Kojima sick of people asking about MGS4 on 360

by Majed Athab { Aug 26th 2008 at 11:05AM }

The question will never die. So long as fanboys of another kind can't harness the fact that Metal Gear Solid 4 won't be going multiplat, unmitigated rumors and Kojima's frustration will live on. If Konami's multiple official denials and this in-game inside joke weren't enough, then shouldn't the golden word of the game's creator be enough to stomp out any sort of rumormongering? Apparently not, as the man -- up to now -- is still being asked the question.

"I've been doing a lot of interviews and stage shows," said Kojima to Eurogamer. "And half the questions are like: Will MGS4 be coming out on 360 or other formats?" Kojima reiterated to the publication that MGS4 will remain a PS3 exclusive because 1) he believed that MGS's success entwined with PlayStation and 2) MGS4 was optimized for the PS3 and wouldn't be possible with other hardware.

Hopefully, this will bring an end to platform questions and, as Kojima puts it, will make people focus more on and appreciate the game itself rather than deliberating over what platform it's on. But of course, we're preaching to the choir here ... pass this bit of news onto a fellow non-PS3 gamer and help ease Kojima's suffering, okay?

Tags: hideo-kojima, metal-gear-solid-4, mgs4

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Adam @ Aug 26th 2008 11:12AM

The so-called "inside joke" in the game about swapping discs was not a knock against the 360 or any other platform. If you recall from MGS1, that point in the game (heading into the blast furnace) was when you had to swap out the first disc for the second. It's a joke about how far technology has come, not a subliminal knock against the 360.

Huschke @ Aug 26th 2008 11:17AM

I'd say it's both.

Tolkienfanatic @ Aug 26th 2008 11:40AM

It's both. At any rate, suck it 360 fanboys.

Maverick Saturn @ Aug 26th 2008 11:43AM

If you consider the size of MGS4, you'd realise that while it wasn't directed at 360, 360 was still unintentionally part of the catagory.

John-Paul-Jones @ Aug 26th 2008 6:41PM

Yeah, I was kind of cheesed when the gaming sites said that this multi-disc was an attack to the 360. Like, wtf? It's exactly the same spot in MGS1 where you would have to insert Disc 2. Well I don't give a damn anymore because multi-disc IS going to the 360 anyways (Final Fantasy), so they can suck it. They've also been complaining on our install discs, but hey, developers have been talking about the possibility for the 360 to do that too. So now, they have both multi-disc AND the installs.

But I simply don't get why the 360 fanboys are saying that it will or that there is a chance that MGS4 will be going to the 360. That's as stupid as us PS3 fanboys saying that Halo 3 will come to the PS3, and we know that's not going to happen. Ugh.

Jerses @ Aug 26th 2008 11:17AM

360 should apply the Square enix tactic..MONEY.

SoCoolCurt (PSN: KillaKornbread) @ Aug 26th 2008 12:07PM

isnt it the other way around?

John @ Aug 26th 2008 2:06PM

Yeah

Money should apply the Square enix tactic..360.

Saeth @ Aug 26th 2008 11:20AM

Lol... any simpleton can realize that they were poking fun at MGS1s 2-discs. Considering they were back at Shadow Moses and Otacon kept talking about the past.

phr3qu3ncy441 @ Aug 26th 2008 12:09PM

ahh, so it was because of mgs1... i never played it so i assumed it was poking fun at swapping discs in general.

damn, didn't think mgs1 was that big.

kloteradyingrose @ Aug 26th 2008 2:18PM

Well you see the game was referencing the original Metal Gear Solid but the fact that he was saying "Blu Ray" and the fact that the game is FAR too big for a DVD it's a multi-level joke.

Everyone knows that the game can't fit on a DVD. Estimates are 12 DVDs would be required (due to the fact that any area that would cross over to another disk would have to be done on a second disk as well)

I say it was a joke on both systems. That's just how I feel.

Arnon @ Aug 26th 2008 5:23PM

Yeah.. if it was compressed.. it would probably be 2-3 discs.

John-Paul-Jones @ Aug 26th 2008 6:54PM

@ Arnon

No.

Are you saying you can compress 50 GB worth of material onto 2 or 3 DVD discs? Kojima Productions has already compressed MGS4 on the Blu-ray (the size is that big, surprisingly). It's not going to work because extracting the compressed material will need more power from the system and if you don't have that much power, the system will start to lag hard. If you want to experiment, put a game into your PC and change the extension to a .zip or something.

Brute @ Aug 26th 2008 11:21AM

I will do anything to stop his suffering.

KOJIMA FOR PRESIDENT! :D

Brute @ Aug 26th 2008 11:23AM

Well, maybe not anyting. =P

Echnaton @ Aug 26th 2008 11:46AM

Not every producer is as reckless and untrustworthy as SQENIX ;-)

eddyk @ Aug 26th 2008 11:58AM

Well, too bad that such a title doesn't want to reach a bigger market, the game have sold a little less than 4 millions copies worldwide and it would have easily double that number if it was multiplatform ;
I don't know if the game was really a system seller for Sony, but I know a few people that will never have the pleasure to play it unless it goes multiplatform ... or the PS3 loose a few hundreds of dollars, but by this time, they will be other blockbusters (I hope so) ...

turkeybaster @ Aug 26th 2008 1:56PM

Well, since there was a special 80 Gigabyte PS3 bundle that included Metal Gear Solid 4, a dual-shock 3 controller, and sold like the hottest of hotcakes--then yes, I'd say Metal Gear Solid 4 was a system seller.

phr3qu3ncy441 @ Aug 26th 2008 12:02PM

honestly... who cares if it comes out on the 360? same with final fantasy 13? i mean, does it really matter what system we play anything on?

if it comes out on the 360, then that's great. they'll be exposed to the greatness of mgs4 (while konami makes a bit more money on sales).

i think good games should be exposed to more platforms so that they can benefit another crowd.

Vcize @ Aug 26th 2008 2:17PM

The fact that your post is voted down is hilarious.

Especially considering similar posts about Bioshock were always voted up.

Interesting...

Mart @ Aug 26th 2008 4:01PM

I never got the hatred towards having things go multiplatform either, especially if it was developed for the system you own and ported later... what's the big deal? Companies like Sony and MS caring about exclusives makes sense, as it brings in dollars for one and takes away dollars from another. Consumers caring about exclusives...not so much.

drdre74 @ Aug 26th 2008 12:06PM

it will be on 360. I'm testing the game now as we speak on the 360 for bugs. Its going to be a 25 disc game on the xbox.

silverwolf761 @ Aug 26th 2008 12:11PM

Why do you lie?

Joeman @ Aug 26th 2008 1:02PM

Sarcasm is dead.

Mark 2 being powered by cell processor. Control for it being PS3 controller. Switching disk reference. Sunny owning a PS3 and PSP.

CAN'T YOU PEOPLE TAKE A HINT!!!!!!

Popfrogs @ Aug 26th 2008 12:51PM

Someone has a broken sarcasm detector. Saying it's a 25 disc game was a dead giveaway.

don_sf @ Aug 26th 2008 1:02PM

looool that was funy. 25 disk lol.

but, its like a directly corelated graph isnt it. ps1s power was suitable for cd, ps2s power was suitable to dvd, ps3s power is suitable to bdr in this generation. wii uses dvd because it is technically a last generation console, in terms of computing power.

Kristopher gonzalez @ Aug 26th 2008 12:09PM

Indeed, these darn jouranalist need to stop asking that!
I thought journalist where suppose to be professional and not fanboys. If the producer and publisher says it is exclusive, then why waste time and a question on an issue thats already resolved. Reading articles with the same sort of question over and over again is becoming so very normal nowadays.

Zim @ Aug 26th 2008 12:11PM

Well Sony finaly has something what others want.
Unlike Halo, M$ can keep that one.

John-Paul-Jones @ Aug 26th 2008 6:44PM

Indeed, and hey, Halo 1 and 2 are already on the PC. Who knows when Halo 3 will come out for the PC, too. Oh yeah, there's also Alan Wake. ;)

maximumpwr @ Aug 26th 2008 12:15PM

This is one franchise that needs to stay on the ps3, but who knows, maybe a future MGS may go multiplatform. He did only state that MGS4 would stay on the PS3. i hope, if he does make a new MGS, it stays on my PS3. Where it belongs.

Byron517 @ Aug 26th 2008 12:18PM

I'm glad that Kojima wants to finish MGS on the PS3 but who knows perhaps his next project will be multiplatform or another Exclusive for ps3 we'll just wait and see

ryan @ Aug 26th 2008 12:28PM

it's all good. i pretty much 'played' the game by watching the youtube vids. :D

Invisible Robot Meat @ Aug 26th 2008 1:19PM

I pretty muched "played" an xbox360 by hooking up a broken dvd player and watching nothing happen too :)

ryan @ Aug 26th 2008 3:01PM

that made absolutely no sense dude.

Byron517 @ Aug 26th 2008 12:35PM

LoL I have a good friend of mine that is a die hard Xbot he's always been harp'n on me that MGS is going to port over!! I'm printing this and leaving it on his desk!! His facial expression should be worth it!! Thanks PS3fanboy!

hardcorebadass23 @ Aug 26th 2008 12:51PM

Somewhere on the internet so many Sony fanboys just got relieved.

Kojima seems sorta pissed, I wonder how much he was asked that question.

stargateheaven @ Aug 26th 2008 1:03PM

I get pissed off just reading the question asked in interviews, i feel bad for Kojima. He has said it isn't coming for 360 so many times. surely thats enough.

j.howlett @ Aug 26th 2008 1:12PM

he made the game specifically for the ps3. he could probably do one for 360 but it wouldn't turn out like he wanted. they put an MGS on xbox but it didn't do to well. i remember xbox only people saying they didn't like the series and splinter cell was better. splinter cell was ok to me but i don't think stealth games would be popular without metal gear and theif.

Name: @ Aug 26th 2008 1:45PM

Yes, MGS4 will stay on the the PS3. However since EA is doing MGS5 I'm sure it will be multiplatform. A couple of their changes will be instead of 5 hrs of gameplay and 8 hours of movie. It will be 2 hrs of gameplay and 4 hrs of movie. Also instead of third person they will have cameras on Snakes knees so all you see is feet kicking people in the face This multiplatform also insures that the 360 will have another "Best Game on 360" award so they don't look so stupid.........wait, oh well

saito ps3 @ Aug 26th 2008 1:48PM

kojima also said that mgs4 would never be on more than 2 discs, thats why he didnt bother putting it on 2 blu-ray discs when he said the disc was too small, so that should have sealed it that it was going to be exclusive to ps3, but still, fanboys say that ps3 has no games, but yet they are begging kojima to port it to the 360 lol

C.S @ Aug 26th 2008 2:41PM

"1) he believed that MGS's success entwined with PlayStation" Nuff said, Xbox took his franchise nowhere.

Metal_Gear @ Aug 26th 2008 2:55PM

Kojima should just smash up a 360 on camera and shout "NO METAR GEAR SORID FOR YOU!"

Byron517 @ Aug 26th 2008 3:01PM

*MVP Comment of the Topic*

LMAO this comment made me spit out Dr. Pepper at work ha ha ha I can picture him doing this and literally throwing the controller at the journalist asking the question!!

Thanks Metal_Gear I needed a good laugh

RagingStormX @ Aug 26th 2008 6:39PM

LMAO... Nice one Metal_Gear. I haven't had a good laugh on this site since Squirtforce told some kid that his mom is NEVER coming back lol...

Chris @ Aug 26th 2008 7:45PM

There's a bunch of Playstion inside jokes in the game:

1) The Otacon "swap the disc" cutscene.
2) If you use the Mk II to drive around during mission briefings you'll see a PS3 and Sunny has a PSP.
3) Snake controls the Mk II with a SIXAXIS controller.
4) One of the bosses mentions "The vibration is back" if the player has a Dualshock3 controller.

bbcorps @ Aug 26th 2008 8:29PM

i can see mgs4 come to the next xbox but not on the 360. unless 360 peeps wanna see a gimped versoin.

anda @ Aug 26th 2008 9:09PM

Yeah, there is so many references that MGS4 is a PS3 exclusives. Just like our dude mentioned above.
I remember when i fought against psycho mantis, the other boss from MGS1 ( i don't know his name ) appeared.
It made me laugh when i heard "What? No vibration!"
I'm still using sixasis anyway =P