As Hideo Kojima's "final" installment in the Metal Gear Solid series, Konami's Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is uniquely positioned as one of the most heavily anticipated PlayStation 3 titles from a dying breed of third-party console exclusives. Today, Sony revealed via its PlayStation Blog that Metal Gear Solid 4 would arrive on the PS3 in late Q2 2008, which runs until June 30. The news comes as part of the Destination PlayStation retailer conference, which is currently under way in Arizona. While Sony wasn't more forthright with an exact date, retailers, which sometimes leak release dates through online listings prior to publishers' actual announcements, seem to be under the impression that the game will surface in mid-June. According to listings on Amazon and GameFly, MGS4 will take to the streets on Thursday, June 12, while GameStop has the game slated for Tuesday, June 17. Publishers typically choose to release high-profile titles on Tuesday in the US. To promote Metal Gear Solid 4's release, Sony also revealed the game will be available as part of an 80GB PS3 bundle. In addition to the game and system, the bundle will include a DualShock 3 controller and will retail for $499.99. Presumably, the DualShock 3 will replace the Sixaxis controller currently available in the $499.99 80GB SKU. Similar to Microsoft's use of Realtime World's Crackdown to hand out keys for the Halo 3 multiplayer beta, Sony also said it will be guaranteeing access to Metal Gear Online's multiplayer beta test for those who preorder the game. The test is expected to commence in late April. The Destination PlayStation conference also yielded an update on the DualShock 3, which Sony officially took the wraps off of during 2007's Tokyo Game Show. The much-requested rumble-equipped, motion-sensing wireless controller will arrive in North America in April at the price of $54.99. According to Sony, more than 100 PS3 games will be compatible with the controller, including Uncharted, Ratchet & Clank Future, and MGS4. http://www.gamespot.com/news/6186728.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=newstop&tag=newstop;title;1
aint this great for people who dont own a ps3 yet? MGS will sell off a lot of ps3 and this way they will even sell more.
Sony just pulled another big one out of their hats... atleast 500k to 1million PS3 gonna be sold within a month of MGS4 launch...
yeah , im wondering how GTA 4 will sell on ps3 and 360. Depending what kind of deals they make in comparison to the 360. an interesting event. that will clearly effect the stock of Take Two. Which jumped 50% monday.
funny how they say its gonna come with dual shock 3 controllers, does that mean the current controllers won't work with that game. hmm. that could be quite annoying for some, making them buy new controllers.
it was. i wasnt stating something else. i sure you can play MGS without dual shock controllers and with normal ones:wavey:
ye i know but its like some games on the ps2 that require dual shock 2 and will only play if a dual shock 2 controller is plugged in like burnout revenge etc. and doesn't work if a dual shock controller is plugged in.
Aww damn I wonder if it's gonna be like a special edition PS3 or something.. Oh well, I'm def. gonna get myself a special/limited edition of the game if they come out with one!!
im sure they will, they've done it for mgs2 and mgs3 so chances are they will. also did it for portable ops on the psp too. lol. and i've heard rumours about a slim ps3 coming out. dunno when though and not sure if the rumour is just a rumour.
The PSP slim? You mean the one that is already out? Or the limited edition red God of War PSP? Cause the God of War PSP is the same size as the PSP slim.
Oh haha. My reading skills fail. lol I heard about it to and I think it's just a rumor. I remember making a post about this and a new 100GB PS3
you can use the stock non dualshock to play the games u just won't get the rumble effect that is all...kinda shitty that i have a older ps3 with no bundle and they release these bundles GRRR...also the 80gb has the best backwards compatibility next to the original 60GB that was released slim ps3 is probably far out in the future, the thing generates too much heat to effectivly cool off without using fans...though a smaller one from the current model would be very nice
