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MGS4 beat Grand Theft Auto: IV at sales in UK!

GTA Legend | June 16, 2008 | News | Playstation 3 
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots sales record in the U.S have yet to be seen but it topped some records in the U.K. MGS4 has beat Grand Theft Auto: IV at sales. That's right GTA: IV the game with the colossal fanbase was beaten by MGS4!
We have yet to see the official NPD numbers for the Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots launch for the US, but Chart Track has revealed their weekly software sales findings for the UK...and not surprisingly, Konami's masterpiece sits firmly at the top of the charts.

It beat out LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (#2) and Grand Theft Auto IV (#3), and on top of it all, MGS4 became the second-fastest selling PS3 game in the UK. It just barely topped Gran Turismo 5: Prologue by about 2,000 units according to VideoGamer.com, and if that's the case, this means MGS4 sold about 125,000 total copies. However, while it beat out MGS3 by 24,000 units, it still fell shy of MGS2 by 14,000. Hideo Kojima was recently inducted into the gaming version of the Guinness World Records for having the "best selling stealth video game in history," and that was MGS2. But this is only the UK region; all in all, there is a distinct possibility that MGS4 could top the second installment in the critically acclaimed series.
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  • 1 thumbs!
    Gamesta100 | June 17, 2008
    All I can say is good.MGS4 deserves to annihilate GTA4.
  • 0 thumbs!
    GTA Legend | June 17, 2008
    ^^ How dare you? GTA is dam good. It deserves some respect. I'm sure that MGS4 deserves some respect too but I haven't played it. You respect GTA and I will respect MGS4.
    • 1 thumbs!
      Gamesta100 | June 17, 2008
      I never said I don't respect GTA4 I just feel that MGS4 is FAR superiors to GTA4.

      GTA4 may be brilliant when playing the story, but once the story is finished the game loses it's fun factor.

      Now for the cry babies out there, that's MY opinion and not in the slightest do I think everyone should feel the same.
      • -3 thumbs!
        GTA Legend | June 17, 2008
        I'm not a cry baby, I was just standing up for GTA. Meh I want to play MGS4.
        • -1 thumbs!
          Gamesta100 | June 17, 2008
          I wasn't referring to you or anyone else that has posted.I was talking about to the idiots who take things things the wrong way have a little cry and thumb people down for some stupid childish reasons.
      • -2 thumbs!
        Gamesta100 | June 17, 2008
        And the cry babies come to the thread sucking their thumb and thumb me down lol.
    • 3 thumbs!
      Mnmfan | June 17, 2008
      GTAL, you haven't even played GTA4. MGS4 is 10 times better then GTA4 without a doubt. Don't speak about something if you haven't even played either games.
  • 1 thumbs!
    The_Don | June 17, 2008
    I'm not surprised. I wouldn't expect sale for IV to go up that high in Europe anyways. I just believe there are more gamers into MGS there but I' probably wrong.
  • -2 thumbs!
    GTA Legend | June 17, 2008
    Yeah you're right, in Europe there is probably not that many GTA fanboys, I'm guessing that MGS4 sales in the U.S won't beat GTA: IV sales.
  • -2 thumbs!
    GTA Legend | June 17, 2008
    Yeah you're right, in Europe there is probably not that many GTA fanboys, I'm guessing that MGS4 sales in the U.S won't beat GTA: IV sales.
  • 1 thumbs!
    Subzer0 | June 17, 2008
    Why does MGS4 have a 360 logo on that pic?

    Anyway, I didn't see this coming tbh but it deserves the success its been getting so far. Epic game.
    • 0 thumbs!
      Gamesta100 | June 17, 2008
      It's just a fake pic.As you can see, it also has the 360 only logo on it.
  • 3 thumbs!
    iLLmatic | June 17, 2008
    Greatest game ever made.
    GOTO line 1
    LOOP

    It seems like Metal Gear Solid always comes out about the same time as GTA (which is even more ironic this time because they were both delayed), and while I love both series, I've always said GTA does not even begin to compare to MGS. I've forgotten about IV already, and that's saying something. But wutda*bleep*up with the fake box cover?
  • -2 thumbs!
    Mnmfan | June 17, 2008
    Yeah GTAL why the hell did you see it appropiate to use a fake image?
  • 0 thumbs!
    Red 9 | June 17, 2008
    In all honesty, I did not see this coming. I figured that because it was limited to one console (unlike GTA IV), it wouldn't sell as much. But thank goodness it proved me wrong.

    I also didn't expect it to sell 1,000,000 copies in one day, but it did that too, and then some.
  • 1 thumbs!
    drpunk | June 17, 2008
    The PS3 version of GTA IV sold 274,000 units in the UK on day one.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Big A2 | June 17, 2008
    Aw... why did it have beat LEGO Indiana Jones?
  • 1 thumbs!
    Donnelly | June 17, 2008
    I'm quite surprised tbh.

    I went to midnight releases for both and for GTA it was queued right out the door. Meanwhile there was 6 people there for MGS.


    Weird .__.
    • 1 thumbs!
      Subzer0 | June 17, 2008
      I thought you were Scottish?

      This is in the UK man.
      • 1 thumbs!
        Donnelly | June 17, 2008
        Whoops.

        I must have misread the title.

        • 1 thumbs!
          Celes Leonhart | June 17, 2008
          Stupid Europeans, learn to read!
        • 1 thumbs!
          Donnelly | June 17, 2008
          Look, English isn't my first language.
  • 1 thumbs!
    drpunk | June 17, 2008
    Why are people surprised that a game sells more on it's release day than a game that has been out for like 7 weeks?

    Maybe cos people are mislead by the article.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Agrias | June 17, 2008
    Jesux...what a mess here.

    I'm not surprised...but the games have nothing to do with each other. Maybe there are more people liking MGS style than GTA...
  • 1 thumbs!
    TheBradman1andOnly | June 17, 2008
    A new game is beating a game that has been out for two months?! What has the world come to?

    Obviously not really suprising, but deserved nonetheless. If I had the money, I'd consider buying a PS3 for MGS4.
    • 1 thumbs!
      Donnelly | June 17, 2008
      If there was ever a game worth buying a [current generation] console solely for, it's MGS4.
      • 1 thumbs!
        TheBradman1andOnly | June 18, 2008
        I played it a bit the other day, and tbh I think you're probably right. Gonna have to wait for either more money or a price drop though.

        Having said that, the fact that Snake looks like that Austrian rapist makes me sad.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Guugley | June 17, 2008
    They were both over-rated, but MGS is by far the better game.
  • 1 thumbs!
    Red 9 | June 17, 2008
    I just saw an article saying PS3 sales barely went up with MGS4. I'm also surprised that article hasn't reached GameGrep yet.
  • -1 thumbs!
    GTA Legend | June 17, 2008
    Yeah, I'm the biggest fool ever! I should have known the 360 cover was fake. Well next time I will make sure to duoble check.
  • 3 thumbs!
    Stitch | June 17, 2008
    LOL, Oh well, at least it's a funny Picture you used, GTA Legend.
  • 0 thumbs!
    GTA Legend | June 17, 2008
    I wasn't trying to be funny. I actually thought that picture was a legitimate picture for MGS4.
    • 2 thumbs!
      Supernouva | June 18, 2008
      Are you seriously that stupid? It even said "Only on Xbox 360."
      • 0 thumbs!
        GTA Legend | June 18, 2008
        Yes I am, I have to keep up with all of the news, I didn't know it was sony exclusive.
        • 1 thumbs!
          iLLmatic | June 18, 2008
          I really can't understand if you're trying to be sarcastic or not, which I know is what you're going for, but its really stupid. I would like to think that you can't possibly have not known that MGS4 is only on PS3, but can you say anything with that wink?
    • -3 thumbs!
      Final Blade | June 18, 2008
      Fanboy alert.....

      Seriously though, how can you not know MGS4 was PS3 exclusive?

      Not really surprising since MGS4 totally rapes GTA4 in every shape and form. Yes its that good.
  • 0 thumbs!
    GTA Legend | June 18, 2008
    @ illmatic, I am not being sarcastic at all, I went on Google to see if there was a MGS4 pic so I picked the smallest one, it was a 360 one, I didn't know that MGS4 was exclusively for PS3, next time I will have to do some more research.

    • 0 thumbs!
      Red 9 | June 20, 2008
      I didn't think it NEEDED research to know MGS4 was PS3 exclusive...
  • 0 thumbs!
    OuterHaven | June 20, 2008
    damn some MGS4 cutscenes are realy long , oh snake that old geezer

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