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White Knight due before April '09, MGS4 sells 3M in two weeks

By Tom Magrino, GameSpotPosted Jun 26, 2008 1:51 pm PT

Sony confirms Level 5's anticipated fantasy RPG to launch this fiscal year; Solid Snake's final adventure hits massive milestone; PSP-to-PS3 gaming Remote Play expanding.

As the Western world slumbered, Sony held a press conference in Tokyo today that provided an update on the electronics maker's corporate strategy through the end of its fiscal year 2010 (which ends March 31, 2010). Although the presentation addressed the company's expansive electronics, film, and finance businesses as a whole, its PlayStation brand received particular attention by way of a reveal for the long-awaited video-download service for the PlayStation 3, as well as Life With PlayStation, which offers international news and encyclopedic geographic information, among other details about the world at large.

Aside from addressing new firmware features for the PS3, the presentation also offered a few tidbits concerning the entertainment device's bread and butter: games. Specifically, in touting its upcoming lineup of PlayStation 3-exclusive games, the publisher revealed that Level 5's White Knight Story is expected to launch during the current fiscal year, which ends March 31, 2009.

However, uncertainty was added to the equation when White Knight Stories was referred to by its Japanese moniker--Shirokishi Monogatari--and it was not immediately clear whether the game would be available in all regions during that time frame. Sony had not responded to requests for clarification as of press time. Level 5's fantasy role-playing game wowed audiences, thanks to its graphical prowess, when it debuted at the 2006 Tokyo Game Show. Though Sony has kept the game on a short leash, GameSpot was afforded a hands-on with the game at last year's TGS.

The publisher also heavily emphasized its initiative to expand the network services for its flagship console and handheld during the presentation, and briefly touched on the PSP's Remote Play functionality. Save for a handful of games, Remote Play has thus far been relegated to nongaming-related interaction between the PSP and PS3.

However, as noted by SCE CEO Kaz Hirai, the publisher intends to "further broaden" this feature "through a variety of upcoming nongaming content and services, as well as through gaming content." Hirai's words were accompanied by a slide of Factor 5's Lair being played on both the PSP's screen and a PS3-equipped TV.

Lastly of note, Sony offered sales figures for Konami's PS3-exclusive Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, a game that received GameSpot's highest rating when it was released earlier this month. According to Hirai, MGS4 has sold more than 3 million units worldwide in its first two weeks at retail. Proving the value of high-profile exclusives, Hirai noted that PS3 sales jumped eightfold week-over-week on the game's launch in Japan. That's in direct contrast to Take-Two's multiplatform hit Grand Theft Auto IV, which received equal honors from GameSpot, but failed to translate to system sales for either Sony or Microsoft (at least in the US), according to NPD Group figures.

455 Comments

  • DivineDragoon

    Posted Aug 31, 2008 12:05 pm PT

    Sony has to keep thier game on 'cause of the bar raised by MGS4, so they need more high profile ps3 exclusive games. And what's with all this "fanboy" fighting... it gets really old and fast.

  • amulbocus

    Posted Aug 27, 2008 2:28 pm PT

    Silicon_Noob - dude, MGS4 eats GOW and spits it out, even GOW2 does not have a chance. 360 owners, nothing you have or ever will get can even scratch the surface of what MGS4 can offer, you almost made me laugh there comparing GOW to MGS4 lol. Lets clear this up now, MGS4 is and will be for a long time the penultimate console game, that is only beaten by Crysis, which is processed by far more powerful GPUS than any console can handle (although the Cell could do it pushed ).

  • wars45

    Posted Jul 14, 2008 3:45 pm PT

    wow 3 mill in tow weeks

  • dorgfanger

    Posted Jul 13, 2008 1:02 am PT

    Why is it that a comment board always has some battles raging in it? Is it for fun? A prerequisite of some sort to move onto a new level of reality, where we all forget why the comments were allowed in the first place?

    It's a newspiece. It's posted to inform us. This one says that White Knight will be out before or on March 31, 2009, and that MGS4 sold 3 million copies in two weeks. They add that this also seemed to boost system sales. Nowhere does it say "360 sucks and PS3 is the best." or "MGS4 has the best graphics and everything ever, and all things before or after it are hereby reduced to wallowing in shame because of its greatness." So why the infighting? The childish name-calling? The 'my [blank] is better than yours'? I mean the commenting is fine. Hell, it's appropriate, this being a comment board. But honestly, how far does it go? It's going to be two people just posting over and over "I'm better!" "Nuh uh! I am!"

    Also, I am looking forward to White Knight as well. I hope they put as much work into the story and gameplay as graphics.

  • Silicon_Noob

    Posted Jul 9, 2008 7:56 pm PT

    "The graphics are better than anything we've seen on any console to date! "

    Not true both uncharted drakes fortune and Gears of war have better graphics. MGS4 has pretty good graphics but the textures were muddier than I expected.

  • metalgear-s

    Posted Jul 8, 2008 4:38 am PT

    All I'm saying guys, BUY MGS4! It is truly one of the best games ever created! Yes it has lots of cinematics, but that's what makes the story so thrilling. The graphics are better than anything we've seen on any console to date! And the gameplay is more fine-tuned than ever before!

  • thecakeisalie47

    Posted Jul 2, 2008 3:29 pm PT

    METAL GEAR SOLID 4 IS THE BEST GAME EVER!!!!

  • joe_ender

    Posted Jul 1, 2008 6:31 pm PT

    anyone know if white knight story willl be ported to english , cause god i hope so

  • Hurlyburlycurly

    Posted Jul 1, 2008 3:51 pm PT

    Yay go mgs4!

  • puppiemaster

    Posted Jul 1, 2008 1:47 pm PT

    Ranteal you're obviously a virgin after that comment,

    You don't have to be a geek to play videogames, it just helps.

  • MSG-Deathscythe

    Posted Jul 1, 2008 1:05 pm PT

    hey pourya ahmadian, just check the mail if you already received your GREAT RROD360 from repairs.

  • Ranteal

    Posted Jul 1, 2008 12:13 pm PT

    @Puppiemaster. Dam!! 20 years!! Time to visit another party if ya catch my wind. Oh and yes, ye are a geek if ye play videogames, just own up to it son.

  • xpowerboss

    Posted Jul 1, 2008 1:40 am PT

    Hoping for the Best looks like the effort of the team is showing something in return.

  • HXCDEW

    Posted Jun 30, 2008 10:29 pm PT

    Yeah baby yeah! Can't wait for WKC! MGS4 will have SOLD 4 million copies by the end of October.

  • shujikun07

    Posted Jun 30, 2008 6:17 pm PT

    According to vgchartz.com this has indeed sold closer to 2 million than 3 million... Still nothing to scoff at.

  • dcmdream

    Posted Jun 30, 2008 5:14 pm PT

    It's good to see the PS3 getting some AAA titles.
    However, this article is incorrect regarding the sales of MGS4.
    There have been 3 million shipped to retailers. Not 3 million sold.
    It is more like 1.9 million SOLD and 3 million SHIPPED
    Either way, MGS4 is a success, I just think gamespot should correct this report.

    Google MGS4 total sales to find out if you'd like.

    Let the negatives begin......lol

  • puppiemaster

    Posted Jun 30, 2008 3:57 pm PT

    Ranteal well I hope I'm married, I've been living with the same woman for nearly 20 years and have a 17 year old daughter, after all I'm nearly 40 years old. Not everyone that plays games is a geek or a fanboy, some of us can drive and are old enough to drink. I've have been playing computer games since the 70's, damn I wrote my first computer game in 1982.

    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Read my profile its been up for a few years on here. Since 2003 infact.

  • mfouad

    Posted Jun 30, 2008 1:43 pm PT

    ps3 rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Silvermane

    Posted Jun 30, 2008 1:41 pm PT

    LOL @twistedhades .....like a Playstation never conked out before ??? And wt least MS owned up and admitted it AND extended the warranties! Ask a Sony rep about PS 1 2 and 3 Problems and they look at you like you got 6 heads....I ditched my PSone when it got to the point where i had to play it upside down for it to work....I worked at EB during the PS one rise...my stockroom was FULL of returns LOL....As for MGS4 selling so many copies...congrats...but didnt halo(pick one) do that in like 24 hrs LOL

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