Konami may "take some steps" away from MGS4 exclusivity

[BrewCityUpstart]

Who knows, perhaps all this time, Konami was waiting for an excuse to make Metal Gear Solid 4 a multiplatform title. They think the price cut won't significantly increase sales of the PS3, which we feel differently about. This isn't coming from Kojima, who ultimately has control over the fate of Metal Gear Solid 4, but from Konami's North America and Europe boss, Kazumi Kitaue. He said "I don't expect a substantial impact... With USD 500, you can buy a personal computer." Oh, really? What would that computer be able to do? Word process and search the internet. S'about it.

This is the big quote people are jumping all over: "Since Metal Gear was born on the PlayStation, we would like to keep it a PlayStation game. But we might have to take some steps." What this means to us is exactly what we've predicted. Metal Gear Solid 4 is a timed exclusive if the game does not sell systems. We think it will, but we don't think it will be enough for Konami, so they'll release MGS4 on the 360 about a year later. Sucks for loyal Sony fans, but it's the most likely situation.
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[MadBryan]

It's all about the benjimens. I don't blame them.

[BrewCityUpstart]

You're right. I do think this is gonna move a few PS3's, though. Hell, that was the reason I bought mine.

[Jon Liu]

Yeah, same here. Although it may turn out to be a time exclusive title, I think ultimately, it was still made with the PS3 in mind. I remember playing the port of MGS 2 on the Xbox and it ran pretty choppy and didn't fair as well as you would hope.

[MadBryan]

Originally Posted by Jon Liu

Yeah, same here. Although it may turn out to be a time exclusive title, I think ultimately, it was still made with the PS3 in mind. I remember playing the port of MGS 2 on the Xbox and it ran pretty choppy and didn't fair as well as you would hope.

The only problem spot I remember was Snake on that ship with all the rain. It was my first and only experiance with Metel Gear and me likey!

[GoatMother]

Sounds like an open invitation to MS to send them a check for $100,000,000.00. Come on MS if you can drop 40 Mill on Lost Planet why not 100 for a MGS game, lol

Seriously though I'd be surprised if they didn't port it eventually. Only thing to stop them would be Sony paying for exclusitivity.

[Jon Liu]

But, Sony is broke, so that'll never happen...