was with Cloverfeild) Also, despite there being stories on Rising having it's own developement team, The staff who worked on MGS4 & Peace Walker have joined the Rising team & are currently working on the title together. This is a spinoff but it has it's place in the MGS Cannon. Rising takes place between MGS2 & MGS4 & it shows how Raiden recovered Big Boss' remains & how became a cyborg ninja in the first place.
This will be in fact a stealth game. Although it will be a different kind of stealth. Before in MGS4, you were trying to avoid enemies so you can get passed a level undetected. But this time in Rising, You will be the hunter & you will be looking to take out enemies while staying undetected (Similar to Splinter Cell: Conviction but more hyper active). For those of you saying that they will not buy this game because it's on the 360 or it's too different from the rest of the MGS games, are not true MGS fans. If you were a true MGS fan, you wouldn't care if it's on 360 or PC, you would buy it just because you like it. You wouldn't care if it was a different pacing than past MGS titles, you would welcome the change. I am a true MGS fan.
