I'm calling it now. MGS4 on 360. E3 Microsoft Press Conference.

spirity said:
You guys are overlooking 2 important factor here.

Firstly, you lot are all hardcore gamers. I mean, really hardcore. The vast majority of console gamers (pc gamers too for that matter) do not 'hang out' on forums. They don't post messages discussing and swapping ideas and information. Their experiences with gaming is incredibly insular, they don't associate with any other group outside of their r.l. friends. A large number don't even know what a forum is, much less read one.

And they RARELY double dip (ie have more than 1 current gen console).

So their knowledge on other gaming systems and IP's comes from the odd snippet of info they might get from a friend down the pub, or Radio 1 crowing about Halo.

You have to bear in mind the average (in other words, MAJORITY) of gamers don't know what you know. And their experiences differ greatly to your own. You are making the mistake of thinking everyone's experiences are similar to yours; they are not. If you're a 360 owner who has played MGS 1 2 and 3, guess what, you are so niche that you don't matter.



Secondly, the brand loyalty thing. I don't really have to explain what this is, I'm sure you're all up to speed there. But suffice to say, a large number of 360 owners will have migrated from the Xbox, and a large number of ps3 owners will have migrated from the ps2. (Studies have shown that Sony has the strongest brand loyalty when compared with Nintendo and Microsoft). Nonetheless, brand loyaly still plays an important factor in Microsofts install base, and it's certainly large enough to be meaningful.

This becomes an even more important factor if you're talking about platform exclusive IP's like MGS.





Don't ever respond to me again with a thought that just dribbled out of your nose. I don't care if you've played every series on every platform since Ralph Baer once thought "hay gusy wouldnt it be gud to make a box that plugs into a telly". Your personal gaming history, as accolade-laden as it is, doesn't matter.
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I agree.

I've had every PS console and have only played an hour of MGS3 and have started my second run through of MGS4.
 
So will this be part of a 12 disc box set? 2-3 discs per Act?

Maybe they'll release the full 24 disc set a couple of months later.

I wonder what Kojimas' thoughts are?
 
Streeteh said:
You've missed one important factor though:

Metal Gear Solid 2 was released on the xbox, and it sold really well. Even if there are people who have never owned a playstation brand console (which i very much doubt btw! Most will have owned a PS1 i'd wager and therefore probably played MGS1) they will have still likely experienced MGS2 and therefore display interest in MGS4.
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I thought MGS2 substance didnt sell that well on the Xbox, thats why the "exclusive" xbox version was released on the PS2 a while later and why mgs3 never came to the xbox.
 
@ Spirity

You seem to be missing one point, the fact that companies want to make money and to make more money Konami will release MGS4 on the 360.

MGS isn't a platform exclusive IP either. Sure some of the games have been platform exclusive but the IP certainly hasn't been.
 
Wyrdo said:
@ Spirity

You seem to be missing one point, the fact that companies want to make money and to make more money Konami will release MGS4 on the 360.

MGS isn't a platform exclusive IP either. Sure some of the games have been platform exclusive but the IP certainly hasn't been.
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Thats why MGS5 will be multiplatform, mgs4 too little too late for the 360 i think, Konami would rather spend time and money on producing a new MGS game for the PS3 and 360 than spend money on porting and messing about with all the stuff in mgs4. Also MS have a hefty fee for any non MS published game using 2 disks or more, so the many disks this may need would also be a draw back for konami.
 
msmalls said:
why mgs3 never came to the xbox.
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Because when MGS3 came out the xbox was dead. The 360 was on the way and no money was to be made on the old console.

The names people are coming up with are hilarious. :D

[size=-10]I pray to god my predictions are true. I really don't want to be named JadeGoody.[/size] :(
 
msmalls74 said:
Konami would rather spend time and money on producing a new MGS game for the PS3 and 360 than spend money on porting and messing about with all the stuff in mgs4.
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if that is the case i really hope mgs5 will be fully made for the ps3 then dumbed down for the 360 and not made 50/50 for both consoles
 
Theres no way in hell MGS5 is coming out on this gen of consoles. The xbox 360 is nearly 5 years old. Best wait for the next xbox which will more than likely have a BD drive.
 
Robert1986 said:
Theres no way in hell MGS5 is coming out on this gen of consoles. The xbox 360 is nearly 5 years old. Best wait for the next xbox which will more than likely have a BD drive.
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And what about the PS3? :confused:

You know, the family of consoles which the MGS series has called it's home for the last few years?
 
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