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<p>Konami launched the Metal Gear spinoff, <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/metal-gear-survive/">Metal Gear Survive</a>, back in February on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. How well has it sold? Konami isn&#8217;t saying, at least not yet, but the signs aren&#8217;t exactly great.</p>
<p>The Japanese publisher today reported earnings for its fiscal year ended March 31, and the report didn&#8217;t say anything about the game&#8217;s performance. The report marks the game&#8217;s release as a notable event during the year, but says nothing of how well it did in the market.</p>
<p>Konami is of course under no obligation to share a unit sales figure&#8211;in fact, many publishers are shying away from announcing hard sales numbers these days. Still, the silence is notable given the size and stature of the Metal Gear franchise.</p>
<p>Not only that, but Konami went out of its way to speak positively about games like <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/pro-evolution-soccer-2018/">PES 2018</a>, which the company said &#8220;continued to enjoy stable performance.&#8221; The line about Metal Gear Survive only notes that the game&#8230;came out.</p>
<p>&#8220;As for computer and video games, a spinoff title in the Metal Gear series, Metal Gear Survive, was released&#8230;,&#8221; <a href="https://www.konami.com/ir/en/ir-data/statements/2018/en0510_d4hybu.pdf" rel="nofollow">Konami said</a>.</p>
<p>Metal Gear Survive launched on February 20, and it did not make it into the Top 20 list of best-sellers during the month in the United States, according to NPD Group. In the UK, it <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/top-10-uk-sales-chart-fifa-18-is-still-on-top/1100-6456996/">entered the charts in the No. 6 spot</a>, getting outsold by games far older than it. The game was <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/metal-gear-survive-is-already-available-for-less-t/1100-6457894/">quickly discounted to $20</a>, which also is a sign that the game might not have performed so well.</p>
<p>Even if Metal Gear Survive didn&#8217;t do all that well for Konami, the publisher had a good year financially, with revenue and profit rising year-over-year. You can <a href="https://www.konami.com/ir/en/ir-data/statements/2018/en0510_d4hybu.pdf" rel="nofollow">read the company&#8217;s full earnings report here [PDF]</a>.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/metal-gear-survive-review-too-harsh-to-enjoy/1900-6416863/">reviews for Metal Gear Survive</a>, including ours, were middling, but most reviewers found things to praise. Despite it being more demanding and obtuse than GameSpot reviewer Tamoor Hussain would have liked, he noted, &#8220;There&#8217;s actually a good survival game in there.&#8221; So if you&#8217;re a Metal Gear diehard, or are simply interested in trying out a new survival game, snagging Metal Gear Survive on sale is the way to do it.</p>
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