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Konami Talks about MGS4 being sold early

Twisted | June 08, 2008 | News | Playstation 3 
The Metal Gear Solid 4 80GB PS3 bundle has been sold early on a few accounts from a Wal-Mart, and Konami has responded to it. The scheduled release date is June 12th. Konami said that all of the major stores that sell the bundle had a written contract with Konami so that they wouldn't sell it early.
Despite the measurements taken by any publisher, high-profile games always seem to have one store, if not more, break their legal street date. This had been the case with many games before Metal Gear Solid 4 and it will be the case with many following it. This week, a couple of Wal-Marts were reported to have sold the Metal Gear Solid 80GB PS3 bundles up to a week before the scheduled release of the title on June 12.

Earlier in the week, Pete Stone, Konami's UK General Manager had commented on their plans for the release of MGS4.

"We pride ourselves on working closely with retailers and have a continuation of the signed agreement system we used so successfully before,” said Stone. “All major retailers are supplying written agreements that they will honor the street date no matter what, making it a level playing field across the board. We all want the game to be a huge success, and for everyone to benefit from this release."

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    iLLmatic | June 08, 2008
    Sue Walmart. They need a kick in the balls.
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      slumpy monkey | June 09, 2008
      Not if your the guy who they sold MGS too early.
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        iLLmatic | June 09, 2008
        I don't buy anything from Walmart.
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    doylie | June 09, 2008
    It happens with every big game, there's always gonna be some guy in some place who somehow gets it 5 days early.
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    Gutter_Tech | June 09, 2008
    plus if you were working at wal mart and someone offered...lets say a hundred and fifty bucks more for the bundle than it costs, you would most likely take it. its not like people are worried about losing their shitty wal mart job. plus if you're a kid working a summer gig that could be a huge temptation.
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      Gothic Girl | June 10, 2008
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      its not like people are worried about losing their shitty wal mart job
      A shitty job is better than no job at all. You'd have to be an idiot to accept a 'bribe' from someone who wants the game early.
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      J Bro | June 10, 2008
      Sorry dude. Just because other people our stupid, irresponsible and willing to risk loosing their job, does not mean everybody will. Go ahead and accept the bribe, the second your boss or anybody find out, you are *bleep*ed.

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