No surprise here -- the behemoth that is
Metal Gear Solid 4 has obliterated the competition in the Japanese charts. It managed to sell over 12 times the amount of the runner-up,
Mario Kart Wii. But wait, there's more!
MGS4 alone outsold every other game on the chart combined by more than 2 to 1. An impressive feat, no doubt. Last week's winner,
Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit on the PS3, dropped down to 7th place with 18,000 copies sold. With two (!) PS3 games in the top 10 and two PSP games as well, Sony must be rather pleased by their sales in Japan.
1. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3) - 465,0002.
Mario Kart Wii (Wii) - 38,000
3.
Wii Fit (Wii) - 37,000
4. Powerful Pro Portable Baseball 3 (PSP) - 27,0005. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP) - 26,0006.
Hisshou Pachinko Kouryaku (DS) - 22,000
7. Dragon Ball Z Burst Limit (PS3) - 18,0008.
DS Calligraphy Training (DS) - 17,000
9.
DS Misa Yamamura Suspense (DS) - 17,000
10.
Furai No Syren 3 (Wii) - 14,000
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Riley Freeman @ Jun 19th 2008 1:40PM
with this i see sony going to konami and hideo and trying to milk it
Efeez1986 @ Jun 19th 2008 1:51PM
They should milk it, it's the best game ever made.
OneMale @ Jun 19th 2008 1:41PM
Yo guys, you've got a typo there.
Guns OF the Patriots.
Thank you for all the news!
jgpliskin @ Jun 19th 2008 1:42PM
Mmmm...Calligraphy.
Barndo111 @ Jun 19th 2008 2:21PM
Yeah, seriously. Calligraphy? That as dumb and almost as likely to catch on as watching people play poker on TV. Oh wait...
Any word yet on how much it's sold in the States? Ryan Payton made the comment that it needed to sell 1 million on day one to break even. There were only 20 people in line to get MGS4 at the midnight launch at the Gamestop that I went to. I hope that it caught on much better everywhere else. Then again, maybe Columbus, Ohio isn't a hotspot for gaming...
Denkigrve @ Jun 19th 2008 3:44PM
@Barndo111:
The entire Japanese language is based on calligraphy. This is a great tool for them to use to help people improve their handwriting. Unlike english one false line can change the entire meaning of what you're trying to say.
Go outside and get some culture.
Da @ Jun 19th 2008 6:32PM
Barndo111, there were only about 20 people at the GTA launch I went to. Probably best not to judge sales off that.
frankym @ Jun 19th 2008 1:47PM
Best game of all time at this moment...period.
Everyone still talking about this game....including X-bots!!
golden sapphire @ Jun 19th 2008 3:35PM
im surprised noone had replied or voted you down for using the word "x-bot". people here are pretty sensitive when it comes to those things
Vcize @ Jun 19th 2008 1:57PM
There are going to be 465,000 angry consumers when they get home and realize they bought Guns OFF the Patriots instead of MGS4.
frankym @ Jun 19th 2008 2:34PM
What?
rudy @ Jun 19th 2008 2:40PM
glad i wasn't the only one who saw that
joseph.bellear @ Jun 19th 2008 2:09PM
but MSG4 isn't mainstream!!!
Justin @ Jun 19th 2008 2:17PM
i want some US numbers
JerJerBinks @ Jun 19th 2008 3:15PM
http://www.vgchartz.com - they have US sales at 502K for last week, not including bundled copies.
Mike918 @ Jun 19th 2008 2:19PM
You people should take a break it's a freaking F for god's sake the world still spins, i am still breathing...and besides everyone knows what game is :)
Wonderflex @ Jun 19th 2008 3:44PM
But it's a lot of fun to point out typos in a humorous way.
golden sapphire @ Jun 19th 2008 2:20PM
about time for some good news!
Byron517 @ Jun 19th 2008 2:28PM
That's great news for Hideo and company!!! AWESOME JOB GUYS!!!!!
nick @ Jun 19th 2008 2:34PM
wow lol. 9/10 of those games are extremely lame!!! mgs4 seems to be the only decent one up there. either japan has a whole lot of aweful games making mgs4 the best by far or they are just weird! how could dragon ball Z be the seventh most played game?
chief @ Jun 19th 2008 3:30PM
The Japanese like different kinds of games and the vodeo game installer base is demographically more widespread which means that Japan has more casual gamers buying games. Calligraphy for example is extremely popular with older people who have been buying the DS and Wii like crazy.
A game that you might find lame can be somebody else's favorite. On the other hand, I don't think GTA4 is going to sell as well in Japan as it did over here. Hardcore gamers will pick it up but the large crowd of "casual" gamers (housewives, little kids, retirees, mid aged people) may not like it enough to shell out ¥7,000.
Jferry953 @ Jun 19th 2008 2:53PM
Couldn't wait for this game to be released, apparently neither could the japanise!
mikeyboy @ Jun 19th 2008 3:06PM
Ok Enough With The Metal Gear Solid Now!!!!!
OAKside @ Jun 19th 2008 3:30PM
MOAR SNAAAAAAKE!! (Almost as annoying as your comment.)
Eddie @ Jun 19th 2008 3:22PM
it's 12 to 1 (12:1)... not 2:1
Prince King @ Jun 19th 2008 3:28PM
its 2:1.
MSG4: all other games in top 10 (2-9) combined
Eddie @ Jun 19th 2008 3:58PM
How could 465,000 be 2 times 38,000??
I guess I didn't understand why in the title it says 2:1 and in the article it says "over 12 times more."
mixel @ Jun 19th 2008 5:43PM
Its 2:1 - its selling 2x more than the entire rest of the chart combined. numbers 2 through 9.. Thats what the article is saying. Nothing to do with what's in 2nd place.
Eddie @ Jun 19th 2008 6:06PM
Yeah, I understand that... But how do games 2-9 become "every other game."
Geez... just make things a little more clear. You need a f*ckin degree in rocket science to make sense of the title.
Fraser JK @ Jun 19th 2008 4:25PM
The killer app for the PS3 is finally here!
Brodie-san @ Jun 19th 2008 4:26PM
There are more details out there if you go look.
Like, Monster Hunter 2 has sold a total of 2.2 million copies. Wow
(Same with Wii Hit and I think Mario Kart has sold 1.4 million)
Brodie-san @ Jun 19th 2008 5:00PM
Sorry ! FIT!
Just be glad I didn't have a Freudian slip and say "Wii Shit."
I'd be voted down quicker than Fernando.
catonmyhead @ Jun 19th 2008 6:33PM
OK...I don't understand the hype. I have to admit, it's an OK game...but I have to also admit...it's a stretch even calling it a game. An "interactive movie" would be more accurate. I'm only probably about 1/2 way through...but I'm already frustrated by the cut scenes. I bet this game only probably have about 4 hours of actual game play by the end...the rest is sitting and watching movies. It's fun..but no way near deserves the hype.
I hope this isn't the future of "gaming".
Gamoc @ Jun 19th 2008 6:52PM
You're wrong. The gameplay reinforces the story, and the story gives the gameplay purpose. If you can't appreciate that, go back to your FPS's.
Popfrogs @ Jun 20th 2008 1:51AM
Not an MGS fan, you should probably just sell it instead of finish it. Us fans play it for the story which is fascinating if you have played the other ones.
Personally I still stand by my 11/10 rating, after beating it today. My buddy said he cried twice during the ending..it nearly got me too.
catonmyhead @ Jun 19th 2008 7:09PM
Thanks for the advice Gamoc. I'll finish the MGS4 "movie", then go right back to my FPS's...unfortunately that will probably be on my 360, as there are no good FPS's on the ps3.
db2450 @ Jun 19th 2008 8:50PM
One of the major goals in MGS4 was to wrap up the story of the series. I haven't played the game yet :(, so I can't really say much about the cut scenes, but from what I have read and seen from gameplay footage, if you have played the earlier MGS games you should truly appreciate the cut scenes.
Popfrogs @ Jun 20th 2008 1:54AM
Judging by your comment history you're an X3F douche anyway. Saying Gears of War is better looking than Uncharted..either you're blind or your Samsung tv sucks.
Back to Halo3 amirite?
db2450 @ Jun 19th 2008 8:49PM
One of the major goals in MGS4 was to wrap up the story of the series. I haven't played the game yet :(, so I can't really say much about the cut scenes, but from what I have read and seen from gameplay footage, if you have played the earlier MGS games you should truly appreciate the cut scenes.
DextersLaboratory @ Jun 23rd 2008 12:35PM
Lol, CatonmyHead YOUR a moron.
I usually don't care what people opinions are of games, but saying there is only 4 hours of gameplay is stupid as F*CK. Please, for God's sakes, don't say stupid shit like that if you want to be treated seriously.
MGS4 is better than any game on the 360. 360 is a good console, and has a lot of great games though. But MGS4's story is just so good. MGO is fun too. Its just DIFFERENT.
MGS4 is something new, other than COD4, or Halo 3. FPS's are getting old, and xbox has a lot of FPS's.
Btw, those cutscenes are epic. This whole game is epic. Hideo Kojima = 1337est game dev. of all time.