Garcian Smith said:
More than likely, the bundles sold out because they are/were a limited-edition venture, and are likely to be rather valuable in the future, rather than because the general public is made up of rabid MGS fanboys (hint: they're not.) |
You're thinking of the LE Gunmetal bundles only available direct through Konami. No word on how many of those were manufactured for the NA region, but not enough to significantly effect hardware sales. According to Konami it's well under 10k.
http://www.konami-data.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=109219&page=1
The 80GB bundle is supposedly the replacement for the Motorstorm bundle; presumably until it is also replaced by a new SKU. So it's only limited in respect to how long Sony keeps them in production since technically, everything is a "limited production."
It's still too early to make any conclusions regarding hardware sales, but a near instant sell out from Amazon is promising. It means they'll order a lot more for the next run.
This would also seem to shoot a big hole in the presumption that everyone, or even "90%" of all people who want to play MGS4 already have a PS3.
If that were the case, the decision to bundle the game would not have been made unless it was some ridiculous form of thanks to Konami for the exclusive to "help" them sell a game that wouldn't have sold by itself. Sound ridiculous? It is.
