Metal Gear Solid 4 Getting the Halo 3 Treatment

As if $130 cat helmets weren't enough. In Japan, Hideo Kojima and co. know how to really get your money. Pricing was handed down from Konami today detailing the (have you heard this before?) three SKUs they're selling MGS4 under.

There's everyone's favorite, the basic $60 price point. Unsurprisingly, there's also a "Limited Edition," priced at $85 and, according to Konami's press release:

"Featuring collectible packaging with exclusive artwork by famed Kojima Productions illustrator Yoji Shinkawa, the Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Limited Edition will contain everything that is included with the Standard Edition as well as an additional Blu-ray disc featuring two "making of" documentaries. The documentaries will include extensive interviews with Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima and the Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Soundtrack CD. The Limited Edition will be available exclusively at GameStop."

You catch that last line? Available only at GameStop. As Kotaku stated, "While the release is pretty straight forward about this, saying the game will only be available in North America on June 12 through GameStop, I actually called to verify and was told that as of right now they have no plans on selling it anywhere else...in North America. Ever." That's no joke. But here's the kicker, there's a third SKU that you may not have considered. We're dubbing it the, "Milk You For All You're Worth" SKU. Yep, that's right, it's the whole damn system. This thing right here.

The argument in favor of purchasing this system is clear, as we've discussed before. If you don't own a PS3 yet (like us) then this is the SKU for you to get. Unfortunately, if you're a helpless MGS freak and you already own a PS3, well, you're probably pretty upset right now -- though in fairness, unlike the Halo 3 version of this for Xbox 360, the PS3 you'd end up with doesn't come in "Metal Gear Grey" or have an etching of Solid Snake's glorious new mustache. This SKU costs $499.99 (which, again, is a bargain considering what you'll get in the package) and will most likely leave you grinning ear to ear (that is, unless you're bringing home this big box to a standard definition television.) All this stuff is available on June 12, just in case you forgot.