| Reasonable said:
My friend you clearly don't know (or are ignoring) the definition of 'underwhelming'. I've never played MGS nor am I sure I'll get this one, but it's clearly not underwhelming in sales nor effect. GTA would appear (according to NPD) to have delivered little to no spikes in either PS3 or 360 sales. MGS would appear to have driven a pretty big spike and has sold more than I would have anticipated by this point. NG2 sales so far are 'underwhelming' for that title. The new Indy movie is a little 'underwhelming'. The coffee on my last flight was 'underwhelmning'... MGS sales are pretty damn good and that's all there is to it.
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GTA and NGS weren't bundled with a console in a bargain deal.
GTA and NGS weren't the mascot franchises of a console.
Considering all the advantages MGS4 had, considering everything that was working towards its advantage, the fact it didn't do better is the real surprise here. Did MGS4 do pretty damn good? Not really, if it took all these beneficiary factors just to make MGS4 do what it was in sales, you really can't say it did all that good.
