The Metal Gear series has now sold over 60 million copies

[John Elden Ring]

The Metal Gear series has topped 60 million sales.

That's according to a new update posted on the official Konami website which reveals that the revered stealth series – which launched in 1987 – hit the milestone in the run up to June 2023.

As spotted by VGChartz, that's compared with 57.7m units sold in September 2021, and 59.3m units sold back in November 2022, intimating that 700,000 Metal Gear games have been sold in the last seven months alone... even though the series hasn't published a new mainline title since 2018.

 

[Johnic]

Hell yeah. Bring on the Collection.

 

[Bryank75]

Damn it, is that all?

It should be so much more popular. Incredible series of games.

I want a re-release of the PSP games and Revengence too.

 

[Box]

Damn it, is that all?

It should be so much more popular. Incredible series of games.

I want a re-release of the PSP games and Revengence too.

Crazy to think Mario Kart 8 alone outsold the entire Metal Gear Solid Franchise

 

[Bryank75]

Crazy to think Mario Kart 8 alone outsold the entire Metal Gear Solid Franchise

Crazy and kinda sad. For me anyway.


Even though Mario Kart is great, I just think people are missing out on MGS.

 

[Yurinka]

Crazy to think Mario Kart 8 alone outsold the entire Metal Gear Solid Franchise

Mario Kart 8 is one of the best selling games ever in gaming history and a heavily bundled and marketed game across the whole history of the console. Not a good comparision.

As a reference, in a year and a half or so Astro's Playroom will 'outsell' Mario Kart 8 and the Metal Gear series.

 

[PriorPancake]

Time to bring Peace Walker, MGS4, and others to modern platforms Konami.