Spencer has said repeatedly that there are not going to be any Game Pass exclusives, Xbox games will always be available to buy individually.

Sorry not replied. Been working all day. I do know this thread is premature, and admittedly yes, I don't know much about numbers other than the reported over 4 million copies sold and £20mil the game has brought in through steam.

I don't think this game cost as much as a £100mil, probably close to £50-60mil. The engine was given alongside support from GG and some other Sony Devs. The game world was simple compared to other games he has made as well as the mechanics. Similar to Ghost of Tsushima where they didn't need to worry about making complicated roads, buildings, rooms etc.

Most the expense probably went to paying Norman Reedus and the other actors.

Episodic games are good for gamepass. I don't know if they worked out as well or how well when Tell Tales and gang tried this. If it's a walking simulator like P.T, I don't think it will cost too much unless he gets a bunch of expensive actors again or maybe gets GDT to write and direct it.

Think the important thing is, if it's made for gamepass, when will it still and hotter much for and what would her get to keep.

Exactly. I never sided with Kojima regarding the Konami debacle. Of course the way they treated him was terrible, but MGS was never a series that sold 15 million copies. I would bet no game has surpassed 10 million including digital. When playing MGSV (which I love by the way) I kept thinking "oh, now I get why the guy was fired". The game should have been half the size it is, and let's not forget the game would be even bigger and more delayed if Kojima had more freedom.

Well from what we know all the MGS were still profitable, but perhaps not enough to ensure leaving Kojima to do whatever he wanted. We have heard of he throwing away entire records of orchestrated music and the like, making the dev cost lot higher than needed. But on the other hand we could say that he only puts what is really up to a high standard. Still I agree that if he was more careful with managing costs their games would profit more. Now that he is head of the studio perhaps it will improve. Haven`t heard of he still being obnoxious with his studio expenditures (but well he is the boss so he would be the one that would need to complain about himself kkkkkkkk).

Don't know. Death stranding is in a league of it's own. It elevated gaming to new heights, to the point where it felt more real than a game. I wish I could play it in vr.

I guess if they say it was profitable then we need to believe, but checking game sales it seems MGS games are always around 6 million physical units sold, more considering digital for MGSV (I dont think digital impacted MGS4 that much). So in the end the revenue generated by MGS1 and MGSV is maybe not that different accounting for inflation.

Now... look at production costs, size of team, time it took to develop etc from MGS1 through MGS5. Probably MGS series has been less profitable each game, especially with MGS4 and MGS5.

Anyway, Im really a fan of Kojima and MGS is one of my favorite series, I consider all games masterpieces on their own. I trust he can deliver an amazing game again (havent played DS yet).

I'm going to say no just based on Xbox's last-gen performance with famous studios/Creators games either being canned or bombing on Xbox One under Phil's watch.

Well sure I didn`t look at the sales across all titles. But if sold numbers kept stable then sure production cost rose and profit margin have decreased a lot. But I do remember seeing all main games being profitable.