It's definately going to be a good game. I believe MGS2 was one of the top 20 selling PS2 games, or something like that.
Anyway, the point of this topic, I believe, is why is MGS hyped as the savior of the PS3. Even if it sells 5 million copies, which I doubt, and everyone who bought a new copy bought a new PS3 to go with it, the PS3 still wouldn't be caught up with the competition.
1 game cannot make or break a company, and that is the point of this thread, I believe, because many claim that when MGS comes out, PS3 will be the sales leader in consoles.
Wrong. The fact is, MGS will help the PS3, but it might not be as much of a system seller as you think, if you indeed think it will sell 10 million consoles for Sony it won't. It might help decisions to purchase for about a million consumers worldwide.
It won't turn things around in Japan. Snake is an american, and the game is a shooter(or so the casual audience believes). It's relatively popular in Japan, compared to most of the games on the PS3, but its relatively unpopular there compared to the top selling titles on the PSP, DS, or Wii.
That said, MGS is a fantastic series. MGS 2, however, proves that Kojima can make mistakes just like everyone else, and MGS 3 proves you can rebound from those. I'm vastly excited about this game and I don't even own a PS3.
I don't need your console war.
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor.
You're power hungry, spinnin' stories, and bein' graphics whores.
I don't need your console war.
NO NO, NO NO NO.
