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Metal Gear Rising available on PSN from March 5th

Metal Gear Rising Revengeance is coming to the PlayStation Network next week. People in the United States and Latin America will be able to download it starting March 5.

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Canary4063d ago

I wonder if Sony will see a steep decline in PSN sales now that we know none of them will be playable on the PS4.

I, for one, probably would have grabbed a PSN copy of Rising last month. But now? I can't even muster the will to spend that small pittance they doled out into our PSN wallets right before the PS4 announcement.

Nyxus4063d ago

Well, it'll still be a while before the PS4 comes out, and unless you plan to get it right away you can still be playing on your PS3 for a few years. So I wouldn't stop buying games for that reason, personally.

Canary4063d ago

Well, I've already had 4 PS3s die on me, so I don't have much confidence in the longevity of Sony hardware.

That I'm forced to play PS2 games by running .isos off a PC doesn't help.

jc485734062d ago

this is the very reason why I never even bothered buying any digital games because something like this would happen.

Silly gameAr4062d ago (Edited 4062d ago )

Nice try. With the steep decline thing, not the 4 PS3's dying on you part. That blows. My 40 gig fat died on me, but it had a good run. I got a PS3 Slim Move bundle like a year ago.

As for the steep decline in online game sales, who knows? I'm sure over 70 million people won't have the money to run out and buy a PS4 day one, so they'll probably stick with the PS3. Given Sony's track record, they'll support the PS3 even after the PS4 is launched, so I think current and future PS3 owners will be good.

How or if PS3 PSN games will transfer to PS4, we'll just have to wait and see how that works out.

Heavenly King4062d ago

Eventually you will be able to play them through emulation. Just like PSP games on the VITA they require additional mumbo jumbo to run in the device.

As long as you a bought your games digitally, so that they are attached to your account, you will be able to redownload them once the specific emulation for each game is available at the PS4 PSStore, without any additional payment.

It will require some time, but it will eventually happen.

Hydralysk4062d ago (Edited 4062d ago )

To be fair, PS3 disc based games aren't going to work on PS4 either, so it's not like by buying retail instead of digital you're future proofing yourself.

I'd still rather buy physical though since on PSN they're still selling it at retail price despite not having any manufacturing or shipping costs. I don't like blatant cash grabs, especially after I heard all that talk about how digital distribution was supposed to lower prices.

Skate-AK4062d ago

Weird. I have only had one break in me in 6 years. It was a Fat PS3 and the BluRay drive went out.

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Nyxus4063d ago

@ Canary: Four? That's bad luck... I've had a 60GB since launch, and it finally died the day before yesterday, so I had to buy a new one. But it worked for almost six years.

Canary4063d ago (Edited 4063d ago )

Well, I am fudging the numbers a bit.

Launch PS3 broke after 5 years.
Repaired launch PS3 broke after 4 weeks.
Repaired launch PS3 broke after 2 weeks.
New slim PS3 broke after 2 days.

Currently, I'm on my 4th PS3, but that's only because I've got two of 'em.

Thing is, though, six years is not a very long time. At all.

It's taken more than a decade to get decent PS2 emulation; odds are we'll never see decent PS3 emulation. Without b/c, all of those PS3 classics like Valkyria Chronicles, Uncharted, Catherine, Demons Souls, Nier, Dragon's Dogma, etc., will be gone for good.

EDIT@Nyxus:
Only for the new PS3 that broke after a few days, but I just returned it to the retailer (Amazon). I spent several hundred dollars trying to get my launch PS3 working again, and all the fixes were temporary.

Apparently, the defect in the launch SKUs makes it inevitable that they should break; and there is no permanent fix.

Nyxus4063d ago

Ouch. But I assume you at least had warranty for the last three. I hope my new Slim lasts a bit longer than that.

Irishguy954062d ago

Really unlucky man. I got unliucky with the 360.. I've had my 80Gb 45nm chipset Ps3 for 6 years now with no problems. I've had 3 xboxes and this one had to be fixed twice.

Canary4058d ago

Gotta love how I can state facts and still get disagrees.

nugnugs4062d ago

Pre-order on PSN for the one off special price of £59.99!

Knux4062d ago

Awesome, I wonder how big the file size will be?

josephayal4062d ago

Good News but The pricing for digital games should be lower

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10 Hardest PS3 Games of All Time

You might not be able to believe this, but Dark Souls is a pretty tricky game on the PlayStation 3.

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Metal Gear Solid Can Work Without Hideo Kojima

There are more good non-Kojima Metal Gear games than one would realize. Scientifically, three examples prove a trend, and in this feature are three excellent Metal Gear games that Hideo Kojima did not direct.

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masterfox317d ago

I hope so, still cant forget MGS Survive , the first MGS game without Kojima involvement and it was a complete failure, the thing is Kojima way of thinking is outside the box and that's why their games 99% end up unique, original and a almost instant classic. MGS series are full of intricate things that somehows connects to each other, Lalulilelo, the Patriots, Outher heaven, Foxhound, PMCs , heck even Kojima manage to insert DARPA in there lol, a US government Defense Agency. So is really great MGS3 Remake is reviving the series but without Kojima who knows of the end result, I hope Konami have another or more developers insight their studios who can also think outside the box.

senorfartcushion316d ago

It actually can’t. But it won’t matter.

Kojima is Metal Gear the same way that Christopher Nolan is The Dark Knight, or David Lynch is Twin Peaks: The Return episode 8. Artistry is the creation of a thing from your own thoughts and feelings. Take away the original artist’s thoughts and feelings and you have a new thing entirely.

This isn’t going to stop the mega corporation creating a fake version and spending millions TELLING customers that it’s made with the same thoughts and feelings. The masses will buy the idea the same way the corporation will sell the idea.

just_looken316d ago

I guess everyone forgot metal gear solid rising was tossed to platnium games with a story script and that is it.

Z501315d ago

Kojima was involved in Rising tho

just_looken315d ago

kpjima just did the story everything else was platnium games look it up.

Hence i said script

neutralgamer1992316d ago

i think the bigger issue is whether or not Konami is actually interested in fully funding AAA games development. Even this remake is done by a studio not really known in gaming industry. Quality remake/projets vs cheap cash in quick releases. Which way will Konami head. I am a huge MGS fan and i feel like Kojima did long time MGS fans dirty with how made MGS5 and it's story elements

senorfartcushion315d ago

Remakes and remasters provide a gateway through to producing AAA games faster and cheaper.

RaveTears315d ago (Edited 315d ago )

Actually MGS Portable Ops which was technically the first canon MGS game that Kojima wasn’t mainly involved with it. Kojima was only the producer but not the writer and director.

Konami did other MGS spin off that were successful but that because Konami put effort. Just along Konami is not lazy and cash grab, they can a MGS game without Kojima.

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gold_drake316d ago (Edited 316d ago )

i mean sure, but he made it the thing it is today and why people love it so much.

i think its not easy to replicate.

Flawlessmic316d ago

I doubt it could.

Say what you want about the bloke, but his games are uniquely his.

I don't think anyone makes games like kojima does, for better or worse.

Could mgs continue without him, yea maybe, but it would lacking his genius so wouldn't be the same.

Soulsborne316d ago

Well , he already created it. They just have to recreate it? Not like its a new concept or IP. Trash article.

Terry_B316d ago

Yes. It only needs motivated clever people.

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Why We Need Metal Gear Rising 2

Demand for a sequel is about to skyrocket, like the good ol' days of 2013!

In case you're living under a suspiciously rock-shaped object, the recent PlayStation Showcase revealed that a remake of Metal Gear Solid 3 will be coming, alongside a Master Collection of Metal Gear Solid 1, 2, and 3. While it is a remake of an existing game, there's a great deal of significance to it, considering the last time a game in the series came out was back in 2018 with Metal Gear Survive (and the less said about that, the better). Konami's decision to pull a Konami and feud with series creator Hideo Kojima has long left the fate of Metal Gear uncertain, but this recent announcement has led to all bets being off as to where Metal Gear can go from here.

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chrisx319d ago

This game needs to happen. MGR was amazing

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Venoxn4g318d ago

I really hope, that at least we would get a remaster..