{"id":62215,"date":"2014-02-26T16:49:25","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T14:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=62215"},"modified":"2014-02-26T16:50:49","modified_gmt":"2014-02-26T14:50:49","slug":"metal-gear-solid-v-ground-zeroes-sa-price-cut-conundrum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/62215-metal-gear-solid-v-ground-zeroes-sa-price-cut-conundrum","title":{"rendered":"MGS 5: Ground Zeroes SA price cut conundrum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Konami Digital Entertainment has announced a South African retail price adjustment for\u00a0Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, with both versions now costing R399.00, down from R499.00.<\/p>\n<p>This means the PS4\/Xbox One physical retail price now matches the physical retail price of the PS3\/Xbox 360 version.<\/p>\n<p>Konami&#8217;s local representation Ster Kinekor, was unable to confirm pricing for the PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One digital versions.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, Ster Kinekor announced an Xbox 360 and PS3 digital download price of R299, and\u00a0PlayStation 4 and Xbox One digital download price of R399 &#8211; <a title=\"MGS 5: Ground Zeroes SA price, exclusive content revealed\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/60297-mgs-5-ground-zeroes-sa-price-exclusive-content-revealed.html\">MGS 5: Ground Zeroes SA price, exclusive content revealed.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If the simultaneously announced international prices are anything to go by, this pricing structure should carry over to our local release.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PlayStation 4 and Xbox One <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">retail<\/span> copies:\u00a0\u00a329.99\/\u20ac29.99\/$29.99<\/li>\n<li>PlayStation 4 and Xbox One <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">digital<\/span> downloads:\u00a0\u00a329.99\/\u20ac29.99\/$29.99<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Xbox 360 and PS3 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">retail<\/span> copies: \u00a329.99\/\u20ac29.99\/$29.99<\/li>\n<li>Xbox 360 and PS3 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">digital<\/span> download copies:<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a319.99\/\u20ac19.99\/$19.99.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So, to recap the <strong>new South African Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes<\/strong> prices:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PlayStation 4 and Xbox One <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">retail<\/span> copies: <strong>R399 <\/strong>(confirmed)<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>PlayStation 4 and Xbox One <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">digital<\/span> downloads: <strong>R399<\/strong> (speculated, unconfirmed)<\/li>\n<li>Xbox 360 and PS3 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">retail<\/span> copies: <strong>R399 <\/strong>(confirmed)<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Xbox 360 and PS3 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">digital<\/span> download copies: <strong>R299<\/strong> (speculated, unconfirmed)<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">About Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes<\/h3>\n<p>Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes is scheduled to be released in March 2014, and acts as a prequel to events in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. The game introduces a new open-world environment to the series, along with time of day, a variety of weather conditions, AI advances, and the customary Hideo Kojima weave of story-telling.<\/p>\n<p>PlayStation platforms will receive the Deja Vu mission in which players take of the guise of classic snake, a pixellated recreation of Solid Snake from the original Metal Gear Solid game.<\/p>\n<p>Xbox platforms will receive the Jamais Vu mission, in which the Metal Gear Rising version of Raiden is playable.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by <a title=\"Game Informer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/b\/news\/archive\/2014\/02\/04\/march-cover-revealed-2014-3151321.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Game Informer<\/a> (via <a title=\"Kotaku\" href=\"http:\/\/kotaku.com\/metal-gear-solid-ground-zeroes-is-short-really-short-1516004297\" target=\"_blank\">Kotaku<\/a>) Hideo Kojima and Konami&#8217;s Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes prequel is a mere 2 hours long (not including side missions and console exclusive content, which brings the game to around 4 hours long).<\/p>\n<p>Do you think this is a fair asking price for a prequel to Metal Gear Solid V? 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