Konami Assistant Producer Ryan Payton claims Metal Gear Solid 4 needs to sell over a million copies on the first day it goes on sale in order to recoup its costly production, but that MGS 4 might be last in a dying breed on console exclusives. Cost for triple A next-gen titles range between $10-$50 million, so publishers are increasingly going multi-platform to make sure they at least break even. ony currently has 15 internal development studios, more than Microsoft and Nintendo combined.
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Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Platform(s): PlayStation 3
Genre: Action
Publisher: Konami
Developer: Kojima Productions
Release Date: June 12, 2008
Genre: Action
Publisher: Konami
Developer: Kojima Productions
Release Date: June 12, 2008
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'Metal Gear Solid 4' (PS3) Needs to Sell A Million Copies on Day 1
by Rainier on Nov. 29, 2007 @ 1:33 p.m. PST
MGS4: Guns of the Patriots is set in a war-torn future where huge conglomerates fight for supremacy using armies of hand-picked mercenaries. This battle-scarred arena is seen through the eyes of an older Solid Snake who has been charged with infiltrating a number of key locations across the globe, including the Middle East and South America.blog comments powered by Disqus