Topic: Konami's PR Denies MGS4 for Xbox360 (Read 230 times)

Xbox-Scene · « **on:** January 02, 2008, 10:25:00 PM »

Konami's PR Denies MGS4 for Xbox360
Posted by XanTium | January 2 23:49 EST | News Category: Xbox360

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In a rush to get the word out, it seems that those who broke the story talked to everyone except Konami, who made this statement "For the record, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is a PlayStation 3 exclusive and there are no plans to develop an Xbox 360 version of the game."

Full Story: thegamereviews.com

Heet · « **Reply #1 on:** January 02, 2008, 10:20:00 PM »

Riiight. For the record....

Landlocked · « **Reply #2 on:** January 02, 2008, 11:09:00 PM »

Good luck with that...not that I believe them. The PS3 attach rate ain't nuthin' to write home about. Game studios can only win/win with the Xbox and PS3 dual releases seeing they are so much alike in the HD video performance department but owners have become brand loyal.

PerfectGun · « **Reply #3 on:** January 02, 2008, 11:41:00 PM »

I will say what I always say when an MGS4 rumor appears.. WHO CARES! I've never liked the Metal Gear games and 360 owners have enough good titles to not have to worry about having this. The 360 owners that I know personally don't have any interest in this game and would not buy a PS3 to play it.

Also, interesting to note that the site that debunked this rumor did not even name the PR person they spoke with. There are no NDA's or any reason to not name this PR person who spoke of this, while the site that originally reported the rumor that it will come to the 360 has no problem disclosing their PR contact. Also, interesting that the Konami PR person has never heard of "thegamereviews" or any of their bloggers.

All a bunch of amatuers who shouldn't be reporting on this stuff. However, I do believe that it will never come to the 360.. but again.. who cares.

This would be a case closed scenario if Konami would just put an official statement on their website.. I think they are enjoying the extra publicity and considering Kojima says the game needs to sell 1 million copies on day 1 in order to recoupe dev costs and the sorry PS3 attach rate they need all the help they can get.

faithlesssoul · « **Reply #4 on:** January 02, 2008, 11:07:00 PM »

they can keep there ps3 ports

Ddude723 · « **Reply #5 on:** January 02, 2008, 11:53:00 PM »

MGS3 was amazing (best storyline...ever), so I'm hoping for MGS4 (eventually). The PS3 doesn't have enough units out there to justify keeping this game exclusive. However, if it does eventually come to 360, it won't be anytime soon.

rumblpak · « **Reply #6 on:** January 03, 2008, 01:25:00 AM »

not that i enjoy the mgs series at all (not my type of game) but do they think we're stupid? of course "Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots" is a ps3 exclusive. the xbox 360 version will have a different subtitle, a whole bunch of extras, and run a whole lot better just like the third one for the original xbox

GomerPyle · « **Reply #7 on:** January 03, 2008, 02:41:00 AM »

QUOTE(rumblpak @ Jan 3 2008, 10:01 AM)

not that i enjoy the mgs series at all (not my type of game) but do they think we're stupid? of course "Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots" is a ps3 exclusive. the xbox 360 version will have a different subtitle, a whole bunch of extras, and run a whole lot better just like the third one for the original xbox

Um where have you been There was never even a Metal Gear Solid 3 on the Xbox 1, only Metal Gear 2
and that ran very poorly on the Xbox system. Personally I tend to believe Konami as they have held with Playstation firm. We probably will never see a Metal Gear on the 360 because of Blu Ray.

shenmuemaster · « **Reply #8 on:** January 03, 2008, 06:30:00 AM »

If Konami wants to make some decent money, release it on the 360. Period.

Ive always thought this game would be a timed exclusive, give it a year, or maybe less and it'll pop up on the 360.

To lose out on money on brand loyalty is stupid. Surely Konami are worried about the PS3 sales....

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Um where have you been There was never even a Metal Gear Solid 3 on the Xbox 1, only Metal Gear 2
and that ran very poorly on the Xbox system. Personally I tend to believe Konami as they have held with Playstation firm. We probably will never see a Metal Gear on the 360 because of Blu Ray.

How exactly did it run poorly? I thought it ran exactly the same, with slightly better graphics. It was a good port. Pro Evolution Soccer was the same, the graphics were better, and it ran exactly the same. The only argument people would say about the PS2 version being better was due to the controller, which in my eyes ive preffered the Xbox S and the 360 controller to Sony's Dual Shock.

newf · « **Reply #9 on:** January 03, 2008, 07:49:00 AM »

For the record...I hate the series. Bad camera angles, horrible story ( and I love sci-fi ) poor controls.... I'll take splinter cell over this any day.

I didn't even like mgs on the ....what was it, nes?

El3M3nT · « **Reply #10 on:** January 03, 2008, 08:07:00 AM »

I think its bull and they are trying to keep it underraps but, I personaly have a ps3 but I broke the blu-ray drive

and thats no good so my only hope is to play it off the harddrive of the ps3

bucko · « **Reply #11 on:** January 03, 2008, 11:11:00 AM »

haha this goes to show you shouldn't believe all the crap that is posted on news sites sometimes (I'm not blaming X-S I'm blaming the main source)

HotKnife420 · « **Reply #12 on:** January 03, 2008, 11:31:00 AM »

To my recollection, MGS2 & 3 both appeared on the xbox about a year after their PS2 releases. I don't see why they'd stop doing that now, as it definately nets them more money.

As for me, I'll probably play it on my PS3 when it comes out.

lmaolmao · « **Reply #13 on:** January 03, 2008, 12:20:00 PM »

QUOTE(shenmuemaster @ Jan 3 2008, 02:30 PM)

If Konami wants to make some decent money, release it on the 360. Period.

Ive always thought this game would be a timed exclusive, give it a year, or maybe less and it'll pop up on the 360.

To lose out on money on brand loyalty is stupid. Surely Konami are worried about the PS3 sales....
How exactly did it run poorly? I thought it ran exactly the same, with slightly better graphics. It was a good port. Pro Evolution Soccer was the same, the graphics were better, and it ran exactly the same. The only argument people would say about the PS2 version being better was due to the controller, which in my eyes ive preffered the Xbox S and the 360 controller to Sony's Dual Shock.

i played both and the xbox very much got the "ps3 orangebox" treatment for mgs2. it was a poor port, and no matter which pad you prefer to hold, the controls did not transfer to the xbox S pad with any degree of success.

QUOTE(HotKnife420 @ Jan 3 2008, 07:31 PM)

To my recollection, MGS2 & 3 both appeared on the xbox about a year after their PS2 releases. I don't see why they'd stop doing that now, as it definately nets them more money.

As for me, I'll probably play it on my PS3 when it comes out.

mgs3 never came out o nthe xbox, and i remember konami saying "MGS3 will never come to the xbox" i think the engine had too much ps2 specific code to port it effectively, and who would, the xbox base was << than ps2.

shenmuemaster · « **Reply #14 on:** January 04, 2008, 09:33:00 AM »

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...and who would, the xbox base was << than ps2.

saying that, wouldn't you agree that konami should be producing MGS4 for the 360 aswell since the installed base is larger than the PS3? (of course not to the same extent as the PS2 to Xbox)

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