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Konami in PS3 doubts - Metal Gear 4 for 360 ??

July 10, 2007 in News comments 34

The famous Metal Gear Solid may not remain a Sony exclusive for long, after Konami speaks of the huge development costs, after the recent price drop of PS3 in the US.
However, due to the fact that Metal Gear Solid was designed for a Sony console, the transaction may not be a smooth one ...

Off the back of this, Kitaue explained huge development costs may force Konami to consider releasing MGS4 on other consoles to increase the available user base and, along with that, its returns on game sales.

"Since Metal Gear Solid was born for the PlayStation, we would like to keep it a PlayStation game. But we might have to take some steps," he reveals.

360 owners, keep those fingers crossed.
Cruxis Mana via computerandvideogames.com »
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    Krunal Jul 10, 07
    I honestly don't know what to make of this. From what Kojima has said before, I still think that it WILL be a PS3 exclusive. As you mentioned above in the article, changing over now will cost far too much, so is it really worth spending so much?
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    black_wing79 Jul 10, 07
    talk about backstabbing... so all that talk about loyalty could come to nothing i guess, but i guess all in all, it gives another reason for 360 fans to stick to their console..
    • 0
      Krunal Jul 10, 07
      There's nothing about it being officially confirmed. So far it is still a rumour. A rumour that HAS popped up many times over the past few months, and HAS actually been debunked once or twice. Of course they could always change their decision now, but until it's official I don't think I'm going to beat the bush and curse Konami.
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    dcbake Jul 10, 07
    I hope not the MGS series should stay exclusive to the PS3. I hope they don't go to other consoles just because of tradition but if they would make more money then there is no reason for them to not.
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    black_wing79 Jul 10, 07
    Well thats why i only said it could come to nothing... the thing is that this time it is a source from Konami, so it is about as much a rumour as it is the truth.
    • 0
      Krunal Jul 10, 07
      The source isn't from Konami, because all that he said was "But we might have to take some steps". This could mean a whole load of things, doesn't necessarily mean that they will go to the X360.
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    Rinkydink Jul 10, 07
    My guess is that MGS4 will follow the same pattern as Resident Evil 4 did. It will first of all be released onto the PS3 only, but a few months later will appear on the 360 too. If it is true though, that is one hell of an exclusive lost.
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    Existenz Jul 10, 07
    Are Konami really that *bleep*ing stupid, they do know that the MGS fans will buy a PS3 for this game... The install base may not look good enough right now but once the game is out they will get 5 million plus sales.
    • 0
      Tyzer Jul 10, 07
      Not all fans would! Those who have a 360 would then buy it! Having it on BOTH consoles is only a plus for Konami...
      • 0
        Existenz Jul 10, 07
        Oh all fans will the last MGS ever... Yeah find out how the story ends it is like porting Halo 3 because the 360's install base doesn't cut it, by the time the game is out the install base would cut it heh.
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    Seeker X Jul 10, 07
    It's understandable why it would transfer over. If it does, it wouldn't have been the developers' decision to do so. This just points out to a Timed exclusive, at least though.
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    iLLmatic Jul 10, 07
    c'mon Konami don't turn into Capcom. The PS3 sales will be up by the time the game is released, because there is a load of other games that people will get only on the PS3.
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    Final Blade Jul 10, 07
    Its apparent that they forgot that MGS4 will use 50GB of doubled layered disc. Also the only one saying it will get port are xbox fanboys so i see this as a rumor and false.
    • 0
      Krunal Jul 10, 07
      That's true, I had completely forgotten about the size of MGS4 as it is. If they eventually decide to put it on the XBOX360, they may find it hard to fit it onto one disc, (or even two discs).
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        Final Blade Jul 10, 07
        And if they do compress it it may make the game dull and not as great as the ps3 version. And mostly all the xbox fanboys are saying this. i mean It would take 3 disc's to go to xbox360. And it could be more hassle than its worth. Which is why Kojima is saying its going to stay as a exclusive. That's what i think anyway.
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          Reenee Jul 10, 07
          OH HAY WHAT'S THIS I HEAR ABOUT MULTIPLE DISC USAGE.

          Don't be so naive. We all change discs all the time. Do not play the laziness card at me.
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          Krunal Jul 11, 07
          Do you know how much I HATED changing the discs in FFVII. Especially the third disc which was pretty much cut-scenes, which meant I moved one step and watched an hour-two hour cutscenes and then had to change the disc again. And if anyone remembers previous MGS games, Kojima has a tendency to add long cut-scenes (anyone remember the 45minute long cutscene in MGS2:SoL). That sort of length of cut-scenes at HD quality will cost quite a bit of space, and if they go to compress it, some quality will be lost. And you know that the ending sequence for the game will probs be 30mins to an hour... (atleast I hope).
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    Storm* Jul 10, 07
    If 360 gets this game, then I may not need the PS3 until late next year, when FFXIII is released...but then again, if they get FFXIII, then I wouldn't need a PS3 at all. Sucks for Sony, they need some more exclusives, and a title as big as MGS is too important to let go.
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      Cruxis Mana Jul 10, 07
      FFXIII is definitely remaining a PS3 exclusive.
      It was confirmed a few days ago ^^
      • -1
        Final Blade Jul 10, 07
        so will MGS4 just look at what i said.
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    Sayyed* Jul 10, 07
    quote
    Don't be so naive. We all change discs all the time. Do not play the laziness card at me.
    its not about being lazy. Its that we should have to do that this generation. Thats not how we play games anymore.

    And seriusly some companies just don't get it. There is not enough install base for our game to be exclusive. So we will got multi. Thats not helping at all. Your just making things worse.
    • -2
      Final Blade Jul 10, 07
      Don't you mean "shouldn't" Besides did you read what i said above it basically wont happen.
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      black doom Jul 10, 07
      That is Sony's poroblem not Konami's.

      But I doubt it will go to mutli-platform, for now at least.
    • -2
      Reenee Jul 11, 07
      quote
      its not about being lazy. Its that we should have to do that this generation. Thats not how we play games anymore.
      Everyone will have space issues. Why not just skip over Blu-Ray and HD-DVD and head straight for holographic discs already since those are starting at 3.9TB. Yeah, that's right. Terabytes. Both formats are already outdated but not mainstream.

      quote
      Do you know how much I HATED changing the discs in FFVII.
      You mean like every 30 hours or so? What a tremendous inconvenience for you. Or switching games!

      Don't shit me.
  • 0
    Theory of Chaos Jul 10, 07
    For now, it should stay exclusive. A remake is always a possibility for later. Hell, a Metal Gear Solid remake wasn't made for a good number of years before Twin Snakes came out.
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    Infinite Jul 10, 07
    If this turns out to be true Sony will lose another great exclusive. Hopefully it's not true and Metal Gear Solid 4 stays exclusive to the PS3.
  • 1
    Bale Fire* Jul 10, 07
    Sony must not lose this, if Konami is struggling to pay the costs Sony need to give them a little funding.

    Plus this doesnt take into account that they may sell a lot more PS3s now that the price is down
    • 1
      Krunal Jul 11, 07
      The article above clearly states that Kitaue doesn't think that the $100 price drop will help many if any gamers.
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    Xenctuary Jul 11, 07
    Would be great to have some more Metal Gear love on the Xbox. Hope it branches out to the 360 too.
  • 1
    FRoGBuster Jul 11, 07
    [fanboy lv. 80%]

    Just release it on the pS3, check your revenue. If it ain't good enough, release it on PC! Then you'll get your heyday. That should be good enough. XBOX has a big user base, true, but not many people can play with the BOX they have, so they probably won't buy any games anyway. duh.
  • 0
    ZhaoYun88 Jul 11, 07
    Screw the Xbox, it does not deserve to have it! its alright for them to have exclusives and they whinge when we dont get there own way! i hope its just crap for the 360
    • 0
      tidus04 Jul 11, 07
      Sorry for the reply to you, only way I can post at school

      If it is not an exclusive I do not know what the true problem is, via less people on the Ps3 but im sure they would still get it anyways for other titles on the console that the 360 would not offer anyways.
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    Miss Razz Jul 11, 07
    If this ends up being true, then this will be a pretty big blow for Sony. If I remember correctly, MGS4 was one of the games that was hoped to raise the PS3 sales.
    • 0
      ZhaoYun88 Jul 11, 07
      True ,only time will tell, its boosting Konami on 1 hand, on the other though, its a downfall for Sony, everyone is changing there mind every 2 minutes whether its exclusive or not, am just not happy that the 360 seems to be getting all the special attention, probably because of more xbox360 users at present

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