Konami emphatically denies latest MGS4 rumor
by Dustin Burg 
{ Jan 3rd 2008 at 10:00AM }
After hearing about XboxFamily confirming with a Konami rep that MGS4 was indeed headed to the 360, The Game Reviews contacted their Konami PR guy and he emphatically denied the rumor. Mr. Konami rep went on to say that "for the record, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is a PlayStation 3 exclusive and there are no plans to develop an Xbox 360 version of the game." Ouch. A bit harsh. So, that should be the end of all Xbox 360 MGS4 rumors forever and ever, right? That is unless Konami is hiding something and doesn't want their big 360 announcement spoiled so they deny it only because they know MGS4 is Xbox 360 bound! Ha! Taking a denial of a rumor and turning it into a rumor ... we're pure genius.
[Thanks, Harjot Bajwa]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
darealslimshady @ Feb 12th 2008 11:19AM
exclusives are a bad idea, they just mean u have to get like 1000 pounds (most of it is ps3 costs anyway) just to have a decent choice of games. konami should make all the mgs games on 360.
Plus i've got my ps3 online and ps network has got so many damn problems.
Big Bird @ Jan 3rd 2008 10:12AM
And the 360 community shrugs shoulders....who cares?NGII or Metal Gear? lol
DjDATZ @ Jan 3rd 2008 10:16AM
Yea...lol
Personally, I really couldn't give 2 shits.
alkeels @ Jan 3rd 2008 10:14AM
I still think that they will do an Xbox Version, maybe not MGS4, but maybe MGS360 or something like that, Maybe the "Rumor" was a PR stunt to see what the reaction was like in the 360 world, and to be honest with the response there was to the "rumor" i should they have enough evidence that it would be a wise step to make.
Come on Konami........You know you want to!
ryan @ Jan 3rd 2008 1:45PM
MGS will always be a pure Sony title. it's been watered down on the gamecube (twin snakes) and watered down on the XBOX (subpar MGS 2 port).
besides a black PS3 controller looks good inside the game VS. a White 360 controller (Snake uses a PS3 controller).
there's also the lean function on the SIAXIS which would be difficult to produce on the 360.
that's a major benifit for a shooter is the perfect 'lean' function.
with that said, i'll enjoy Mass Effect, COD4 and Ninja Gaiden 2 before I buy a PS3 for MGS4.
just keep it real: MGS4 will never come to 360, much like MGS3 never came to XBOX.
Doc @ Jan 3rd 2008 10:44AM
I used to love this game..that was until I started to play splinter cell. It doesn't matter which console it is on for me the style of gameplay just doesn't interest me anymore.
JHTM @ Jan 3rd 2008 10:47AM
i have to agree with first two comments - who cares ?? MSG for me is boring, id take GRAW and GRAW two any day - stealth elements ?? please.... Splinter cell conviction will blow it away - hopefully :D
violenceinhd @ Jan 3rd 2008 10:50AM
I'm a huge GRAW fan, but NOTHING comes close to the Metal Gear series.
And it doesn't matter how good Convictions will be (I have high hopes as well), it won't be in the same league as MGS4.
violenceinhd @ Jan 3rd 2008 10:48AM
Time to sell my 360 and get a PS3 when MGS4 comes out.
Seriously.
FUCK the 360 and all the problems that come with it when MGS4 is out.
DjDATZ @ Jan 3rd 2008 11:47AM
have fun with the ps3. LOL
violenceinhd @ Jan 3rd 2008 11:54AM
What with the free internet, more physics-based PSN games, and better exclusives, you're damn right I'd have more fun with the PS3 than the 360.
D dogg @ Jan 3rd 2008 12:32PM
"What with the free internet, more physics-based PSN games, and better exclusives, you're damn right I'd have more fun with the PS3 than the 360."
I'll give you the free internet but everything else you just said screams of a planted post. "better exclusives"? Are you fucking kidding me!?!?!? I went to Gamestop and looked at the shelves the other day... the 360 has an assload of exclusives compared to the PS3. Hell, looking at the shelves of 360 games you'd SWEAR it was the new PS2!!
You're in a deluded world (or better yet, a Sony plant)
Knight Marquise @ Jan 3rd 2008 12:42PM
Hmm, you're either a duel for Titty Pink, or another Sony Sausage swallowing fanbot.
Knock yourself out and don't let the door hit you on the ass. We won't miss you.
violenceinhd @ Jan 3rd 2008 12:45PM
I'm no Sony plant, I constantly flamed the PS3 during the launch cycle of the current gen systems. But as the 360 and PS3 have developed, I'm starting to lean toward the PS3 because it's got more that I can enjoy than I currently am on the 360.
And FUCK yes better exclusives. I'd much rather play Metal Gear Solid 4 than ANY Halo, the JRPGs are clearly superior on Sony systems, and the PSN (Live Arcade competitor) games are also clearly superior in terms of quality. No limit on game sizes = more ambition.
If MGS4 isn't coming to the 360 at all, not even later, then I'm saying "later" to the 360.
violenceinhd @ Jan 3rd 2008 12:50PM
BTW Knight Marquise, I've looked at your other posts- the only troll here is you. You keep mentioning "sony sausage" as if you really wanted some cock in your mouth :]
Eddie @ Jan 3rd 2008 1:26PM
You're right. I've seen the light... I don't need MORE games, I just need the same rehashed crapanese BS over and over again! God, why have I been so stupid!
Anime, Sony, and P(o)S3 FTW!
violenceinhd @ Jan 3rd 2008 1:36PM
Says the person with a Mario icon, the most rehashed, tired game franchise on the market. Oh, and it's "crapanese."
Come on, people. Give me somethin tougher to work with, you guys are failing at flame wars.
Eddie @ Jan 3rd 2008 6:31PM
How dare you!
lol
Micheal82 @ Jan 4th 2008 12:35AM
Did you say JRPG's are one of the reasons the PS3 has better exclusives than the 360. I have a deal with JRPG's I don't play them and they can continue to be the press A rinse and repeat crapfest that they are. If I wanted to play a JRPG i would go to the store and buy the latest anime box set and pause it every half hour so that I can fiddle with the remote.
MGS4 is not the end all be all of of video games, the story is convoluted, game play is almost unplayable and it's one long CG movie followed by 10 min. of game play followed by another CG movie.
The only thing that the PS3 got over the 360 is free internet play that's it. Even then after playing on PSN it makes the $50 a year seems like a bargin.
JHTM @ Jan 3rd 2008 10:55AM
im too much of an idealist but what we (gamer community) need is a universal platform - i.e. a MS and Sony collaboration - it'll never happen though
Kamizar @ Jan 3rd 2008 11:02AM
No, thats a bad idea, competition is good for the consumer...
If there was just the Wii and the PS360 on the market who's to say how much it would cost or how much the games would cost, they could get away with even more crap then they do now...
wickedpheonix @ Jan 3rd 2008 11:04AM
OK then... wouldn't be the first time that a company denied a rumor that turned out to be true *COUGHsonyCOUGH$400COUGHps3COUGH*
Mark @ Jan 3rd 2008 12:05PM
But he's not even really denying the rumor. He's just stating that "Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots" is not coming to the 360. "Metal Gear Solid 4: " might very well come to the 360.
JHTM @ Jan 3rd 2008 11:05AM
true - even though i love the X360, sometimes the prices of DLC (esp when vendor wants to 'give' it away ala epic) is close to funny. Wouldnt mind seeing Drake on X360 though ;)
DjDATZ @ Jan 3rd 2008 11:48AM
Yea...that is one PS3 game I do want to play...
VOS @ Jan 3rd 2008 11:05AM
Thats a great idea Konami, lets make an exclusive on a dying platfrom.
chris @ Jan 3rd 2008 7:46PM
Are you really that dumb, You should bang youre head against a wall it will help you.
nerrrrrrd @ Jan 3rd 2008 11:09AM
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots will be a ps3 only game...
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Extended Edition will be on the 360...
...history repeats itself. durrrrr
DjDATZ @ Jan 3rd 2008 11:49AM
LOL...ahahahahahhahaha...made my day. LOL
Eddie @ Jan 3rd 2008 11:21AM
OMG if we're not getting MGS4, what ever will we play? No one wants to develop games for our obviously superior platform....
Oh, wait, what's coming out? Oh, yeah, nevermind, we'll be just fine. Whew!
DjDATZ @ Jan 3rd 2008 11:58AM
Yea...no kidding. PS3 owners are hailing 2008 as being a huge year for the PS3...man...have you SEEN the huge fucking ASSLOAD of AA or AAA titles coming to the 360 in 2008?! FUCK ME!
Prick @ Jan 3rd 2008 11:38AM
Bill Gates is going to announce MGS: The Real Game on CES sunday.
doom saber @ Jan 3rd 2008 11:35AM
This rumor never seems to die......
Josh @ Jan 3rd 2008 11:43AM
if they don't do it, it's their loss. people will NOT spend all that money for a glorified waffle iron just for mgs. i'll gladly buy an ultimate collectors edition on 360, though..
Rob BMF @ Jan 3rd 2008 11:59AM
Konami has to deny the rumours of MGS4 coming to xbox because it will cannabalize its own sales. Sony is hoping that it will move units, but if they announce that it will also be coming to the 360 people will just wait for it. This game has cost Konami way to much money too put all there eggs in one basket. They will have to recoup there costs some how. My prediction is that sony will end up getting a timed exclusive and xbox 360 will get it a year later but with exclusive content. I have spoken and so shall it be done.
xsfx @ Jan 3rd 2008 6:34PM
Dead on. Money makes the world go round.
Nothing makes me laugh harder than a PS loyalist (read:fanboy) spewing nonsense about Japanese-on-Japanese console loyalty.
Are they enjoying Ace Combat 6?
I rest my case.
deaftly @ Jan 3rd 2008 12:14PM
I'll still pick it up on PS3 but Konami is going to be losing alot of money not releasing it on 360. You gotta wonder what the budget was for this game and if they can break even or make a profit on the low user base of the PS3
Edge @ Jan 3rd 2008 12:24PM
Gamers: We will give you money.
Konami: No, I think I'll pass...
JJ @ Jan 3rd 2008 12:50PM
I dont see the big deal here, so what if its just for PS3? 360 has plenty of exclusives too. I mean if we're gonna argue that this game should be multiplat because konami is just turning down money....then shouldnt the argument be made that NO games should be console exclusive anymore?
Just saying.
Orenthol @ Jan 3rd 2008 1:57PM
I still hope it comes to the 360.
The 360 pretty much flat out only has like, maybe two or three good games with really good stories, if that.. and that's stretching it!
Too much testosterone "GET IR DONE AND SHOOT IT DAH!" stuff. I'd love to use my 360 for more than action.. and the occasional offshoot with subdued action.... "I'll cry when I'm done killin'"
PLUS, I'd really love to not have to buy a PS3. I'm not made of money! Everyone act like they want MGS4 so it'll happen :(
and while you're at it, make FFXIII come out for the 360 too.
webster1990 @ Jan 3rd 2008 3:47PM
i couldn't care less
i had mgs on the ps1, thought it was poo
mgs2 and 3 were also a pit shite, i rented both on my ps2
mgs portable ops is pretty fun, but i really dont want a ps3 for mgs4, ill stick with my xbox360 exclusives.
p.s. i love how ps fanboys keep comparing their very small amount of exclusives to halo 3 every single time yet they always use mgs4 as thier comeback to anything. ps3 is a blu-ray player, that just happens to play a few games, that is NOT what i want a console for.
Stephen @ Jan 3rd 2008 3:25PM
Honestly, i wouldnt even play this game if it came to 360. i just want to laugh at ps3 owners if they lose another "exclusive" game
JJ @ Jan 3rd 2008 3:43PM
Well it doesnt do any good to laugh about losing an exclusive... if it sells like crap ont he 2nd platform.
At least pick it up and help pad the numbers a bit, then turn around and trade it in or something =)
dunnypop @ Jan 3rd 2008 4:22PM
hiding and running away isn't what I call a good game. if this MSG is all about shooting the hell out of everyone you see, then I might be interested.
The-E-HD @ Jan 3rd 2008 4:40PM
i love how u spend all day talkin BS about the ps3 i think its about time u get over ur little vandetta!!we get basically all the same games as u's an some exclusives which i lik....u get exclusives which u lik!!its how it works the 360 is pretty cool but i prefer my "blu ray player" wit the most up to date chips an features so seriuously u giv gamers a bad name!!!(an let the annoying ramblings of the retarded fanboys begin)even though it will be a select few as most 360 fanboys ar dead on i'm friends wit a load but some of u's giv u's a bad name!!!
Eddie @ Jan 3rd 2008 6:34PM
I'm sure you made a very intelligent and well reasoned argument, but I doubt I speak for myself when I say I can't read portugese. Would you mind translating your comment to english?
xsfx @ Jan 3rd 2008 6:40PM
"it iz da internut u don hav be write in your gramaticals an jus cuz u rnt don meen pplz will tink ur stuppid"
I love it.
Brian @ Jan 3rd 2008 6:19PM
Who cares? I can't even keep up with all the games coming out for the 360, already.
TheMrakAttack @ Jan 3rd 2008 6:30PM
They keep denying it. Rockstar denied thats GTA 3 would never be on xbox and that it was a PS2 exclusive. Konami even denied that MGS2:SOL would be on the xbox, they claimed that to be a ps2 exclusive. How many developer's and/or publishers have denied IP's being anything but exclusive, but 6-18 months later , magically they come out with a press release saying that either, the game is in development for/is slated for release on a different system. All i have to say about MGS4 on the P$3 is "OOH, I can use my $IXAXI$ to move the dumpster lid up and down." Yeah, that really makes me want to buy a ps3 just so I can controller the opening and cloasing of a dumpster lid with motion controls. Is it that hard to move a thumbstick up and down?
xsfx @ Jan 3rd 2008 6:28PM
Aww man, now I'm totally going to miss out on the realism of hiding in magical cardboard boxes and searching the jungles for cartoon monkeys! AGAIN!
+200 points for hilarious picture captioning BTW.