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Metal Gear Solid 4 must sell one million copies

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Written by Rene Millman   
Monday, 03 December 2007

metal-gear-solid-4.jpgThere's nothing like a little pressure to concentrate the mind. Unfortunately for the developers of new PS3 title Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, the heat is on to sell one million copies on day one if it is to make any money, according to reports from Reuters. 

Ryan Payton, the game's producer, revealed that the new game "needs to sell over a million copies on the first day it goes on sale due to its costly production."

And just in case that wasn't enough of a challenge for him, the game is sticking to being released on one console only, the PS3.

The PlayStation brand has always been good to us, and we're pretty bullish on the PS3," the producer said. "We're telling our fans that if you want to play Metal Gear Solid 4, you have to buy a PS3."

While Halo 3 managed to get a million gamers online, doing the same trick on the PS3, where there is still a smaller install base, may be a tad tricky.

But this hasn't stopped Sony from announcing up to 15 titles exclusive to its next gen console. Senior vice president of marketing Peter Dillie at Sony said that the exclusive have been lined up for release between now and April 2008.

The company has 15 internal studios working on games for the platform, more than Microsoft and Nintendo have combined. The company is believed to be developing more games internally as other publishers are not prepared to risk creating PS3 exclusives.

"We understand publishers are needing to recoup their investment," said Dillie. "From our perspective, as long as the games aren't going exclusive to other platforms, PS3 gamers are not actually losing anything."

 

 
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