Rumorang: MGS4 'exclusive' to PS3, 'no plans' for Xbox version, Konami declares

by James Ransom-Wiley { Jan 3rd 2008 at 12:25PM }

Yes! No!! Maybe so? The tossing of the rumorang continues as Konami has paralyzed New Year's "confirmation" of Metal Gear Solid 4 for Xbox 360: "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," a Konami representative has reportedly told TGR. No plans?

Well, there are plans – just if and when these 'plans' are executed seems to hinge on sales of the PS3 version: Poor sales suggest Konami would port MGS4 to Xbox 360 in an attempt to recoup development costs. Then again, strong sales could point Konami in a similar direction. Why not fatten profit by going multiplatform, say, like, 12-14 months down the line...? (Hear that? That's the sound of the rumorang circling back around.)

[Via X3F]

Tags: konami, metal-gear-solid-4, mgs4, rumorang

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)

ChiTownRuler23 @ Jan 3rd 2008 12:28PM

repost? cause i think we all knew this

Anticrawl @ Jan 3rd 2008 1:43PM

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots might not come to the 360... but....

Metal Gear Solid 4: Quadtuplet Snakes of the Americans (Now with more Patriotism) will come to the 360.

Anticrawl @ Jan 3rd 2008 1:49PM

That said, I really don't care about this game. I just like reading the comments section of these blog posts. The game does look rather humorous, just not my bag.

morganfell @ Jan 3rd 2008 5:06PM

It is called "Take any story that refutes the MGS4 on 360 claim and only publish it if you have to."

Even then, make sure you drag up a story that came before E3 when everyone knows Sony locked the door on a 360 version. A story that came before Hideo Kojima, Ryan Payton, and Jack Tretton saying, forget it, it is a PS3 exclusive. Kitaue rangling for more money - which he obviously got - was all that occurred.

Yet this super Microsoft support site will do anything to try and knock Sony and the PS3 down. What a bunch of biased writing.

Patrick @ Jan 3rd 2008 5:42PM

Obviously there is a demand for it, just port the damn thing

Anticrawl @ Jan 3rd 2008 8:31PM

@morganfell

I hardly think this site is pro-Microsoft.

But I am pretty sure most people are bitter towards Sony for the PS3. I was a big PS2 player and felt shafted with the PS3. Most of my gadgets are Sony brand. Bravia tv, digital camera, Sony Handycam, PSP, DVDs, DVD recorder, etc. Sony has spread themselves far to thin and tried to abuse the customer loyalty and hype behind the Playstation brand with the atrocity that the PS3 has become. Sure it is starting to make up for it now but I've hardly felt it has been worth the purchase. I'm bitter and I'm sure the bloggers at Joystiq are atleast a slight bit. People can't take getting lied to anymore, we delt with it for the PS1 and PS2 because of the fantastic support and price point but damn they screwed up bad with their newest system. All because of this proprietary format bullshit. I like Sony until every couple of years they wanna push a new meaningless format on us in their get rich quick schemes that never work.

Red laser tech hasn't even been tapped into yet, no reason to jump up to a weak blue laser player. Just check out VMDs (They have a much greater capicity than the max expected Blu-ray disc or HD-DVD disc) and they read by red laser tech. The next great thing is gonna be holographic storage. Where the consumer will pay no more than 1 US dollar per 1t cart and hopefully by that time highspeed optical networks will be cheaper so we can implement digital distribution to homes and onto the 1t cards. You'll see a commercial on tv that says (available now) with a download and pay option and get it while you're watching tv downloaded directly to you're cart. If you are worried about having you're own copy of the media I'm sure they'll have some bullshit litescribe player that labels a DVD or Blu-ray/HD-DVD disc with the movie logo and burns it to that.

morganfell @ Jan 3rd 2008 11:47PM

http://kotaku.com/340097/mgs4-360-rumor-smashed-yet-again

You know, I bet Konami is getting really tired of quashing Metal Gear Solid 4 rumors at this point. The PR team would probably throw a gala event if the game were ever announced for the 360, simply to celebrate the fact that everybody would finally be shutting up about. Konami PR's Michael Shelling, who I am sure would look amazing in a tailored tux, responded to our own inquiries with the following:

"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."

Here: End of the damn story dumbasses. That is from Michael Shelling, Konami PR. Suck some fish heads

Hirsbrunner @ Jan 3rd 2008 12:29PM

Turn your head and cough...NOW!

Zertoss @ Jan 3rd 2008 1:08PM

Monkey steals the peach.

samfish @ Jan 3rd 2008 2:15PM

Damn that Donkey Kong!

hvnlysoldr @ Jan 3rd 2008 4:29PM

Donkeys aren't monkeys! Stop confusing me!

Jake11 @ Jan 3rd 2008 12:29PM

a man can dream

JodyAnthony (death by snoo-snoo) @ Jan 3rd 2008 12:39PM

So thats what it would be like if I had invented the FingLonger..

John McPoop @ Jan 3rd 2008 5:12PM

I don't think this game would sell very well on the 360 anyway. Its not a typical run and gun first person shooter. Those games seem to appeal most to 360 fanboys. With that said I am sure it would be popular and have a niche market with the more sophisticated 360 games. just seems like most of them are hard core FPS fans or Madden players.

However, I think this game will sell terrific on the PS3 because it is really a flagship title. And, if it is a great game (by all accounts it is taking what the game is into consideration) then I am sure almost every PS3 owner will have to buy it due to the minimum number of PS3 only titles.

In my mind MGS 4, Gran Turismo HD and Little Big Planet are going to be the best PS3 games of 2008 and probably 3 of the best games period. And none of them happen to be First person Shooters.

Fernando Rocker @ Jan 3rd 2008 12:34PM

Metal Gear Solid is an excellent game... but it's not a very popular, mainstream game...

I doubt it will sell a lot on the PS3.

beans @ Jan 3rd 2008 12:54PM

"...but it's not a very popular, mainstream game..."

wait...what?

xFenixKnightx @ Jan 3rd 2008 12:54PM

No, it WILL in fact definately sell alot...but it would sell a SH!T LOAD on 360! Thats the difference there buddy =)

plyx @ Jan 3rd 2008 12:54PM

Yeah, hardly anybody bought the other MGS's.

DemonGSides @ Jan 3rd 2008 1:02PM

Been on a steady decline since Solid 2, so...

Night Elve @ Jan 3rd 2008 1:19PM

Is not popular?

Holy shit now you are talking nonsenses.

plyx @ Jan 3rd 2008 1:22PM

@Demongsides:

Oh, really?:
http://vgchartz.com/swlaunch.php?reg1=All&game1=Metal+Gear+Solid+-+PS®2=All&game2=Metal+Gear+Solid+2%3A+Sons+of+Liberty+-+PS2®3=All&game3=Metal+Gear+Solid+3%3A+Snake+Eater+-+PS2&weeks=100

xFenixKnightx @ Jan 3rd 2008 1:25PM

PWND!!

Anticrawl @ Jan 3rd 2008 2:05PM

Those figures don't mean anything plyx. There is no data for the Americas or other nations for MGS 1 & 2 so clearly the 3rd will have higher numbers. MGS has always sold better in western countries. VGCharts isn't a creditable source for sales numbers either.

Bluebrake @ Jan 3rd 2008 2:06PM

@plyx: Check the note at the bottom of the page. That data isn't complete. The numbers for MGS1 and 2 are Japan -only-, while MGS3 has only Japan and North America.

In reality, each MGS game has sold a little less than the one before it. That's not very surprising, though -- MGS was considered one of the best games of all time and so obviously enjoyed massive success. MGS2 was weaker, but it had enough hype as one of the biggest early PS2 games to give it sales almost as impressive. MGS3 sold less again, but that's normal for sequels released late in a console's life, when there aren't any more huge technical leaps forward and everyone is looking to the next generation (the same thing happened with Final Fantasy XII).

MGS4 has more hype than any of these ever did. Assuming it doesn't suck, it will almost definitely sell more than MGS3, and possibly more than 2. It could conceivably outsell MGS1 if it gets the same kind of critical praise that game did.

Anticrawl @ Jan 3rd 2008 2:07PM

I can post links to nonsensical charts to jackass.

http://vgchartz.com/swlaunch.php?reg1=Japan&game1=Metal+Gear+Solid+-+PS®2=Japan&game2=Metal+Gear+Solid+2%3A+Sons+of+Liberty+-+PS2®3=Japan&game3=Metal+Gear+Solid+3%3A+Snake+Eater+-+PS2&weeks=100

For Japan only, there are no numbers outside of Japan for the first two titles so this is the only reasonable comparison. Go troll your numbers elsewhere.

plyx @ Jan 3rd 2008 2:36PM

@Anitcrawl:
Wow, you turned psycho with a quickness.

Bluebrake @ Jan 3rd 2008 2:39PM

Yeah... what the hell is he even talking about?

NATO_Duke @ Jan 3rd 2008 3:13PM

Fernando, you can tell me, nobody else is listening....you said that just to see how many angry replies you could get didn't you?

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Jan 3rd 2008 3:37PM

@beans

ummm Fernando is right? MGS isn't really mainstream? Can you tell me the last time MGS was mentioned in the news, or featured on Time Magazine(maybe like once but still)? Sure it's popular with the people in the know, but outside that? Not so much.

Slaziman (B-B-BRUSHED WITH FAAAAME) @ Jan 3rd 2008 6:14PM

MGS isn't mainstream. MGS and MGS2 released on consoles with a much bigger installed base as well. Maybe when the PS3 is 7 years old MGS4 will too have 4 million sales, which Halo 3 nearly did in one day... lol

LaughingTarget @ Jan 3rd 2008 7:00PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_selling_games#PlayStation

Metal Gear Solid, 6.6 million.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_selling_games#PlayStation_2

Metal Gear Solid 2, 7 million.

Metal Gear Solid 3, 3.7 million.

The Metal Gear series really hurt itself with 2 and lame Mr. Raiden. MGS3 was a far superior game to 2, but it sold roughly half the units (I know smart guy, it isn't exactly half, I don't feel like calculating it). I'd say that too many people were burned by the Bishonen hero that they'll probably not want to bother with MGS again, especially that he is a geriatric now.

120 million consoles, 3.7 million MGS3 sold. If the trend continues (just tossing this out for fanboy bait, I think they're funny), MGS4 will sell around 250 thousand units.

phihexy27 @ Jan 3rd 2008 10:13PM

Night Elve:

"Is not popular?

Holy shit now you are talking nonsenses."

Well, isn't that what Fernando normally does?

NATO_Duke @ Jan 3rd 2008 12:35PM

Confirmed MGS4 on the 360 - great news. Thanks Joystiq!

JRM @ Jan 3rd 2008 12:36PM

poor sales 'suggest' Konami would port MGS4 to xbox 360??

Ha! if the didn't port it elsewhere they'd pretty much be committing suicide! The MGS series is Konami's Golden goose. If the game fails, you can say goodbye to Metal Gear forever, and Konami would not only be crippled, but be left with only Winning Eleven as their big worldwide title.

Wonderflex @ Jan 3rd 2008 1:23PM

I don't think they would be comitting suicide. I think people seem to be forgetting that Sony could be paying through the nose for this game to be exclusive. GOW Xbox only anybody? Sony needs this game, and they will pay to keep it.

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Jan 3rd 2008 3:39PM

@wonder

Lol I remember that time when Sony was talking about how the "earned" exclusives. That seems so hilarious now.

horngreen @ Jan 3rd 2008 12:36PM

I think I'd like to see them stick to their guns, sales be too poor to make a profit and swirl them out of business. I thought the first MGS on the PS1 was awesome however I think I'm sick of hearing this rumor enough to have them go belly up. I doubt I would buy it for the 360 anyway as Slinter Cell along with MGS have pretty much burned me out on the stealth genre. I'm finally getting burned out of the FPS genre as well so what the hell am I to do?

MMurdock @ Jan 3rd 2008 12:54PM

How about:
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Assassin's Creed
Rock Band
Mass Effect
Dead Rising
or any of the 50+ sports games

Carlos @ Jan 3rd 2008 12:38PM

OMG I'm so tired of this shit! Hey if anyone out there only has an Xbox, you're more than welcome to come over my house and play some MGS4. Please stop this shit! Leave MGS4 aloooone!

Zootittles @ Jan 3rd 2008 1:04PM

Hear, hear.

Spottednigel @ Jan 3rd 2008 1:07PM

I read your entire post as if it was being yelled by Dr. Tran. Made it so much better.

arrrgh @ Jan 3rd 2008 1:26PM

there's a DR. TRAN dentist office near where i work. It says DR.TRAN on a tooth on a pole outside the office, i almost died laughing

arrrgh @ Jan 3rd 2008 1:27PM

http://www.geocities.com/drlieutran/truocphong.jpg

GRANTED @ Jan 3rd 2008 2:28PM

mgs4 is america's #1 commodity.

SharpBlade @ Jan 3rd 2008 3:00PM

mgs4 is america's #1 comedy

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Jan 3rd 2008 3:41PM

LEAAVE KOJIMA ALONE!!!!!!!

Thr3e2wenty8 @ Jan 3rd 2008 12:40PM

See, even Konami is TRYING to show you the loophole."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,"

SEE, It will just be renamed Guns of the Revolution or something similar for the 360. That way they can sell it as another game. Much like how Ninja Gaiden Sigma is Ninja Gaiden for the original Xbox.