Hideo Kojima wishes that the inquiries about a Metal Gear Solid 4 port for Xbox 360 would cease. The man who the La-li-lu-le-lo answer to tells Eurogamer he longs for the day that he stops being asked the notorious question during every interview and public appearance. Ironically, Eurogamer goes ahead and asks him about the possibility of an Xbox 360 port.
Kojima reiterates for the umpteenth time that MGS4 was optimized for the PS3 and a port may not be possible. He expresses, in what we're taking as a moment of frustration and spite, that he feels MGS4 should be on PC just so people stop focusing on consoles and start asking him more questions about the game itself.
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Posted: Aug 26th 2008 9:35PM (Unverified) said
No one has said they want anyone to buy a PS3 you idiot. The point is that if you want MGS 4 you need to get a PS3 or get over it. That would be like a PS3 only owner demanding Mass Effect come to the PS3. The answer is NO. Buy a damn 360 if you want the game bad enough.
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Posted: Aug 26th 2008 5:28PM mundox said
I hope that his not just talking crap and he makes that happen... mgs4 on pc? f* yeah I would buy that!!!
Posted: Aug 26th 2008 5:34PM (Unverified) said
It won't be on 360 for a variety of reasons. People who have played the game would know, but obviously if you played it you wouldn't be clamoring for a port. I'm not going to spoil anything, but there is a simple fact you can look at, which is that MGS4 uses a dual layer bluray disc, as well as installation to the hard drive. Not all 360s have a hard drive, and not all of the hard drives are large. Then, dual layer blurays store 50GBs of data. Id does not even want to use 3 discs for Rage because of the cost, so aside from the huge amount of discs MGS4 on 360 would take, why would Konami want to shell out royalty fees to make a gimped port of the game? They wouldn't, because MGS4 isn't just any game, but a game that sold systems. When Kojima says it's optimized for PS3, he means it.
I respect the fact that it's exclusive because it allows the devs to focus on a specific console and bring the most out of it. In addition to that, most of the time I get a 360 game it pops up on PS3 with a better version, and I feel like I wasted money. Exclusives make a console worth buying.
I respect the fact that it's exclusive because it allows the devs to focus on a specific console and bring the most out of it. In addition to that, most of the time I get a 360 game it pops up on PS3 with a better version, and I feel like I wasted money. Exclusives make a console worth buying.
Posted: Aug 26th 2008 5:52PM Spunky Monkey 190906 said
I think if they had any intention in porting, they would have had to have considered the idea in the first place, they've gone so far with that game in its development process, they have left such a minimal option for porting now that unless they reopen the project and start over, it would be deemed quite a hindrance. I would rather Konami forget about what was done and get to work on either MGS5 or ZOE3.
Don't MGS gamee always release with an updated version anyway? Or will they just focus on DLC this time around instead. If they do, theres always the chance that could see multiplat release.
Don't MGS gamee always release with an updated version anyway? Or will they just focus on DLC this time around instead. If they do, theres always the chance that could see multiplat release.
Posted: Aug 26th 2008 5:59PM Spunky Monkey 190906 said
Ya know Leo, going around the internet snapping at fanboys and getting a small erection every time you 'expose' a fanboy really does nothing to justify your arguments.
Posted: Aug 26th 2008 6:03PM doom saber said
I think a port would be expensive since they would have to change a lot of stuff in the game. For instance, MGS4 has apple computers and Ipod in a lot of the scenes.
Heck, Old Snake has an ipod. Imagine how a lot of the stuff has to be changed or redrawn if a xbox ver was made; I also would imagined Hideo Kojima payin royalities to replace the ipod with Zune and other stuff to things made by Ms.
It would be expensive to do a port and imo, if they wanted to do one early on, they wouldn't use apple products.
Heck, Old Snake has an ipod. Imagine how a lot of the stuff has to be changed or redrawn if a xbox ver was made; I also would imagined Hideo Kojima payin royalities to replace the ipod with Zune and other stuff to things made by Ms.
It would be expensive to do a port and imo, if they wanted to do one early on, they wouldn't use apple products.
Posted: Aug 26th 2008 7:29PM (Unverified) said
I am surprised by all the questions of whether it all be coming to the 360 or not. Those 360 users really must want a good game to come out for their console this year...I mean all they got going for them is Fable 2 and Gears of War 2.
Posted: Aug 27th 2008 2:51AM ThornedVenom said
I'd seriously cry and cream of joy simultaneously if it came out on PC.
Posted: Aug 27th 2008 6:16AM Gwr said
He would probably still get more money by remaking it for the 360.
But its still his fail for going only for that 1 loosing console.
But its still his fail for going only for that 1 loosing console.
Posted: Aug 27th 2008 7:19AM (Unverified) said
Yeah it'll come out on PC alright:
I hope they just emulate the game...
That way this jerk can't have *any* money for cross-port.
This is his own freakin' fault for being as big a fanboy as the better part of this board and only picking one form of media delivery; knowing good and full well this was going to come up.
So Kojima, *WHEN IS IT COMING OUT ON THE 360?!* That's right b!tch I said it!
Another Japanese developer with way too much ego...
I hope they just emulate the game...
That way this jerk can't have *any* money for cross-port.
This is his own freakin' fault for being as big a fanboy as the better part of this board and only picking one form of media delivery; knowing good and full well this was going to come up.
So Kojima, *WHEN IS IT COMING OUT ON THE 360?!* That's right b!tch I said it!
Another Japanese developer with way too much ego...
Posted: Aug 28th 2008 2:09PM (Unverified) said
It's almost beyond ps3 fanboys to accept the fact that we don't care for MGS4. I even tried to get some friends to like it(just to see) and they refused, to my amazement. I was never going to get it and wasn't gonna get a ps3 just to play that game, sorry fanboys. I wasn't stupid the last generation though, ps2 had too many a good games on their console so I did get it(even if the graphics, features and interface were inferior to the original xbox). It took MGS four installments to do what splinter got right the first three times. Never cared for the MGS series, never will. It would be nice for those who don't own a PS3 and own a PC to get it there. Because trust me, we don't want it on the 360 like you fanboys think. Grabbing objects just by walking over them, spinning human bosses(lol), 1 big download and more before every act, and super long cutscenes is not my idea of fun, my friend. To be fair, he does know how to tell a story. Whether they interest me the least bit is a whole 'nother story!
Posted: Aug 28th 2008 2:16PM (Unverified) said
*splinter cell
Posted: Aug 28th 2008 3:37PM (Unverified) said
CONFIRMED! MGS4 IS COMING TO XBOX 360 SUMMER 2009!
Look it up, looks promising and is on 3 discs.
However it requires a 360 with a HDD and free space of 12-14gigs. Good luck with those that still have those small 20gig drives.
Look it up, looks promising and is on 3 discs.
However it requires a 360 with a HDD and free space of 12-14gigs. Good luck with those that still have those small 20gig drives.
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