Metal Gear Solid 4 Sells 4.5 Million Copies - Play it on a Free PS3

Konami reports 5.1% increase in total revenue

Metal Gear Solid 4, one of the PlayStation 3's premier exclusive titles has sold over 4.5 million copies according to Konami. Konami reported its results for the April-December period; during this time frame total revenue grew 5.1 percent to 234 billion Yen ($2.56 billion USD).

Helped by the Meal Gear sales, Konami's profits were 17,826 million Yen ($198.8 million USD), up 17.3% over the previous year. Konami's video game division saw the largest increase of any other Konami group as profits were up 10.6 percent to 148.7 billion Yen ($1.6 billion USD).

In Konami's own words, "The Metal Gear series is exhibiting its strength as a brand, steadily increasing the number sold year-to-date to more than 4.5 million units." Konami also announced that Metal Gear Online is now up to one million accounts worldwide in the first four months since the June 2008 launch.

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Custom made Metal Gear Solid 4 PS3 up for auction on eBay

This is a complete mod inspired by the incredible

Metal Gear Solid saga and signed by Hideo Kojima!

Morpheon Mods has crafted an incredible MGS4-themed PS3 system that's not only completely blinged out, it's signed by Hideo Kojima himself. The quantity and scope of the modications applied are mind-boggling. "The entire PS3 and controller is a combination of Carbon Fiber and Midnight Black done in our own digital camouflage technique ... The final product is a uniform finish that reflects like a mirror."

"It has been specially fitted with 15 white micro LEDs that back light not only the marquee but also the etching so the artwork is viewable in complete darkness." Best of all? You can actually buy this thing off eBay. Not only will you be getting the system, you'll also be getting an incredible grab-bag of rare MGS merchandise, such as a custom embroidered Otacon patch -- of which only 12 have been made in the world.

Finally, 15% of the sale's proceeds will go to Penny Arcade's charity, Child's Play. If you decide to make a bid, good luck. This really does seem like the most amazing piece of MGS fandom money will ever be able to buy.

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Angry gamer asks Sony to define what a 'valued' gamer is?

Sony recently sent out e-mails which stated "We’ve chosen to offer access to Home to a select number of PLAYSTATION 3 owners, and as a valued member of PLAYSTATION Network, you have been selected."

However, one gamer is pretty angry that he wasn't selected as he has spent over $2000 on games and many hours online, but it seems far less loyal PS3 fans have been selected and speculates that he wasn't selected purely because he never purchased MGS4!

To quote: Now SCEE define valued please because looking at the forums and other news sites it seems people who have signed up to the PSN in 2008 and have less than 5 posts in the forums seem to have had more success than the likes of the owners who have had membership since late 2006 and spend more than a £1000 on PSN and BD games (not forgetting the BD films), lets not forget the amount of time these people spend online with their purchases.

Lets also remember that feature on the playstation website were you can add what hardware and software you own (of which I keep up to date religiously). It seems that feature is also worthless and pretty pointless.

So what did get you into the HOME Beta this month? I spoke to a friend at SONY in London and he told me that most people who bought MGS4 are the chosen ones. I can counter that claim tho so it may not be 100% true, but as I have spent over £1000 on PS3 titles and spent hours online the only game I did not purchase was MGS4, maybe it is true.

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MGS4 powers Konami's Q1 sales hike

It seems that the PlayStation 3 is really powering up third-party publisher revenues in the past fiscal quarter. After we heard of EA spiking its PS3 sales by nearly 1000 percent, Konami reports that it also benefited big time from the platform.

Much of this is due to the stellar market performance of its outstanding exclusive Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. The game has shipped more than three million units since its June 12 debut, triggering a 16.4 percent overall sales increase for the company.

As it stands, 57.3 percent of all Konami's Q1 business involved the PS3. This is a huge leap from last year's mark which showed just 1.3 percent of Konami sales coming from the console.

Translated into hard cash, this means Konami raked in US$ 656.1 million in the past quarter alone. Profits were gauged at US$ 108.6 million, making the company's shareholders very happy indeed.

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New camos for MGS4 will leave you crying and screaming

In addition to new DLC for MGO today, Konami has released two camouflages for your OctoCamo in Metal Gear Solid 4 for those of us who wish to keep our adventures offline. Like the Laughing and Raging camos, the Crying and Screaming camos are each imbued with the respective emotion. When Snake puts one of these babies on, approaching an enemy and placing them in a CQC hold and letting them go will result in either crying or screaming. You can download them from the Extras section of MGS4's main menu. Have fun!

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June NPD figures: over 400k units for PS3, MGS4 best selling title

Guess what? PS3 sold pretty well because of this "Metal Gear" game. The PS3-exclusive and limited edition 80GB bundle accelerated sales to over 400k. PS3 sold 405,488 systems, 84% higher than the Xbox 360. Year-over-year sales in June went up 311%, and month-over-month growth went up 94%.

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots was the best-selling video game, with 774,647 units sold. More than 2.4 million software units were sold for PS3 in June, representing an increase of more than 300% from this time last year. (Software totals do not include software units sold as part of the Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots PS3 retail bundle).

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NEW Metal Gear Solid 4 Trailers -- Just Released!

The MGS4 wrap party in Japan today wasn't just about motorbikes and posing for photos. It was about new commercials, too! Four new ones were shown off, one the main, badass theatrical trailer (featuring the MOVIE GUY), one featuring energy drinks, one featuring a mobile phone, and the other...a lady, her cat and a strangely dust-free PS3. Theatrical trailer's above, the other three, after the clicky-click.

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First Official Metal Gear Solid 4 Review

The first Metal Gear Solid 4 review is in! UK Official PlayStation Magazine has written up its thoughts and even put them on paper. And for those who care about things like numbers, the game gets a 10. From the review:

Every question posed and loose end dangled since Metal Gear first introduced stealth gaming to the world in 1987 finds closure here.... Even by the series stratospheric standards, MGS4 is a remarkable high point.... As a fan of the series I was expecting closure. What I wasn't expecting was the game's commitment to framing that closure with so many new ways to experience the series' 'evade or die' core values.

Hit the jump for another peek of the mag. The last line of the article posted after the jump *might* be considered a spoiler. So! If you are trying to stay spoiler-free, you might wanna avoid.

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Metal Gear Solid 4 Must Sell 1 Million Day One To Justify Cost

Payton said the new “Metal Gear Solid” needs to sell over a million copies on the first day it goes on sale due to its costly production, but that may be a tough mark to hit given sluggish PS3 sales.

For this to happen Sony would need a miracle as high profile first part titles are hardly selling right now. To see this all you have to do is look at the sales data for Uncharted and Ratchet & Clank Future, which are Sony’s big holiday exclusives. According to VGChartz both have only sold 0.13m and 0.22m respectively after several weeks of release. Either the PS3 install base has to increase by huge leaps and bounds by MGS4’s Spring 2008 release or they need to go multiplatform.

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