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Weekly PS3 sales in Japan rise to over 75k

Posted on June 17th, 2008 at 06:49 EDT

The Japanese release of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots has caused as significant rise in the number of PlayStation 3’s sold in the region, with the console shifting over 75,000 units this past week, according to Famitsu publisher, Enterbrain.

Sony’s latest home console sold approximately 77,208 for the week ending June 15, with MGS4 itself closing in on the 500,000 sales mark, with a total of 476,334 copies sold in just four days.

Figures were obtained via sales of the standard and special editions of the popular stealth title, in addition to the two available hardware bundles.

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posted 7:12am EDT - June 17th, 2008
1

Well it was about time, MGS4 is a masterpiece

posted 7:19am EDT - June 17th, 2008
2

MSG4... hot contender for Game of the year

posted 7:25am EDT - June 17th, 2008
3

Very nice. Serious hardware mover there in Japan. Looks like it will sell 2 million there quite easily.

 

Wonder how it's doing in the rest of the world.

posted 7:35am EDT - June 17th, 2008
4

its selling well in England...

posted 8:28am EDT - June 17th, 2008
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psn id: gingo.... mgs4 is the biggest system seller ps3 has and it is credit to konami and kojima that it was kept a ps3 exclusive

posted 10:18am EDT - June 17th, 2008
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For the disbelievers who said MGS4 won't sell as much as predicted, you should feel pretty ashamed right about now dawg. MGS4 a long with others are going to be a massive yet critical selling point for the PS3. So, I would like to hear how MGS4 did in Europe and the USA.

[PSN ID... Y-Dawg]

Bow wow

posted 10:39am EDT - June 17th, 2008
7

Very, very nice. Hopefully the hardware (and MGS4) stays up like the PSP.

posted 10:40am EDT - June 17th, 2008
8

the game is sick, i am at awe, it deserves the hype and the success it's getting now

posted 10:43am EDT - June 17th, 2008
9

I wonder if that 476,334 copies stat was including the MGS4 bundle. Any insight would be appreciated.

posted 11:19am EDT - June 17th, 2008
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hopefully developers will see this is what the ps3 can achieve, and this is only the early years

posted 12:02pm EDT - June 17th, 2008
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I got into a debate with someone weeks before the release of GTA 4. He claimed that GTA 4 was thee game that PS2 Owners were waiting for to purchase a PS3. I tried to explain to him that it was Metal Gear Solid, and not GTA 4, that was thee game PS2 owners were waiting for.

GTA  has a massive appeal across North America and Europe. Metal Gear Solid has a massive appeal across North America, Europe and Japan.

Once more, With GTA 4 being a multi platform game, there were a fair amount of gamers who had the PS2 and purchased the 360. So then, they would not purchase a whole new system for a game that they can get at the same quality on the system that they already have.

I talked to several people fed up with the delays and broken promises by developers for the PS3, not to mention the delays and broken promises of the first party titles. Some of them declared that they would not get a PS3 until Metal Gear Solid 4 came out. Well, although Sony's PS3 sales picked up with the victory of Blu-Ray , Haze(Though a disappointment) and GTA 4, they still were not on par with expectations in the three main regions.

Until now, with the Metal Gear Solid Bundle, System, game, DS3. Some didn't care about DS, but let's keep in mind how many people purchased the PS2.

The PS3 would have been fortunate to sell 10,000 in a week in Japan. So then, to sell 75,000 in a week is a very good sign. Mind you the 360 May not sell more than 3,000 per week. Sony will be able to gain a great deal of ground.

posted 12:46pm EDT - June 17th, 2008
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im not surprised just like everyone else sez this game is amazing and i CAN`T believe all those review sites giving gta4 a 10/10 then giving msg4 8/10 that is pure xbox fanboyism if there is such a word haha.thxs and i hope they dont ruin it by making a msg5 just leave it on a high n the game will go down in history as a great.

posted 1:53pm EDT - June 17th, 2008
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MGS4 seems to be the first real system seller on the PS3. LBP will be the second.

posted 3:53pm EDT - June 17th, 2008
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sony needs to give konami some head! They really came through at a time when sony needed it most!  now sony, go get us some more games....

posted 5:07pm EDT - June 17th, 2008
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Thats the thing, what is Sony's next big game to continue these high sales marks?

posted 6:43pm EDT - June 17th, 2008
16

game of the year for sure!! Hats off to Kojima productions

posted 11:47pm EDT - June 17th, 2008
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with more ps3 sell in japan i hope japanese developers would start to make more JRPG for the ps3.
posted 5:36am EDT - June 18th, 2008
18

things going according to plan and expectation

posted 2:20pm EDT - June 18th, 2008
19

no surprise since mgs4 is undisputidly the best game of all time

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