Congratulations to anyone who bought a limited edition Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain PlayStation 4 – you're about to make a lot of money, as someone has gone and goofed up the spelling on the system. We were never very attentive in Chemistry class either, but the word is 'molybdenum' not 'molybdeum', Konami. Is this even Konami's fault? Probably not, but let's blame the company anyway.
Yes, the 42nd element in the periodic table got its name butchered. Now, why is this a good thing? Well, we reckon that if a future run that corrects the typo comes out – which is highly likely, by our best guess – first editions with the misspelling will become vintage and more desired. So, be sure to hold on to that strangely red-coloured lottery ticket, longtime fans of Snake. We know, we know – you can thank us (and Reddit) later.
[source reddit.com]
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Damn hahahahahha
Doh! I have noticed 3 spelling mistakes in the subtitles so far too. Won't hold that against it
I wouldn't call it a big, fat typo. It's a word that is very rarely typed, and I would imagine even spoken, so it's not really a big typo, more of a smaller one.
A big typo is spelling lose as loose, or of as off.
@Crimson_Ridley While I do generally agree, a typo is a typo. I'm upset when I publish an article on this site with a mistake, and it's really easy to just go in and fix it. I'd be super, super diligent if I was writing text to get printed on millions of console.
@get2sammyb Oh, certainly, a typo is a typo, but I wouldn't consider it a major typo in the way the author considers it. He made out like it was a huge typo that nobody should ever make, because it's apparently the easiest word in the world to spell. When Capcom screwed up with the Resident Evil Revelations 3DS cases, that was a big typo, because it's an easy word to spell, molybdenum is not a word you say or spell very often.
Regardless, a typo is a typo and they should take more care when printing it on a console, but I just found the tone a little pedantic.
@Crimson_Ridley But you would check it 2-3 times. Konami can't even afford the license for MS word.
@Crimson_Ridley I think the thing is because of that typo now you will be seeing people trying to sell those at an inflated price on sites like ebay. That's why it's such a big deal. Now scalpers will be going crazy with those things like two headed Princess Peach Amiibos.
$4000 PS4s here we come, scalpers rejoice.
How does something like this not get quadruple checked by like 7 reviewers or something? How many of us wouldn't have noticed it if we didn't read about it online though?
@Crimson_Ridley Off course you're right! (I sure hope they leave that in the FFVII remake. For me, it's right up there with "Spoony Bard"!)
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