E3: MGS4 still a PS3 exclusive

[Shrygue]

via Computer and Video Games


Pre-E3 whispers say MGS4 will be a timed exclusive for PS3. Microsoft mentioned just about every other game under the sun at its E3 press conference expect Kojima's highly-anticipated action game.

It was only yesterday that rumours of Metal Gear Solid 4 being released for Xbox 360 hit a new high. Konami's head of US and European operations, Kazumi Kitaue, said that even though Metal Gear Solid was born for PlayStation, and the firm would like to keep it that way, steps may have to be taken.

We can only presume that he means steps taken to make the game multiplatform to cover the cost of the game's lengthy development cycle.

A source has told CVG that , "Kitaue is constantly trying to force Kojima to drop the game's PS3 exclusivity, which Hideo refuses point blank to do. Trust me MGS4 will be a PS3 exclusive for for months at least."

Microsoft's press conference focused on games that will be released this year (apart from Resi 5). There was no mention of MGS4 and 360 which makes us believe that Sony is still holding tight to the franchise. If it was coming to 360, Peter Moore would have made a massive song and dance about it. He didn't, probably because the deal's not been signed yet.

[JKKDARK]

well he said the game will be exclusive "for months at least". It means we can see the game ported to the Xbox 360 later.

[acn010]

leave it how it is! for ps3 only!!! it will be a great hit!!!!!!

[Triv1um]

Its will come out for the Xbox 360 eventually, but it will only come out on the Playstation 3 for a while.

That's fine with me, then we might see how much more powerful the Playstation 3 is compared to the Xbox 360.

[F9zDark]

Via G4's News Ticker during the E3 Live Coverage:

"Hideo Kojima confirmed that Metal Gear Solid 4 will remain a PS3 exclusive and that Metal Gear Solid 4 would be both the last in the series and his last game."

[DPyro]

http://kotaku.com/gaming/e307/metal-...ies-277361.php