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TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1369
Lightning Strikes
04/05/22 12:15:43 PM
#194:


abdou posted...
Also MGS4 was a much bigger deal at release than MGSV was

yeah this is defintely true. MGS4 was THE game back in 2008, along with GTAIV. People bought PS3 just for MGS4. I barely remember the days leading up to MGSV or what year it actually released LOL


Oh I disagree there, the pre-release hype for MGSV was huge. MGS4 was a 2008 PS3 game. There were a lot of people holding off on it for that reason, it was before the console-redeeming price drop as well. There are polls on this:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/3132-which-scheduled-june-release-are-you-most-looking-forward-to

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/5985-which-scheduled-september-release-are-you-most-looking

MGSV looks better there if you ask me. Incidentally heres post-release MGS4 struggling with GTA4 and losing badly to Brawl:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/3164-what-was-the-best-game-of-the-first-half-of-2008

This suggests that MGS4 peaked post-release, as more people got their hands on PS3s. So I think its reasonable to say that exclusivity dampened its early hype.

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