There has been a flow of news circling the web about official statement from the mastermind, Kojima-san, himself! Well, after some digging, I found out that piece of news dated back to 2005 and only involved the demo version! I also emailed Kojima Productions (not that I'll get an answer) asking if there was in truth in this. If I get an answer, I'll definitly get back to you on that! But until then, MGS4 is still PS3 proberty.
I’m certainly in the fan club that would love to see Kojima-san’s masterpiece come our way. It would be wonderful to play Metal Gear Solid on the Xbox. It could become another of the many franchises that started their life on another console that are now coming our way. I can’t speak on behalf of Konami, but I can shed more light on the fact that we definitely have the power to run MGS4. There are a lot of recent examples that are in true high-def on our platform and aren’t on PS3. We’ve got an amazing amount of horsepower and graphics power.
Recently, Microsoft issued a statement regarding the playability of Sony's blockbuster, MGS4. Please note that this followed suit the announcement made by a Konami PR. With more games going multiplatform, they think it's possible. FFXIII is going multiplatform, but that doesn't mean that the X360 can/will handle PS3's quality! With that said, let's see what Microsoft's John Schappert, the firm's corporate vice-president of Live, Software and Services had to say:
I kind of laughed at the last statement, There are a lot of recent examples that are in true high-def on our platform and aren’t on PS3. We’ve got an amazing amount of horsepower and graphics power.
Yeah, right. Name just one game that's true high-def and better than a PS3 game! This makes you wonder, however, when will Microsoft and their fans put this whole "a good game exclusive on PS3? we'll take it, mind you!" BS?! Only Konami could tell.
Besides, Xbox 360 doesn't have what it takes to run the game! You've got storage issue for one. Also, hardware issues. I mean, who would, in their rightful minds, buy a system that plays russian rolutte on you?! I, for one, wouldn't! I'd happily pay extra bucks and stick with one machine that will rot with me, rather than crossing my fingers in hope it doesn't get infected with RRoD! Oh, and don't forget the whole class action lawsuit!
While at TGS, Konami PR mouthpiece Yoshitaka Arai told Morningstar:
The worldwide demand for an Xbox 360 version (of MGS4) is quite high, and it is something we are currently looking in to.
Eds Note: The original quote has been pulled. There's a new quote from a different Konami PR person (named Chiaki Nakajima) that doesn't even refer to the Xbox 360, but just about how the company was going multi-plat from now on and hoped to take advantage of each platform. Make of this what you will.
Kojima, as he clarified before, won't be taking the lead on any future Metal Gear projects stating that he'd rather let the younger generation handle it. But knowing Kojima, he might actually come back again to work on MGS5 nonetheless! He has alsosaid before that he won't be working on MGS after MGS2, and then again after MGS3 and now MGS4. He said"I always intend to stay true to these statements, it's like when Hayao Miyazaki says he is not going to do more, and then always ends up doing it. I have other ideas than Metal Gear, and I want to go on to make other new games, but for political, business, or technology reasons, there is always a time when I have to return."
Kojima also talked about the lengthy cutscenes in MGS4 which many fans (and critics alike) hated so much for removing the player from the experience and rendering the gamer to a watcher seat instead.
"Halo, BioShock -- I see their approach, and I think they are brilliant in some ways, but I still feel they lack a kind of deeper storyline or the expression of the feelings of the characters. In MGS4, yes, I put everything in the cut sequences, which I kind of regret to some extent, because maybe there is a new approach which I should think about. I'm always thinking about it -- making it interactive but at the same time telling the story part and the drama even more emotionally."
So Kojima realizes what went wrong with MGS4. Now it appears that Kojima is traveling to "rival" FPS studios, like Infinity Ward and Guerrilla Games. But Kojima has been known to go to studios of the games he likes, so probably there's nothing there. But maybe his next non-MGS game could be a FPS? Who knows, time will tell. Oh speaking of time, Kojima said that he's busy with MGO right now, but also to expect something new on next year's TGS!
"Until the end of this year, I have my hands full with Metal Gear Online, but at next year's show, I think it's okay that I should be able to announce something."
Kojima expressed earlier at TGS that Japan has lost compared to Western games.
"If you honestly compare Japanese games with Western ones, Japan has lost."
During the talk, Kojima compared the western games industry to Hollywood -- they bring the world's best creators together and give them huge budgets for their projects. He went on to call the current disparity "dangerous," particularly when it comes to how far western technological development has come over the last few years. (via 1up.com)
"In a posting on his IMDB page, Hayter urged the fans to email Matt Tolmach at Sony Pictures and convince him that they want Hayter to write the screenplay. This may be our only chance to make sure the Metal Gear Solid movie has any chance of actually being good. The email address is matt_tolmach@spe.sony.com"Please everyone, email this dude if you value MGS! I know I will right after I finish posting this. Considering David Hayter is the screenplay writer for X-men movies (the first and the second and not the third, in case you're wondering why it sucked), I'd say our shots of getting a decent MGS movie is here, at our own grasp just waiting for our love to radiate through the darkness in order to bring the MGS luster unto this miserable world and... Umm, I might've gotten a little carried away back there but can you blame me?
Epic Games' lead designer Cliff Bleszinski has taken a shot at the current blockbuster PS3 title from Konami, Metal Gear Solid 4. When asked about dealing with the pressure of creating a follow-up to a multi-million selling title like Gears, Bleszinski responded,
"To be honest, it's fun because in it's own unique way, there's no pressure. We completely ignore it and follow our hearts."
"We wanted a blockbuster pace, and in doing so, we lost the story a bit. So that's one of the lessons we learned. This time round there's more repetition. Games aren't movies and aren't consumed in a single sitting. So secondary characters will remind you about stuff, which is re-established in plot cues. Metal Gear Solid is our example of the game we're not doing. Passive entertainment is on its way out – you need to hook up with this web 2.0 stuff."
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of The Patriots was officially release today! Go grab your copy now!!
Gametrailers had done a review of the game, so had many other sites. Go play the game already!
In a recent interview with Reuters , Kojima confirmed that Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of The Patriots will not be the last in the series!
Kojima stated, however, that he may not take the lead role in future MGS games, that he will "sit in as producer and let the young staff take control of the new series".
Kojima aslo revealed that even though this game won't be the last in the series, it will tie all loose ends from previous MGS games and their side stories. Johnny anyone? :) Or we may see Olga's child born on "the battelfield" :P
