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RUMOR: Metal Gear Solid (5) Peace Walker Heading to PS3

Takao said:
It originally was:

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Konami probably pussied out because they were afraid a PSP game would hurt the brand due to lower sales (they probably didn't realize that by not naming it MGS5 sales were only going to be lower).
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I'm surprised they weren't afraid a poor game would hurt the brand name (4)
 
bought the original, but didn't play past the first mission...pretty excited about this on PS3, for some reason tho. I'll finally play it if the rumor is true =)
 
Ellis Kim said:
Wow, aren't you just a shining beacon of love for all things Metal Gear :/

Peace Walker was fucking awesome. It broke out of the MG2:SS mold that the series have been stuck in for two full decades. Its the most genuinly interesting Metal Gear to date, from storytelling to gameplay.
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There are a lot of things I like about Peace Walker and the story sure as hell isn't one of them.
 
Takao said:
It originally was:

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Konami probably pussied out because they were afraid a PSP game would hurt the brand due to lower sales (they probably didn't realize that by not naming it MGS5 sales were only going to be lower).
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I think it's the best selling MGS in Japan but i could be wrong , it was never going to do normal numbers on Handheld anyway. Not in the west anyway.
 
gundamkyoukai said:
I think it's the best selling MGS in Japan but i could be wrong , it was never going to do normal numbers on Handheld anyway.
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It's not the best selling MGS title; it actually ended up having some pretty underwhelming numbers when all was said and done, despite the efforts to attract the MH crowd as much as possible.
 
Ridley327 said:
There are a lot of things I like about Peace Walker and the story sure as hell isn't one of them.
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And why's that? Peacewalker pulls away from what's been Metal Gear tradition, and Big Boss comes into his own as a character, fleshing out who he becomes, why he becomes a "villain," and colors in a gap within the Metal Gear canon. I believe Otacon's dad to be a particularly revealing character.

And if we're really going to get into detail, I suggest spoiler tags.

Ridley327 said:
It's not the best selling MGS title; it actually ended up having some pretty underwhelming numbers when all was said and done, despite the efforts to attract the MH crowd as much as possible.
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a proposed theory is that japanese gamers who were "interested" just pirated it, while they save money to buy the next monster hunter instead.
 
Instead of adding one of those subtitles like subsistence or substance or integral, they should just add the five for the hell of it.
 
I never went online even once with Peace Walker yet I still found it to boast more content than the average console game. It's so ridiculously good.
 
Fuck yes. I do think it fits handheld play better, but a superior version cannot hurt. Looking forward to transferring the saves when I get home after each day.
 
Ridley327 said:
It's not the best selling MGS title; it actually ended up having some pretty underwhelming numbers when all was said and done, despite the efforts to attract the MH crowd as much as possible.
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Well that makes it even worst .
 
I'm honestly not sure if I'll bother with a Peace Walker PS3 port. It was so simplified and tailor designed to a handheld that I don't feel like the experience will translate all that well to prolonged play sessions. Despite that, it was basically grinding the game, and the simplified gameplay just isn't something that I'm itching to go back to; granted that had more to do with straightforward level design and not mechanics.
 
Ridley327 said:
It's not the best selling MGS title; it actually ended up having some pretty underwhelming numbers when all was said and done, despite the efforts to attract the MH crowd as much as possible.
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I actually do believe the only MGS game it's behind (only counting regular release, not adding budget and expansion) is MGS3 in Japan, no? It's behind MGS4 when you add the budget line, but Peace Walker's budget release has been sticking around for while in lower positions of the Media Create chart.
 
When heavens divide
I will see the choices within my hands
How can we ever protect and fight with our tiny souls
Let me shine like the sun through the doubts and fear
Do you feel the storm approach as the end draws near
 
Chuck Norris said:
Bring it to NGP with the same upgrades ploz
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I wonder if these titles will be running native on the PS3 or if they're making use of the PSP emulator that Sony had, while accounting for greater amounts of ram, etc. I would hope that remastered titles would also be NGP compatible.
 
This would be so awesome. I hated the PSP controls for PW.
 
Takao said:
I actually do believe the only MGS game it's behind (only counting regular release, not adding budget and expansion) is MGS3 in Japan, no? It's behind MGS4 when you ad the budget line, but Peace Walker's budget release has been sticking around for while in lower positions of the Media Create chart.
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I may need to double check the numbers, but I believe that both MGS2 and MGS3 are still quite comfortably ahead in sales. The disappointment I refer to is based more on the fact that it did not sell past the "ceiling" that every MGS title has hit, despite their efforts to expand the audience.
 
When heavens divide
Time will come to softly lay me down
Then I can see her face that I long to see
And for you,only you I would give anything
Leaving a trace for love to find a way
 
Day one. I love MGS but haaated playing Peace Walker on the PSP. I never got further than the first few missions, and I can't wait to play it for reals.
 
Zen said:
I'm honestly not sure if I'll bother with a Peace Walker PS3 port. It was so simplified and tailor designed to a handheld that I don't feel like the experience will translate all that well to prolonged play sessions. Despite that, it was basically grinding the game, and the simplified gameplay just isn't something that I'm itching to go back to; granted that had more to do with straightforward level design and not mechanics.
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True, it's gameplay is simplified to suit handheld, I'm not sure I want to replay it on ps3. Even the graphic will be hurt because of stiff facial animation which will look bad on big screen.

On the other hand, if this remastered series is compatible with ngp, day 1!
 
Fuck, I got my PSP just for this game. Now it could come to PS3 , bitter sweet feelings.

Anyway DAY 1 .....PS3 controls will make this game perfect.
 
Ridley327 said:
I may need to double check the numbers, but I believe that both MGS2 and MGS3 are still quite comfortably ahead in sales. The disappointment I refer to is based more on the fact that it did not sell past the "ceiling" that every MGS title has hit, despite their efforts to expand the audience.
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Well, it did sell more than any non-numbered MGS game has ever done. However, it is difficult to tell if the game expanded MGS's audience. I think it did in Japan, but the numbers don't necessarily show. As it wasn't a numbered entry, the casual MGS fans probably brushed it off, but the numbers are too high for a non-numbered entry. Though it didn't capture the public at large (frankly, I don't think a continuing narrative game like MGS can do that without starting from the beginning).

And I just checked the data from Chris's database and the Media Create 2010 Top 1000, and based on regular release alone, it is the second best selling MGS game in Japan based on regular release (and 70k behind MGS3's regular release and over 100k above MGS4's regular release).
 
Already beat it, but I'll gladly get it again... even without trophies.

(I took a 30 day ban wishing for this game to be on PS3)

Awesome game, it's no MGS5 though, not by a longshot
 
I love PW to death.....Best psp game out there IMO. Hopefully this comes with a crapload of new content (i believe Kojima stated there was a bunch that didnt make it due to size limits......could be wrong).....a straight port wont cut it for me.
 
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