Post by: Xbox-Scene on January 01, 2008, 08:46:00 AM
Rumor: MGS4 in Development for 360, 12-14m after PS3 Posted by XanTium | January 1 10:10 EST | News Category: Xbox360 |
| From xboxfamily.com: Quote No, the rep will not be named, but this is pretty concrete. Speaking to a Konami rep at an undisclosed distribution meeting, I was told, after a lot of nagging, that yes indeed MGS was in development for the 360. The rep stated that Metal Gear Solid will be released for the Xbox 360 between 12 to 14 months after the PS3 version hits shelves. This is not a rumor. Full Story: xboxfamily.com |
Post by: eduardor2k on January 01, 2008, 09:12:00 AM
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Post by: Xeriak on January 01, 2008, 09:22:00 AM
Tho people whine about it being exclusive and that it should stay that way.. well I think thats just being greedy and immature. Sure the BlueRay discs store way more content.. so on 360.. I imagine MGS4 would probly span 2 DVD-9's.. Switching discs half-way thru a game has never bothered me one bit.
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Post by: bucko on January 01, 2008, 09:27:00 AM
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Post by: HotKnife420 on January 01, 2008, 10:00:00 AM
...or was it 2 & 3...
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Post by: Xeriak on January 01, 2008, 12:49:00 PM
The PS3 just seems like a deadbeat for games.. this year doesn't look any brighter either.. well cept MGS4.. but what other games are there?? FFXIII and VersusXIII are probly gonna be released in 2010.. or Winter of 2009.
ok, so I liked Heavenly Sword, Uncharted, Sigma and some others.. but thats it.. I only own 9 PS3 games to date since its launch day. For 360 I got like over 50 games or more.
There just aren't enough PS3's in peoples homes to make MGS4 flourish in sales.. Unless MGS4 will become a primary system pusher.
Post by: Mr Invader on January 01, 2008, 01:07:00 PM
Post by: redwolf on January 01, 2008, 04:08:00 PM
QUOTE(bucko @ Jan 1 2008, 07:03 PM) 
BS oh well at least I got my PS3 for xmas so I don't have to wait 14 months lol!
what makes you think it'll come to the PS3 within 14 months
Post by: Bandit5317 on January 01, 2008, 05:21:00 PM
QUOTE(Mr Invader @ Jan 1 2008, 03:43 PM) 
I hope Konami would have the idea to put more features into the 360 version of the game if it comes out over a year later... but that's just me (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)
That would really put the PS3 fanboys up-in-arms (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) .
Post by: the soul poet on January 01, 2008, 07:07:00 PM
I love FPS/3PS too, however I never saw this game as special. I played the game in the PS1 days completed it, completed the 2nd when it came to Xbox 1. However I had no great love for the game.
It's just I hear so much like it's the best thing since sliced bread? (Not implying sliced bread is the best thing in the world by statement
)
Post by: Knasen on January 02, 2008, 03:43:00 AM
QUOTE(the soul poet @ Jan 2 2008, 03:07 AM)
It would be nice I guess for those fond of the series. Am I the only one who doesn't see anything special about the game except to increase fan base?
I love FPS/3PS too, however I never saw this game as special. I played the game in the PS1 days completed it, completed the 2nd when it came to Xbox 1. However I had no great love for the game.
It's just I hear so much like it's the best thing since sliced bread? (Not implying sliced bread is the best thing in the world by statement
)I agree 100% with this as I've never understood why the MGS series is so popular. Yes, MGS is a series of good games but not at all that fantastic or introducing unique gameplay in any way. Its the same as with the Halo hype, halo 1-3 is fun and well-made games, but nothing spectacular and doesn't differ much from all the other 23455453 shooters out there.
To me MGS doesn't offer anything special that I can't get from other, similar type of games. Yes I do want to try the newest MGS on my 360 but I'm not counting the days to release and I would not really care that much if it stayed as a playstation exclusive.
Post by: Akaly on January 02, 2008, 06:49:00 AM
I really wonder how MGS and Halo can charm so many people ...
I agree that they're really well made and all, but they're not special in any way. And they tend to feel really repetetive, especially Halo ... (and this comes from an Xbox 360 owner
)
Post by: twistedsymphony on January 02, 2008, 10:20:00 AM
MGS is popular and all but it's no where near the level of popularity that Halo is...
Halo sells massive amounts of consoles. MGS hasn't sold many consoles in the past but rather made a good game to fill out your existing collection. I don't see how MGS4 will be different.
Killzone is the same way. the Media is and has been in a frenzy over Killzone 2 but the first game was a total flop that few people purchased and even fewer actually enjoyed.
IMO all the MGS4 cheer-leading is nothing more than corporate PR driven fanboy fodder.
Post by: fiya on January 02, 2008, 08:48:00 PM
MGS is just a really flashy game with very little substance, thats why its so popular.
Post by: 21cwSpanky on January 04, 2008, 02:39:00 PM
QUOTE(fiya @ Jan 3 2008, 04:48 AM)
the entire mgs series combined sales isnt as high as halo 2 sales. Trust me, MGS is not even on the same level of halo.
MGS is just a really flashy game with very little substance, thats why its so popular.
You're right, MGS isn't on the same level as halo, it's beyond halo. Anyone who has played computer games knows halo is a straight copy of any other numerous deathmatch games with less features.
With that said
Metal Gear solid - 6.6 million
Metal gear solid 2 - 7 million
Metal gear solid 3 - 4 million
Halo 2 - 8 million
So you're about 9.6 million copies away from having a point, thats not including all of the other spinoffs and portable versions of Metal gear.
With that out of the way, There's no way it will come to the xbox 360 unless they bring back disk swapping, and to me it sounds like it'd be too much of a security risk for Microsoft, not to mention it would cost too much to produce. It's been confirmed several times that they're going to fill a blu-ray disk to the limit, so unless all of the textures get downgraded to PS2 levels it would still never fit on a DVD. Nevermind 4 DVD's.
Post by: fiya on January 27, 2008, 12:06:00 PM
and what makes u think its the textures that are taking all that space? Because if they are using uncompressed sound, for a game of that magnitude the sound alone can take like 16 gigs of space. Not to mention that since all ps3 games are region free (last time i heard...), what about multi-language tracks?
also, didnt Blu Dragon have disk swapping? Why wouldnt they allow u to disk swap then?
by the way, nobody caught the "substance" pun in my post?
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Post by: shodanjr_gr on January 30, 2008, 02:02:00 PM
Textures get compressed in PC games, even though they run off harddrives.
The whole "filling up a blu ray" story we have been hearing about most PS3 games comes from the fact that they :
-probably use uncompressed audio, which is nice, but faaaaaaaaar from a deal breaker, mp3/ogg audio sounds pretty damn good to me
-include audio tracks for most languages (helps since the company only has to master and reproduce 1 disk, and doesnt have to bother with different disks for differente territories, but still its irrelevant to the end user)
-include high def, low compression, prerendered FMVs. which again is mostly irrelevant (especially in MGS, where all FMVs are done using the game engine in real time)
The limiting factor in todays games isnt the DVD disc size. Developers dont have large enough budgets and development times to even FILL the DVD.