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- Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater has sold over 1.7 million units since its release in August 2025, but has yet to reach the two million mark four months later.
- The sales performance of Snake Eater is lower compared to the Silent Hill 2 Remake, which surpassed two million copies in less than three months on only PS5 and PC.
- The Metal Gear Solid series as a whole has sold an additional 400,000 copies in the last quarter of 2025, bringing the total to over 65.5 million units.
- Konami has not provided individual sales figures for Snake Eater beyond the initial launch numbers, raising questions about its commercial success relative to other Konami titles.
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Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater Underperforms in Sales Compared to Silent Hill 2 Remake Post-Launch
Konami has released new sales figures for the Metal Gear Solid franchise, revealing initial performance data for Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, the remake that launched in August 2025 on PS5, PC, and Xbox Series X/S. While Konami announced that Snake Eater sold over a million units at launch after its modern makeover, there were no further updates on its individual sales performance. In October, Konami announced that the entire Metal Gear Solid series had sold 65.1 million units by September 2025, suggesting Snake Eater had sold approximately 1.5 million copies at that time. The latest figures show the Metal Gear Solid series sold an additional 400,000 copies in the last quarter of 2025. This suggests that, even with sales from other titles factored in, Snake Eater has now surpassed 1.7 million units sold. However, even after four months on the market across three platforms, Delta has not yet reached two million copies sold. This raises questions about the commercial success of Snake Eater when compared to other recent Konami remakes; the Silent Hill 2 Remake, for example, surpassed two million copies in less than three months on only PS5 and PC.
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| Official Name | Konami GT |
| Brief Summary | Konami GT, originally known as Konami RF2 - Red Fighter, is a 1985 racing video game developed and released by Konami, using their GX400 arcade architecture. The player drives a sports car which must reach various checkpoints without running out of fuel. A turbo mode (activated by the gear shift) increases the car's speed but uses more fuel and puts the player at a higher risk of hitting an obstacle. Fuel power-ups can be found on the road which the player must pick up to make it to the final checkpoint.
The original title RF2 is a reference to Konami's 1984 arcade game Road Fighter, and thus this may be considered an unofficial sequel. RF2 was a commercial success in Japanese arcades. The series was followed in 1996 by official sequel Midnight Run - Road Fighter 2. Konami GT was made available on Microsoft's Game Room service for its Xbox 360 console and for Windows-based PCs on October 6, 2010. |
| Platforms | Arcade |
| Released | March 1, 1985 |
| Genre | Racing, Arcade |
| Play Modes | Single player |
| Languages | German |
| Genre | Konami |
| Genre | Konami |
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