E3: Metal Gear Solid 4 on 360 “Inevitable”
- Scribbled on July 17th, 2008 by Jonah Falcon
- Filed in Action, E3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Rumor Mill
With the announcement of Final Fantasy XIII for the Xbox 360, it’s seems like it’s a foregone conclusion that Metal Gear Solid 4 will also appear on Microsoft’s console. There’s been rumor after rumor (and denial) about it prior to the shocking E3 announcement of FF13, so when a “highly placed source” flatly states, “it’s inevitable“, it has weight.
“There’s only MGS left now: for a few months at least,” said the mole. “It’s inevitable. Konami knows how many million they’d sell in the US alone. If FFXIII can make it to 360 when Sony owns nine percent of Square, Metal Gear’s a slam dunk.”
Kojima has constantly said that the game isn’t transferable to 360 as the Microsoft console uses DVD as opposed to Blu-ray.
Of course, no one’s complained about multi-disc usage in Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon, plus the fact this Fall the Xbox Dashboard update will allow people to install content onto the hard drive.
July 17th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
I’ve been suggesting this for a year, from what I’ve heard about MGS 4 ps3 version with the installs before each episode, it sure sounds like the game could be played with one episode on each disc. The motion control and pressure sensitivity features could be removed or replaced from the xbox version, and sony references could also be modified (like MGS 1&2 were when producing The Twin Snakes.)
I still suspect that Sony paid for a timed exclusive, or else MGS 4 would have released both the xbox and the ps3 version at the same time like GTA 4. I would guess that nothing will be announced until Spring, with the ps3 having a year of being the only system.
P.S. I hope the PS3 owners like the port of Bioshock, it is a great game and I’m glad that they will have the same chance as Xbox owners to fight Big Daddy’s……
July 17th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
The PS3 Bioshock has some exclusive DLC. I don’t know what it is, tho.
July 18th, 2008 at 1:00 am
Ahhh 360 can blow off.
It doesn’t deserve awesome stuff like this.
ffs , get your own games for once.
[I'm sure Nintendo fans are saying the same thing about Sony and Final Fantasy. - Jonah Falcon]
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