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Metal Gear is 'solid' once again

An outbreak is infecting men and women of all ages. A disease has spread since it was detected at midnight, June 12. Symptoms may include sore thumbs, sensitivity to light and a loss of friends.

Included with MGS4 is an online multiplayer version known as Metal Gear Online. Players can customize their online character's appearance and skill sets and play missions ranging from tactical team-based games, such as "Team Death Match," to strategic free-for-all missions. Like most online games for the PS3, MGO is free over the Playstation Network.

MGS4 is a must-have. Since its release last week, MGS4 sales have soared, with some online gaming sites such as kotaku.com reporting sales of 476,334 copies in four days in Japan alone. MGS4 has also raised PS3 sales in Japan last week from an average of 10,000 to 12,000 systems per week to an astonishing 77,208. Vgchartz.com reports that MGS4 sold 1.3 million copies worldwide on the day of its release. These numbers prove that MSG4 is helping the PS3 catch up to its successful rivals, the Nintendo Wii and the Microsoft Xbox 360.

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Silogon6521d ago

Sony doesn't need any one thing to catch up to Nintendo or Microsoft, it just needs to keep it's gamers happy with a diverse library of games and new features for the ps3. Mgs4 isn't going to save Sony's ps3. It's not its job to do so, either. Sony is going to have to make those strides themselves and the only way to do that is to listen to their core audience and apply those ideas to their hardware/software divisions.

Sony needs to work on securing 3rd party exclusives, while making their own and encouraging expandability in the market. Innovation should be Sony's number 1 goal right now. Not trying to duplicate absurd motion controllers or giving us Buzz and Singstar as premier events to their system.

Those are nice additions for certain people but not everyone. Buzz and Singstar should be downloadable content on the psn. nothing more.

Drekken6521d ago (Edited 6521d ago )

Hate to break it to you... Sony doesnt need saving.

I bet you would like the buzzers for buzz to pop out of your modem.

Fishy Fingers6521d ago

Dude, ignore silogon he just enjoys moaning.

Mr Fancy Pants6521d ago (Edited 6520d ago )

another good point from Siligon and fanboys disagreeing with him for no reason. Sony nor the PS3 are in a good position right now you know? They are third in this console war and losing a lot of exclusives like Star Ocean, Last Remnant, Raiden IV. Those were games that only you could find on a Sony console, now all of them are on the X360...

If it wasn't for MGS4 and FFXIII i already would have sold my PS3 for an X360. So Sony better keep those as exclusive...

butterfinger6521d ago

it arrived very quickly after Haze:P

pwnsause6521d ago

well thats because free radical picked a wrong time to release the game, seriously, they knew that if their game was bad, they should of delayed it again and ignore the People who where complaining as to why the was not out yet.

TheExecutive6521d ago

you can only polish a turd so much. That game is terrible. Put Haze in then put MGS4 in then put Haze in again and its impossible to ever look at Haze again.

The games graphics actually reminded me of GTA4 which is pathetic when you consider Haze is pretty much a rail shooter.

Genesis56521d ago

The thing about MGS4 is it's great fun to play too. The story telling is superb and the game mechanics are excellent.

TheExecutive6521d ago

The story is amazing
The mechanics are amazing
The AI is amazing
The Graphics are amazing
The environments are amazing
The art direction is amazing
The maps are open and incredibly well thought out
I have never experienced gameplay that is as free as this game. you can sneak you can stand up and fight and there are so many different routes to try your luck at. Its truly amazing.

need I say more?

znu6521d ago (Edited 6521d ago )

ok, so i beat it on solid normal and decided to jump ahead and try it on big boss extreme

The AI become so much smarter it's not even funny. Normally they would've missed me and walked past, not on big boss extreme

The shouldn't be able to hear hear my foots steps from a distance, not on big boss extreme

Best of all, i noticed they force you into traps, they make you run, then contact other soliders, and they then barracade you and destroy you...

And it's only the first level!

iHEARTboobs6521d ago

I can't help but think that someone knew it wasn't going to be that great and therefore decided to release it a couple weeks before MGS4. Now it's out of sight and out of mind.

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Mr PS36521d ago

Been Solid
And always will be

TheExecutive6521d ago (Edited 6521d ago )

word of mouth, its all about word of mouth from here on out.

Alexander Roy6521d ago

"I am the thunder."

This game is beyond awesome.

kingOVsticks6521d ago (Edited 6521d ago )

if Kojima and friends decide to have the remakes og mg1-2 on the psp (would be awesome) then I would love to see a raiden game it could be called something like "MGR THE MAN WHO WAS THUNDER" or "MGR Tactical Assassin Action" its can go back to right after mgs2 which can cover alot of things and SPOILER----------------------- ------------------------------ - ------------

show why he seek out big mamma and who showed him all those crazy mixed martial arts and how to be a hunterI have a strong feeling it will also show gray fox's master :P

xxBATTLECATxx6520d ago

Raidens girl, Rosemarry FTW

ugh......

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Konami Delists Some Metal Gear Games From Digital Stores Without Warning

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker HD have been delisted from digital stores without warning.

cloganart66d ago

I mean, it makes sense. With Vol.2 coming and all that

Commentby66d ago

Stupid headline. Should state that they are being updated or discontinued. This makes the crazy people that only read headlines think it some kind of conspiracy to take away peoples already purchased games.

jjb198166d ago

If you want to all of a sudden own them now and haven't played them yet because a remastered is coming out, shame on you. I can't believe people are complaining about this 15 years later when it was bound to happen anyway. "A new remaster is out, quick, I'd better buy the original from the shop."

gigoran866d ago

Gamers: "Physical? who needs physical? everyone knows that digital online games are the future. stop living in the past. we don't need no stinking disc drive"

Same gamers: "How dare the delist a digital game that I own!!!!"

computeSci65d ago (Edited 65d ago )

And? What is your point?

Same gamers: "How dare the retailers to delist (quit selling) a physical game that I own!!!!"

I think you just read the headline and don't know how dilisting works with Sony. It's common knowledge that:

"Players who already bought the games will still have them in their library and can download and play them as usual."

So again, what is your point?

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PlayStation 3 Games That Desperately Need a PS5 Remaster

The PlayStation 3 may not have been the strongest generation for Sony, but there were still some diamonds in the rough that deserve a revisit as PS5 remasters.

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OtterX780d ago (Edited 780d ago )

Even if they could just remaster and put on PSVR2, some would still look great as VR titles and could do a whole lot to bolster the headset w these exclusives! I'd imagine the investment of reworking these titles into VR would be way less than building new games from the ground up, and they could be amazing experiences, and VR often makes flat games feel fresh again. The Resistance and Killzone games are particularly what I want to see!!

Rude-ro779d ago

I played killzone 3 in 3d and it really changed the game per being immersive.
In vr, that would be even more awesome.

darthv72779d ago

Funny you mention that... my son wanted to play some PS3 games in 3d on my PS tv and he was blown away by how good KZ3 was. It really was a great addition to the game. Im surprised there have not been more 3d games from that era being ported to the PSVR/VR2.

_SilverHawk_779d ago

resistance 1-3, killzone 1-3, uncharted 1-3, uncharted golden abyss, folklore, socom 4 , motorstorm, twisted metal, MAG, heavenly sword

Cacabunga779d ago

Killzone 2+3
Sly Thieves in Time
Crack in Time
God of War Ascension
Motorstorm
Modnation racer
Infamous 1+2

Profchaos779d ago (Edited 779d ago )

Killzone trilogy in VR would be amazing bonus points if they offer shadow fall.

There was a psvr1 Killzone project that supermassive was working on at one stage which wasn't up to scratch and Sony brand it back in house I was hoping we would see that on psvr2 eventually.

Personally I'd love to see some more love or acknowledgement of psvr2 from Sony in general it was a expensive headset and Sony barely acknowledge it's existence

seanpitt23779d ago

The amount of work needed to remaster these games wouldn't be beneficial on a financial and business sense.. MGS4 would probably be the best bet as it would need the least amount of work!

Iceball2000779d ago

YEAAASSSSS! I miss this franchise and wanna play it so bad again.

Father__Merrin779d ago

The time is perfect for a resistance fall of man game campaign coop multiplayer

InUrFoxHole779d ago

The resistance series is str8 trash to me. Socom 3 I would welcome. Or killzone MP.

Marcus Fenix779d ago

A Resistance reboot will be awesome

Michiel1989779d ago

That's what Bungie should make, Ill keep saying it until it happens

1Victor779d ago (Edited 779d ago )

Resistance was ok but Warhawk and Starhawk was better and kept me coming back for almost a decade of fun and petty revenge on the loud mouth unskilled players 🤣
Edit I loved capture the flag dropping the pot on the flag carrier was extremely satisfying as well as transforming your plane in bot form and stumping them to death 😱

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Michiel1989779d ago

Resistance was the best co-op fps I ever played after L4D2

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One Last Smoke - The significance of Snake's cigarettes in Metal Gear Solid 4

An article looking at the symbolic meaning behind the cigarettes in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.

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