MGS4 street date broken, but Kojima isn't bothered

Written By Dragonfly 176 days ago
News Category: Release Dates
Relevant Consoles: : PlayStation 3

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Recent reports from consumers have indicated that Wal-Mart is already selling early copies of Metal Gear Solid 4 in select stores, breaking the official street date of June 12.

Hideo Kojima doesn't seem particularly fussed though.

"Despite the measurements taken by any publisher, high-profile games always seem to have one store, if not more, break their legal street date," he said.

"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."

So if you're desperately looking to get your hands on a copy of MGS4 (and live in America), now's the time to head down to your local Wal-Mart and hope it's one of the lucky stores.

Tags : hideo kojima : konami : Metal Gear Solid : metal gear solid 4 : mgs : mgs4 : PlayStation 3 : release date : Wal-Mart

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Comments

By: Dragonsoul On: 09:08 Jun 9th, 2008 Offline	Or call anyone you know that's around a Wal-mart and ask them to purchase it for you. :P Why do stores do this, though? I never really got why before...
By: Shad On: 10:19 Jun 9th, 2008 Offline	Because of demand; if you sell stuff everyone wants before everyone else is selling it, your stock get's sold out first.
By: SwitchxA On: 10:56 Jun 9th, 2008 Offline	You also lose your job! Sweet. I hate broken release dates. The only person it benefits is the person who bought it. All the info gets leaked which ends up spoiling it for me. What's selling your stock out first get you? I know my GameStop received so few copies of MGS4. Hopefully it doesn't continue like this.
By: Dragonfly On: 04:41 Jun 10th, 2008 Offline	SwitchxA;50797 You also lose your job! Sweet. I hate broken release dates. The only person it benefits is the person who bought it. Then go buy it? SwitchxA;50797 All the info gets leaked which ends up spoiling it for me. Then don't read it? SwitchxA;50797 What's selling your stock out first get you? More stock sold sooner meaning a greater overall proft? The world isn't going to change just because a game is sold three days early.
By: SwitchxA On: 01:22 Jun 10th, 2008 Offline	Dragonfly;50807 Then go buy it? Then don't read it? More stock sold sooner meaning a greater overall proft? The world isn't going to change just because a game is sold three days early. I'm saying the world ends. I am saying the people who sell early can't do their job. As a retail employee part of your job is keeping things till the release. Thats the point of a release date. So I like to keep them. Selling stuff early does not mean any greater profit for you. If you have 10 copies. You still would sell the same amount if you had waited.
By: Evren On: 04:55 Jun 10th, 2008 Offline	The company still gets thier money, regardless of when the sell the game. He's not bothered, because he's still getting a percentage of the game. So really. Whats he got to lose?

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