I had MGS3 Subsistence, which I believe came with the MG1/2.  I was playing through 1 and got stuck somewhere and didn't have the urge to finish, I was way more interested in the 3D games.

 I would say the things that BB did during MGS3 were pretty heroic.  When I played it I knew that he would eventually turn bad (in the series) but that entire game he stayed a 'good guy'.  He seems like a tragic protagonist.

Anakin/Vader is more interesting than Luke to me, *shrug*.  Watching a good guy go bad is fascinating.

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.

-I guarantee the xbox one sales will more than cover the cost of the port as well as the PC version. 

- Way less or no marketing makes no sense to me, Konami still would have went hard with promoting a main metal gear entry 

- We don't know if Sony would have helped fund it. 

Bloodborne in the end wont touch the sales of dark souls 1 or 2 which released on multiple platforms and is a pretty good comparison in general given the similarity of fan bases between the games. 

I can definitely agree with you on that. Snake Eater truly depicted BB as a hero. It made it so hard to see that this heroic man could fall so hard. Much like Anakin was in episode I and II. I just wished that "The Phantom Pain" showed his downfall (I'm only mentioning this to avoid disappointment. The game is still GOOD!). It's a shame that this all happened off screen. BB is an amazing villain and it's something that needs to be brought up to the modern day fans. I would do anything for a straight up remake of MG and MG2: Solid Snake. I also wished we would see how Big Boss took in Gray Fox and Sniper Wolf. I also wanted to see them go after Dr. Clark. Hmmm Everyone wants a game where we play as Liquid... but I think at this rate.... Gray Fox might just be the MOST important character that we need to explore. He alone may just fill in all the mission blanks that  the hardcore fans demand and expected Phantom Pain to address. Let's also not mention the hole with Solidus (not even mentioned in the game).

I agree that BB is a very tragic character. I would debate that Solid Snake is far more tragic, for many reasons that would require an essay to discuss xD For one... In the end he did what his father could not, he took the path that few would even considered. A self-sacrificing hero just for tomorrows children.

Solid Snake is "The Man Who Saved The World" :3

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.

Bloodborne did it already.

No, Bloodborne hasn't done that. In physical numbers Its not even close. We don't know the digital numbers of Dark Souls either.

SFIV was a popular Xbox title, significantly more so than Dark Souls.

It did.

Bloodborne is the fastest selling From Software game even if you combine all version of previous Dark Souls... it is the record.

Bloodborne > any Dark Souls in all plataforms in the same timeframe of sales.

BTW it needs about 600k sales to be the best selling From Software game counting lifetime sales.

It might become the best selling game from From Software, but its currently not. You implied it already was.

While an impressive feat for that IP, SFIV was significantly more successful between Xbox and Playstation.

I believe SFV on PS4 will sell more than SFIV across all platforms... maybe not them all re releases togheter but counting only the single game it will sell more.