Geriatric neck-snapping spy news now, with Konami of Japan announcing a delay in Solid Snake's arrival on the PlayStation 3. The press release coldly increments the previously expected Q1 release of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots to Q2 2008, sparing little thought as to the taste of bitter tears and follicle-wrenching pain we had to endure whilst reading it. There's some consolation to be found in the assurance that the delay will allow "further improvements to the quality of the game and provide even greater enjoyment for more customers worldwide."
Konami further promises that pushing Metal Gear Solid 4 into the April-June arrival window will ensure it "meets everyone's expectations." We certainly hope so, as our expectations have been sitting at the airport with nothing to do for years now but read interviews with Ryan Payton.
[Via PS3 Fanboy]
Reader Comments (135)
Posted: Oct 31st 2007 7:34AM (Unverified) said
Maybe they'll stop being complete and utter tools and combine multiplayer with it?
Nope, definitely not. That's the right of being the only good game on the ps3, I guess. They kind of have to sell it twice to make profit.
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Nope, definitely not. That's the right of being the only good game on the ps3, I guess. They kind of have to sell it twice to make profit.
Posted: Oct 31st 2007 8:38AM baby sea tuna said
No! We're gonna spin this!
From here on out, it will be known as...The PotentialStation!!
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From here on out, it will be known as...The PotentialStation!!
Posted: Oct 31st 2007 7:37AM Cuddlefish said
A delayed PS3 game that doesn't use Unreal Engine 3 tech?
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Posted: Oct 31st 2007 7:42AM (Unverified) said
There are enough games coming until then... at least for my taste.
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Posted: Oct 31st 2007 10:42AM Gun Barrier said
lmao i was gonna say the same thing!
MGS4 on 360 FTW!
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MGS4 on 360 FTW!
Posted: Oct 31st 2007 9:34PM Triforceowner said
Oh, shit, dude, that actually makes sense to what was aid. Reading between the lines or reading too far?
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Posted: Oct 31st 2007 8:14AM (Unverified) said
I thnk this may be my fault. i bought a ps3 this week so I could play mgs4 when it came out netx year...I think god is punishing me by delaying the game.
On a side note: JESUS FUCK, SONY! Give Konami more guys. Just start shoveling them on so they can complete the game on time. You need this. You think killzone and LBP are really going to be the breakout hits you need to sell a device that expensive?
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On a side note: JESUS FUCK, SONY! Give Konami more guys. Just start shoveling them on so they can complete the game on time. You need this. You think killzone and LBP are really going to be the breakout hits you need to sell a device that expensive?
Posted: Oct 31st 2007 8:20AM tcc3 said
Read The Mythical Man Month
http://www.amazon.com/Mythical-Man-Month-Software-Engineering-Anniversary/dp/0201835959/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-2077376-2045741?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1193833064&sr=8-1
You cant just throw manpower at a software deadline. This is just poor planning / management on someones part.
Is the PS3 really this hard to program for? I mean wasnt this originally a launch title?
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http://www.amazon.com/Mythical-Man-Month-Software-Engineering-Anniversary/dp/0201835959/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-2077376-2045741?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1193833064&sr=8-1
You cant just throw manpower at a software deadline. This is just poor planning / management on someones part.
Is the PS3 really this hard to program for? I mean wasnt this originally a launch title?
Posted: Oct 31st 2007 8:19AM (Unverified) said
OK everybody settle down the PS3 has great games coming out just wait till FF & Metal Gea......HUH WTF??!!!!
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Posted: Oct 31st 2007 8:20AM (Unverified) said
YES! XBOX360 CONFIRMED!!!
WHO NEEDS BLU-RAY?!?!?!
Just check out the leaked 360 box art:
http://www.n4g.com/M/8/Comments/164000/164840--1.jpg
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WHO NEEDS BLU-RAY?!?!?!
Just check out the leaked 360 box art:
http://www.n4g.com/M/8/Comments/164000/164840--1.jpg
Posted: Oct 31st 2007 8:39AM (Unverified) said
Wait, if each one of them discs was a DVD9 then it'd be 180gb? I really doubt MGS4 is 180gb, that wouldn't even fit on a Blue Ray disc...
I don't think Konami have heard of compression. I mean if visually stunning games like Crysis and epic roaming games like Oblivion can fit on a DVD9 then where on Gods earth is the space going on Blue Ray games?
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I don't think Konami have heard of compression. I mean if visually stunning games like Crysis and epic roaming games like Oblivion can fit on a DVD9 then where on Gods earth is the space going on Blue Ray games?
Posted: Oct 31st 2007 6:58PM Optimaximal said
CGI...
...because the PS3 doesn't have the graphical power to do ingame cutscenese
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...because the PS3 doesn't have the graphical power to do ingame cutscenese
Posted: Oct 31st 2007 8:33AM (Unverified) said
Hah.
Hahahahha.
It's very very hard to not feel sorry for Sony. But then you remember they shut down Lik Sang (to quote Maddox) because "they committed the mortal sin of selling Japanese PSPs to European gamers. Oh no! Not that!"
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Hahahahha.
It's very very hard to not feel sorry for Sony. But then you remember they shut down Lik Sang (to quote Maddox) because "they committed the mortal sin of selling Japanese PSPs to European gamers. Oh no! Not that!"
Posted: Oct 31st 2007 8:41AM (Unverified) said
They did. But Nintendo (wisely enough) didn't produce the PSP which got Lik Sang shut down. Nintendo, Sony and MS's court cases were years before the PSP was even out and everything was sorted. Till Sony didn't want people to buy PSPs anymore (thankfully a trend which is continuing).
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Posted: Oct 31st 2007 9:10AM SheppyReturns said
The Nintendo, Microsoft, and Nintendo lawsuit was settled in 2005... hardly years before PSPs launch.
And I don't know, other online retailers took the cease and desist to heart, Lik-Sang refused. They've never refused Nintendo's Cease & Desist letters.
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And I don't know, other online retailers took the cease and desist to heart, Lik-Sang refused. They've never refused Nintendo's Cease & Desist letters.
Posted: Oct 31st 2007 9:08AM (Unverified) said
If your tree is crooked, you can just put the PS3 under one leg of the stand to fix it.
Heh.
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Heh.
Posted: Oct 31st 2007 9:10AM (Unverified) said
OOH! Or maybe you could turn it upside down and use it's smoothly polished surface as a wicked sled!
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Posted: Oct 31st 2007 9:12AM (Unverified) said
And all those 360 owners can use their incredibly hot RROD'ed systems to roast chestnuts!
They keep coming ladies and germs!
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They keep coming ladies and germs!
Posted: Oct 31st 2007 8:41AM DBX00 said
People have played a demo for the game that had no issues, so this isn't a development issue. It's more likely a business response to the fact that several titles have been pushed back to the Jan. - March timeframe and they want to take advantage of the hardware sales from that window and release when no other title will take away from the MGS marketing push.
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Posted: Oct 31st 2007 9:20AM (Unverified) said
Agreed. Not enough people own PS3's for their liking, so they wait. They admit it themselves when they want to "...provide even greater enjoyment for more customers worldwide." Key word MORE. As in the current install base sucks and we won't make our money back! Pathetic shame.
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Posted: Oct 31st 2007 3:04PM Crono141 said
You do realize the whole "...provide even greater enjoyment for MORE customers worldwide" could be implying a multiplatform release.
And if sales at Christmas are as low as many are projecting, you can bet that that likelyhood will increase exponentially.
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And if sales at Christmas are as low as many are projecting, you can bet that that likelyhood will increase exponentially.
Posted: Oct 31st 2007 8:44AM (Unverified) said
We can play resistance....it will be like it is LAST christmas! But now, we know there are better games to be playing.
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Posted: Oct 31st 2007 8:46AM (Unverified) said
That's incredibly stupid. It's MGS4. It doensn't need to fear being overshadowed...it IS THE SHADOW. It overshadows other games. Is anyone gonna give a shit about army fo two or blacksite ps3 when this comes out? Hell no. It's the closest thing the ps3 has to halo....other games should be making room for IT, not the other way around.
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