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psrock on 16 September 2008

Damn I missed Starcraft return. Good job man.



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BMaker11 on 16 September 2008
starcraft said:
LOL MATURE said:
starcraft said:

The average sales of the first three MGS titles was 5 million, not including spin-offs and Xbox versions.

MGS4 is tracking to come in to around 4 million lifetime according to VGChartz, unless it sees ungodly sales during the holiday period, or bundling (of which it has already had a great deal).  Given this title had an enormous budget compared to previous titles (even when taking account of the progression to the next generation), did MGS4 fail to meet its sales expectations?

Note:  Due to Sony moneyhatting, and solid sales of the game, I am positive Konami made a reasonable amount of profit on the game.

 I'll do what you always do when people say MS moneyhats (which they are actually known for)

Got proof?

About as much proof as you have that ToV, Star Ocean, Ace Combat and Eternal Sonata were moneyhatted.

Sometimes in life, we employ common sense.

 

Because Eternal Sonata was "timed" exclusive, ToV fell off of even being available on the PS3 (it initially was supposed to be on there), Ace Combat used to be PS3 exclusive, same with Star Ocean.....AND SE has even said they wanted to not favor any one company, yet SO4 is exclusive and FFXIII is multiplatform.

The moneyhatting proof is in the metaphorical pudding

 



LOL MATURE on 16 September 2008

I can't believe this fail of a thread is still getting attention. Almost all of starcrafts post in this thread are either full of lose/fail/speculation/fallacies/subtle trolling/subtle flaimbait/subtle insults



chenguo4 on 16 September 2008
LOL MATURE said:

I can't believe this fail of a thread is still getting attention. Almost all of starcrafts post in this thread are either full of lose/fail/speculation/fallacies/subtle trolling/subtle flaimbait/subtle insults

 

So starcraft being starcraft. Meh. I think I should go start a "So did Halo 3 fail to meet expectations?" thread in the MS forum...




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outlawauron on 16 September 2008
BMaker11 said:
starcraft said:
LOL MATURE said:
starcraft said:

The average sales of the first three MGS titles was 5 million, not including spin-offs and Xbox versions.

MGS4 is tracking to come in to around 4 million lifetime according to VGChartz, unless it sees ungodly sales during the holiday period, or bundling (of which it has already had a great deal).  Given this title had an enormous budget compared to previous titles (even when taking account of the progression to the next generation), did MGS4 fail to meet its sales expectations?

Note:  Due to Sony moneyhatting, and solid sales of the game, I am positive Konami made a reasonable amount of profit on the game.

 I'll do what you always do when people say MS moneyhats (which they are actually known for)

Got proof?

About as much proof as you have that ToV, Star Ocean, Ace Combat and Eternal Sonata were moneyhatted.

Sometimes in life, we employ common sense.

 

Because Eternal Sonata was "timed" exclusive, ToV fell off of even being available on the PS3 (it initially was supposed to be on there), Ace Combat used to be PS3 exclusive, same with Star Ocean.....AND SE has even said they wanted to not favor any one company, yet SO4 is exclusive and FFXIII is multiplatform.

The moneyhatting proof is in the metaphorical pudding

 

Wrong! Neither were confirmed as an exclusive for the company. People just assumed from rumors and fanboy wishes.

 

SO4 was never annouced for the PS3. It was annouced for HD platforms. They chose to stick with the 360 for ovbious reasons. ($$$$$)



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jacezo on 16 September 2008

yes duh



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colonelstubbs on 16 September 2008

It will pass 4 million by January 1st hopefully, and then anything else is a bonus



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Endz on 16 September 2008

I did expected more, saw plenty of commercials, ads in stores, and so much money was spent making the game, and there isn't a grand library of games for PS3.

But I suppose MGS4 will reach the same sells of the others, but you would think all the reasons I stated before and being the "last" MGS game it will do even better then past games. Still PS3 audience doesn't compare to PS2's.



Phoenix_Wiight on 16 September 2008

it met and surpassed my expectations...
its tied for my fav. game this gen.



HanzoTheRazor on 16 September 2008

@Starcraft Your fanboy panties are showing again! MGS4 is doing just fine and will have long, strong legs you'll see.



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