Konami introduced that the Metallic Gear video games franchise achieved gross sales of 60 million copies worldwide. This info was revealed within the newest replace to the corporate’s company info, inserting Metallic Gear amongst their most high-profile franchises. [Thanks, Anime News Network!]
Whereas there haven’t been any new video games within the Metallic Gear franchise since 2018’s Metallic Gear Survive, the excessive gross sales quantity signifies that it’s nonetheless well-liked. There’s a revival on the best way although. The Metallic Gear Strong Grasp Assortment Vol 1, a remastered compilation of Metallic Gear Strong, Metallic Gear Strong 2 and Metallic Gear Strong 3, is coming to fashionable programs on October 24, 2023. Metallic Gear Strong 3 can also be getting a remake within the type of Metallic Gear Strong Delta: Snake Eater.
Different high-profile franchises in Konami’s monetary info embody Yu-Gi-Oh! and their sports activities titles. The Highly effective Professional Yakyu baseball collection offered 24.8 million copies on consoles, with roughly 40 million downloads for the cellular titles. Their soccer collection, eFootball, reached 700 million gross sales, if gross sales of older Professional Evolution Soccer and Profitable Eleven video games are included.
The Metallic Gear Strong Grasp Assortment Vol. 1 releases on October 24, 2023 for PS5, Nintendo Change, Xbox Sequence X, and PC. Metallic Gear Strong Delta: Snake Eater is in improvement for the PS5.