Metal Gear 4 vs Metal Gear 5 (NPD debut month figures)

[Mr Puggsly]

Sprash said:

Mad55 said:
Lol how can people think it would have sold better only being a ps4 exclusive. lol ridiculous.

Well it definitely would have sold more on playstation 4 if it was exclusive (like it is selling right now) and you have to remember if sony and konami had a exclusive contract which would imply that the cost for producing MGV would shrink by quite a bit.

- No Xbox or Pc port

- No marketing (or way less marketing in the end)

- More marketing for the game just for being exclusive (look at bloodborne)

- Sony would have fund the game a bit (so no develpoement cost of $80 millioin)

so yeah thinking it would have sold more is a bit extreme, but I think would it be a ps4 exclusive (and 3) it would have benefit konami a bit more in  the end.

Even if Sony had exclusivity I bet Konami would have wanted a PC port. Look at SFV.

Sony cant buy every exclusive. If they had more money, they might invest in some Vita software.

Also, if Konami really wants to continue the MGS series, it must be important to them to have it available to a larger western audience than Sony alone has.

The SFV deal is great for Sony, but it was a bad move for the IP. I feel the same way about Titanfall.