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Further Evidence Pointing To No Porting Of MGS4 Onto 360
Further Evidence Pointing To No Porting Of MGS4 Onto 360
Kotaku - May 18, 2007
Submitted by Animate (241) at 9:37PM PST on May 17, 2007
"I can tell you honestly at this point, we have not changed the game in any form with the idea of 'oh, we got to do this on 360."
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10Starless posted on Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) at 4:23AM PST on May 18, 2007. RE: Further Evidence Pointing To No Porting Of MGS4 Onto 360bids
-4welshbloke posted on Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) at 2:49AM PST on May 18, 2007. RE: Further Evidence Pointing To No Porting Of MGS4 Onto 360bids
9Laoldar posted on Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) at 2:09AM PST on May 18, 2007. RE: Further Evidence Pointing To No Porting Of MGS4 Onto 360Kojima must be losing some sleep over whether or not to port this game.
On the one hand, the MGS games have only sold well on Sony consoles. This despite an EXCELLENT Gamecube remake of the first one and a X-Box port of MGS2. However, with the state of the PS3, it's doubtful that his company will breakeven on that console alone, given how much the development of this game must have cost.
Do you spend more money and gamble on a port, or hope that the PS3 will gain a LOT more steam?
It's an amazing series and I'd love to play the next installment, but I certainly won't be paying $600+ (plus game) to do so and I wonder how many PS2 owners will think the same.[ Oracle ] [ Level 21 ] [ Rank: 182 ]bids
1Animate posted on Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) at 9:37PM PST on May 17, 2007. RE: Further Evidence Pointing To No Porting Of MGS4 Onto 360
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You do make a great point on Konami needing to recover te development costs of MGS4. However there are three points we should consider.
(1) In Japan the PS3 is more popular than the XBOX360. Konami is a Japanese company and would probably like to stay with a Japanese built system.
(2) By the time MGS4 hits the shelves the PS3 will have at least a $100 if not a $150 price cut.
(3) There is no reason why Konami could not release a port to the XBOX360 a couple years after it debuts on the PS3.