Metal Gear Solid 4 On 360?

[shadow skill]

It's difficult to tell.

Don't forget that this is all big business. For third party developers, while it makes sense to have something 'exclusive' for marketing purposes and increased demand through 'hype' they want to generate as much profit as possible. If you look at the 'big' titles they try to release on as many platforms as possible often with numerous skus.

As a demonstration look at the following Playstation 3 'exclusives' theat went multi-platform or did not come out on PS3 at all:

Grand Theft Auto IV - PS3 exclusive now a multi-platform release.

Assassins Creed - PS3 exclusive now a multi-platform release.

Devil May Cry 4 - Implied PS3 exclusive now a multi-platform release.

Virtue Fighter 5 - PS3 exclusive now a multi-platform release.

Beautiful Katamari - PS3 exclusive now an Xbox 360 only title.

Fatal Inertia - PS3 exclusive now a multi-platform release where the Xbox 360 version was released first.

This information was sourced from the following website: http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/07/sonys-lost-excl.html

Not to mention the infamous case Resident Evil 4 going to playstation 2.


Clearly these changes of heart by developers and pubishers are hugely influenced by the popularity and salse of hardware. Given the recent increased popularity of the PS3 it is entirely possible that Konami will only want to sell on PS3 although if they can make money elsewhere it is more than likely they will try.

You can say the same thing about the 360, just look at how many games have gone to the PC from the 360 or are launched as games with PC as the second platform then there are the games like Eternal Sonata, Lost Planet, Overlord, and Enchanted Arms which are all either on the PS3 now or are in the process of being ported. Then there is Ninja Gaiden Sigma which really is the best verrsion of that game by far.

It's kind of sad in a way because in many cases these ports ebd up being weaker overall. As far as I am concerned Microsoft needs to spend more time generating new IP's rather than trying to get IP's from the other company. They also need to stop putting every other IP of theirs on the PC because most of the time the PC version ends up being better than the 360 version of the game. I'm pretty sure that Mass Effect will be able to load much better on the PC than it was able to do on the 360, I do not care about Gears of War 2 on the 360 because I have some confidence that it will find its way to the PC just as the first game did. Microsoft is killing itself with this whole exclusive thing, it seems as though they are relying on names that we know as Sony staples to make their name for them when you are not looking at FPS' which are a given as multiplatform games.

This year the line up is just looking plain ugly for the 360 and part of the reason is because they have refused to grow a brand around the Xbox and instead built their brand around one game, Halo. When you think of an Xbox you think of Halo, Sony does not have this problem, when you think of a Playstation there simply is not one game that defines the Playstation brand. In fact the 360 is begining to have a problem not entirely dissimillar to the one that Nintendo has, they are allowing themselves to be cast as the "FPSbox" just as Nintendo has allowed themselves to be cast as "kid friendly." Ironically being cast as "kid friendly" is a hell of alot better than becoming the "FPSbox" what with all the hooting jerkoffs on Xbox Live that people seem to encounter quite a bit.

 

[JakubK666]

This year the line up is just looking plain ugly for the 360

GTA4,Fallout 3,Halo Wars,Fable 2,Gears of War 2,Ninja Gaiden 2,Force Unleashed,Too Human,Splinter Cell 5,Far Cry 2,Prototype,Alan Wake,Soul Calibur 4.

I will copy-paste this list every time somebody decides to make a goddamn "Xbox has no good games coming out" argument.Up to the very moment Joe bans me for trolling.

 

[PMantix]

grammar is spelled with two "a"s, you momo.




It's not that xbox has no good games coming out.. you've shown that to be false... it's that it has very few exclusives coming out that will be any good. I fully expect GOW2 and Fable 2 to be pretty outstanding, but other than that, Sony's got the same games plus a dozen other exclusive must-buys.

So in that respect, the line up is looking ugly for MS because Sony can match their offerings and then some imho.

 

[Singing Gremlin]

You guys know the sound the Stuka made when dive bombing? If a thread could make that noise, this one would be doing so right now.

 

[Lucane]

I don't know anything 100% about the working of a PS3 or a 360 as disc space/reading ability but here goes.

Ok first off isn't one of the main reasons MGS has a huge fanbase (which i'd like to think i'm apart of myself.) the story? So a natural move would be to enhance that part of the game as well, but like someone said above you can probaly skip them at will like previous games though you'd likely lose your orders and/or story if you did that the 1st time through.

Disc space (Again don't me quote as knowlegdeble.) I hear Blu-ray is 50 GB an HD-DVD(360) is {9-10 or 30 GB?} if they do port it as they stand now it's clear it would need multiple discs lets say the 30GB is true then a good amount would likly be repeated code for the basic data for gameplay right? visuals enemy AI Graphics Sound Lighting/Shading and not to mention the sweet new universal Cameo suit that blends with any scenery near instantly also multiple veiw points it can be played totally FPS style or mixed 1st & 3rd so for it to work fully both ways might take some extra detailing. Meaning possibly 2-3 discs on a 360 that was previously uncut which might hender gameplay if you have to visit previous areas freqently or by accident or add another disc to copy the area(s) to later discs.

Well that's all I can think of without trying to sound like a Sony Fanboy ... but what's wrong with that anyway.

Edited after being quoted (techniclly this is an older post if you've read my later one in this thread first.)

 

[shadow skill]

Jakubk did you read the entire post or did you just fixate on that particular part of my sentence? Ironically more than half of the games you named will either show up on the PS3 or the PC. Which just goes back to my point about the lack of a brand being built around the Xbox itself. Halo Wars is probably the biggest title next to Gears on the 360 this year and what do you think the reason is....The name Halo! Gears 2 is in a position where it is very reasonable to assume that the sequel will in fact end up on the PC just as the first game did, just as many 360 games do.

 

[shadow skill]

Uhh Jeffers you misspelled proclaim.

 

[MrCrun]

People need to seriously get away from brand loyalty. All three corps have been evil in one way or another, (Ninty's is it's un-greenness) and are general faceless monoliths. Their machines are all good in their own way, all have decent exclusives. Don't hate another console just cause others prefer it. Buy all three or just the one with the most games you like.

Now, all people who open your eggs from the pointy ends: "You are all stupid and must die".

 

[Fire Daemon]

This year the line up is just looking plain ugly for the 360

GTA4,Fallout 3,Halo Wars,Fable 2,Gears of War 2,Ninja Gaiden 2,Force Unleashed,Too Human,Splinter Cell 5,Far Cry 2,Prototype,Alan Wake,Soul Calibur 4.

I will copy-paste this list every time somebody decides to make a goddamn "Xbox has no good games coming out" argument.Up to the very moment Joe bans me for trolling.

Don't forget Endwar. That game looks sweet.

 

[JakubK666]

This year the line up is just looking plain ugly for the 360

GTA4,Fallout 3,Halo Wars,Fable 2,Gears of War 2,Ninja Gaiden 2,Force Unleashed,Too Human,Splinter Cell 5,Far Cry 2,Prototype,Alan Wake,Soul Calibur 4.

Yeah, a Soul Calibur 4 in which you get a half metre tall green puppet. Meanwhile, the Ps3 gets one of the baddest motherfucks ever to walk the silver screen.

I know I shouldn't be gloating over this, but it is really cool.

Have you seen Palpatine vs Yoda in Ep3(or Yoda vs Doku in Ep2)? "Green puppet" kicked more ass in those fight sequences than Vader did through the whole Old Trilogy.

Oh and let's not forget what a whiny emo ***** Vader used to be.

 

[Natural Hazard]

lol... Kojima is too much up sonys arses, and vice versa to even think about the 360, and theres the apparent fact that MGS4 is maxed at around 40-50 gig,

 

[shadow skill]

The game wouldn't even sell in Japan on the 360 because the 360 itself does not sell there. It wouldn't make sense to go through the effort to even make the game for the 360, besides the game would end up being on four or five discs, then there is the whole demographic that even owns the 360 might not even want the game to even justify the port!