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During an interview with The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, God of War’s David Jaffe said the game he was “most jealous” of was Konami’s Metal Gear Solid 4 and that the dev team must have had real “tenacity and vision” to make a game of that quality. writes Joystiq.

“To make a game of that scale and at that level of quality clearly took a whole hell of a lot of tenacity and vision,” he explained.

Jaffe recently said he thinks God of War III looks “like nothing you’ve ever played.”

By Mike Bowden

According to this V for Videogames piece, a Sony rep has said the company expects Killzone 2 sales to be as good, if not better than Metal Gear Solid 4.

“It would be a lie to say Sony has not invested heavily in Killzone 2 and each individual at Guerilla games has worked even harder to satisfy any expectations kept by the company and their loyal community,” said the rep.

“I do see the game breaking a barrier with a huge variety of groups and expect it to see sales as good as Metal Gear Solid 4 if not beyond it.”

More through the link.

By Mike Bowden

Konami’s released Q1 results, showing revenues at ¥70,805 million, and 16.7 percent increase over the same period in 2007.

Metal Gear Solid 4 was confirmed by the company as having shipped 3 million units.

Press release after the drop.

By Mike Bowden

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Metal Gear Solid: Guns of the Patriots has taken pole in the Spanish and German software charts for week ending June 22, GI reports.

According to figures from Media-Control GfK International, Square-Enix’s Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core is straight in at number three in both territories.

The full chart listings for both countries are through the link.

By Mike Bowden

It seems Wal-Mart has sold early copies of Metal Gear Solid 4, breaking the official street date of June 12.

Hideo Kojima however, remained contemplative.

“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 there you have it.

By Mike Bowden