Official Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance thread

[RedCoKid]

what is it with you guys being so against the idea of it being a pre-order freebie?

It's sad that Gamecube games need expensive preorder freebies/2-games-for-the-price-of-1 type of deals to generate decent sales. Even the system essentially sells for $99. Let's hope that next year's "surprise hardware announcement" isn't that Nintendo has sold its GCN technology to a cable company.

[Johnny Nighttrain]

The truth is that Nintendo re-releases games all the time. Saying they wouldn't release a sucn and such old game because it's lame or whatever is just plain dumbass.

you obniously missed the point.

It's sad that Gamecube games need expensive preorder freebies/2-games-for-the-price-of-1 type of deals to generate decent sales.

sure is, but hey, atleast it's working for them.

[johnk_]

what's the last one they did?? Zelda?

what else have they done, in terms of pre-order freebies?

[NoFace]

None that I can think of.

[Hero]

I'm planning on renting Twin Snakes at best (I don't have room or time for a series I'm not a total fan of), and even if it came with Substance, that doesn't make the deal seem any sweeter. I played MGS2 and hated it - so what would the extra incentive be in a MGS2 'freebie?'

All the same, people should be sold on a game first - getting one for extras or rumored bonuses is lame.

[Kinopio]

I could see them selling substance for $40 on the gamecube, but only after twin snakes is released.

[TaekwondoNJ]

No way in hell it will be a promotional freebie.

[Johnny Nighttrain]

why not?

[Drewbacca]

No, I got the point. But releasing it separately isn't as far fetched as you make it sound. That's all I'm saying.

No way in hell it will be a promotional freebie.

They should. It would probably move a few of those stockpiled gamecubes.

[TaekwondoNJ]

I will be extremely shocked if they spend the time and money to port MGS2 over to GC to just give it away for free. Maybe theres a slight chance of this happening, but I wouldn't count on it. But there is absolutely no way they will port Substance and just give it away. The game came out last year (or was it even that long ago?), I see no reason why Nintendo, Silicon Knights, OR Konami (depending on who is getting the profits from all this, probably all 3) would just give away a title that could make them a decent amount of money. That being said, I think its highly unlikely MGS2 would be 50 dollars when it first comes out for GC. ESPECIALLY if its the original MGS2. I'd be surprised if they released Substance on GC for more than 30 bucks. But just giving the game away? You're gonna be sorely dissapointed if you think thats going to happen.