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Konami 'Actively Looking Into' MGS4 on Xbox 360
by Leigh Alexander [PC, Console/PC]
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October 15, 2008
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Though rumors about an Xbox 360 version of Metal Gear Solid 4 have circulated regularly since well before the game's launch, Konami appears to have confirmed at least the likelihood of a port.
"We're actively looking into a release for the Xbox 360," a Konami rep told Japanese investment research firm Morningstar at the Tokyo Game Show, according to a translation by consumer site IGN.
Metal Gear franchise creator Hideo Kojima has been widely quoted against the rumor mill, frequently stating that the game was designed specifically for the PS3 hardware; Sony has often touted that MGS4 is only possible on the PlayStation 3, and Konami calls the title "the first software for PlayStation 3 that uses the full capacity of the Blu-Ray Disc," although of course the technical veracity of such statements hasn't been proven.
Konami has said MGS4 shipped 3 million units worldwide on its launch day, and it still continues to make the top five in various regional sales charts regularly since its June 12th launch. In August, the publisher said sales of the game -- which helped lead Konami to a 117 percent sales boost -- were "steadily increasing."
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I can settle for waiting a year to get a 4-disc Xbox Metal Gear Solid 4 rather than shelling out another $500 on a new console. I've got plenty of games to play already.
Even genre’s like the RTS are coming to consoles with an increasing amount of success. Like Qian He said “Monopolization is just a joke when it meets economic interest.” At the end of the day the best way to get the most people to play your game is to go multiplatform. While settle for only a high-end PC user fanbase when you can have Xbox and PS3 users?
At the end of the day for me this lack of exclusivity isn’t a bad thing. Sure I’d like to invest in a PS3 eventually but for the time being the thought of playing MGS4 sounds very sweet indeed.