People all over the world getting MGS4 early

by Majed Athab { Jun 11th 2008 at 1:00PM }

Online retailers have jumped the gun. Not only has Wal-mart gone and broken street dates, but now Play is shipping copies of the game out to pre-orderers today, and Amazon is sending over those hefty 80 gig bundles.

Reader Adam L. shares with us photos of his UK special edition set; you can see more on Flickr. Meanwhile, back stateside, NetworkShadow lets us know he received his MGS4 PS3 bundle today (after the break). All this is happening while everyone else will wait in lines later today in blistering heat ... yay?

[Thanks Adam L., and NetworkShadow! Plus all you who sent in tips!]

Tags: metal-gear-solid-4, mgs4, ps3

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

BL4CK @ Jun 11th 2008 1:11PM

Lol, I had my copy for 3 days now, finished it yesterday.

Matt Froese @ Jun 11th 2008 1:14PM

/jealous

John S @ Jun 11th 2008 1:32PM

You finished it in less than 3 days?? how many hours did it take?

BL4CK @ Jun 11th 2008 1:36PM

When I was done with it, it said total game time 19 hours. Now I am not sure if that did include cut scenes or not, I am assuming it did. I played it under Normal and now I am doing hard.

BL4CK @ Jun 11th 2008 1:39PM

When I was done, at the ranking thing at the end just like every other MGS game, it said 19 hours and some minutes. Now I don't know if that included cut scenes or not, but I am just assuming it did. I was playing under Normal.

BL4CK @ Jun 11th 2008 1:55PM

The summary said it took me 19 hours and some minutes, now I don't know if the game included the cut scene times or not. I am just assuming it does include cut scenes. I played on SOLID Normal, which is the third highest difficulty before Boss Hard.

Matt Froese @ Jun 11th 2008 1:13PM

Wow, I certainly know which retailer to go with next time! :)

fersis @ Jun 11th 2008 1:17PM

a friend of mine on Arabia bought MGS4 yesterday

Han @ Jun 11th 2008 1:19PM

What the crap man... I want this game already! I wish my Wal Mart would break street date. Better yet, I wish my Gamestop would cause I made the mistake of reserving it there.

amg @ Jun 11th 2008 1:44PM

,me 2 i had my copy 4 days ago. .am already in ACT 3 and its really neat :) this game is soo awesome everybody will like it its th ebest game lol and the dual layer blu-ray looks wierd i thought it was broken from underneath when i first bought it ... well its EPIC its the best game for PS3 every 10/10

deaftly @ Jun 11th 2008 2:04PM

When im done with mgs4 will my English go to shit also?

BL4CK @ Jun 11th 2008 1:39PM

Xee that was uncalled for...there was no need to spoil that.

Dave Rasmussen @ Jun 11th 2008 1:56PM

Fuck you Xee....you're a dickhead

Mighty_Healthy @ Jun 11th 2008 1:41PM

@ #7
Go kill yourself

BerserkPT @ Jun 11th 2008 1:45PM

Portuguese people like me won't get MGS4 tomorrow, it has been delayed to 30 June at some stores (FNAC) due to a problem with the truckers here in Portugal because of the raise of the fuel price raising like hell.

StevenRafael @ Jun 11th 2008 1:47PM

WTF? I looked everywhere to try and get a copy early... Even Toys R Us was abiding by the rules! Will try again today, despite my Gamestop doing a midnight launch.

Eddie @ Jun 11th 2008 1:55PM

why are you such a shi*faced moron?

Kammar @ Jun 11th 2008 1:56PM

That was nothing but sheer faggotry. Well done, tossbag.

Eddie @ Jun 11th 2008 1:50PM

Anybody know of a place to get it in West Los Angeles today?

I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL MIDNIGHT!!!

Riley Freeman @ Jun 11th 2008 1:51PM

its probably because normal people launch stuff on tuesday these idiots decide to hold for thursday.

spyker @ Jun 11th 2008 1:52PM

Well I can wait. Just a bit over 12 hours (no midnight launch here). Watching all the gametrailers retrospectives right now. I got my preorder, I'll get there at 10 wait a bit and play it :).

STEVE @ Jun 11th 2008 2:10PM

why are there so many people saying things about "Xee" like kill yourself and dickhead and so on??? I don't even see a post from this guy here???

mathab @ Jun 11th 2008 2:11PM

Clarification: I deleted the post for spoilers. Light spoilers, but a bit too revealing.

kentuckyfried @ Jun 11th 2008 2:26PM

From the looks of it, he gave away a major spoiler....I sure hope somebody at ps3fanboy perma-banned his IP if that's the case. -_-

Edd @ Jun 11th 2008 2:11PM

I've been playing since 1pm (it is now 7pm) and I'm absolutely hooked. Gorgeous game. I'm probably about half way through, but I guess I can't really be sure. Also playing on Solid Normal.

Just... wow.

STEVE @ Jun 11th 2008 2:15PM

"Clarification: I deleted the post for spoilers. Light spoilers, but a bit too revealing"

So the guy was a dickhead!

amg @ Jun 11th 2008 2:26PM

the game is awesome :P everybody will love it =) cant wait for a full list of easter eggs ;)

btljuce @ Jun 11th 2008 2:38PM

Just checked with Amazon tracking...and my MGS 80gb bundle IS ON THE TRUCK...

Wow, 6pm (pacific time) is when I always get my UPS deliveries CANT come soon enough. Oh, well this afternoon at work is going to be real pointless now...

Popfrogs @ Jun 11th 2008 2:44PM

Finished in 3 days eh? Bah. I like to relish games like this, I still haven't beat God of War2 because I was so close to the ending. I stopped playing because of that.

MGS4 like any masterpiece, should be consumed in small quantities.

BL4CK @ Jun 11th 2008 2:53PM

Small quantities? lol, I took my time, I didn't rush through anything, I messed around alot. Dude, trust me on this, once you pick up the controller, you will not be able to put it down :P

Edd @ Jun 11th 2008 3:06PM

I second that. :)

baby sea tuna @ Jun 11th 2008 3:05PM

Hey jealousy!

Ah well, I probably won't have time to play it before Saturday anyway. :*(

crustymanmeat @ Jun 11th 2008 3:57PM

Some guy has posted himself unboxing the UK limited edition over on gametrailers.com.

http://forums.gametrailers.com/showthread.php?t=429253

Fraser JK @ Jun 11th 2008 4:50PM

I got mine in the morning, unfortunately I had to go to work, but I did 'install' it and play a bit of it! I'm back now, so NO MORE SLEEPING!

Xee @ Jun 11th 2008 7:00PM

oi :"> am on a minute break from playing now, awesome how big of a mess I made :P sorry if u guys got too curious to read after my warning, but I pointed out a Spoiler Alert just like PS3Fanboy would :"> plus I spoiled what Kojima showed in one of his trailers anyways...tata!

r0d3nt @ Jun 11th 2008 8:30PM

Just got the tracking number for the Special Edition Gun Metal Gray PS3. Should be here the 17th.

FrodoTBaggins @ Jun 11th 2008 9:35PM

I got mine this morning, I live in New Zealand where it's already the 13th. (One of the small advantages of living in this part of the world)

FrodoTBaggins @ Jun 11th 2008 10:03PM

sorry mistake 12th here

KarlW @ Jun 12th 2008 4:41AM

At this rate, Konami might make that 1Million before day one!

Had mine for a day already. Just walked in to the store and picked one up.

The game's alright. Act 1 is disappointingly non-metal gear, but the rest of it is absolute class.

I don't know if I should replay it for all the unlockables just yet, or wait for trophy support in 2.4... That stuff is major hard, I want something to show for it. Even if its a 2D trophy.