Less Than A Month And a Half, MGS4 In Bargain Bins?

[Da Ill One]

Metal Gear Solid 4 hasn't even been out a month and a half, but according to Japanese sites, it's hitting the Sofmap "wagon sale" bargain bins where it joins the likes of Virtua Fighter 5 and SEGA's PSP brain trainer. The Konami stealth game was originally released for ¥8,800 (US$82), making it one of the pricier PS3 titles. (Expensive third party PS3 titles tend to book for around ¥7,800 or $72.) Here, what seem to be new copies of MGS4 are going for ¥3,980 ($37). We're not sure if this is an isolated Sofmap store or if other shops in the Sofmap chain are picking up on this price slashing or if this is just a Sofmap summer sale thingy. Amazon Japan has new copies going for slightly above ¥7,000, while the Special Edition is going for ¥5,980. Who knows.

What we do know is that the game sold a ton when released, already placing it in the top sellers of 2008. And it got great reviews in Japan. And it is a great game. So don't think of this as a bad thing! Even if Konami is losing money on these remaining copies, Japanese gamers have less of an excuse to pick up the title. Could help the game sell a million copies eventually. So this is all good, really.

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Only In Japan: Less Than A Month And a Half, MGS4 In Bargain Bins?

[Reizo_PR]

This is sad...

[taco31]

Really Metal Gear Solid 4? But I guess Konami knows what they are doing in order to attract new buyers. I also lol'd if you look in the pic to the top right you can see one of the 360 HD dvd players in the bin.

[sparty]

82 is dollars is quite a bit. You would never see me selling stuff like that.

[EaterOfDogs]

Having lived in Japan I can tell you this is nothing to be concerned about. Most titles after a month or two end up being sold at greatly reduced prices. It's one reason I rarely bought a game on day one when there.