PS3 Price Cut Not Enough, Metal Gear Solid 4 to 360?

Konami: PS3 Price Cut Not Enough, Metal Gear Solid 4 to 360?
>> From next-gen.biz:

Senior Konami executive Kazumi Kitaue has questioned whether the recent PS3 price cut will have the desired impact on sales. He went on to hint that Metal Gear Solid 4, long expected to be a PS3 exclusive and potential system seller, may also end up on the Xbox 360.

"Since Metal Gear Solid was born for the PlayStation, we would like to keep it a PlayStation game. But we might have to take some steps," Kitaue said




sweet, id love to have mgs on my xbox360!!

[Viper_Fujax]

im praying but definitly not expecting it

i really don\'t care, but i hope it stays exclusive to PS3 just so the 360 morons cry more.

enjoy the 4 DVD version i guess.

[Viper_Fujax]

when have they cry\'d about MGS not being on 360?

all they talk about is how MGS will be on 360 like its a fact and say how crappy the ps3 is.

Im not sure what to believe with the spacing on blu-ray. I really doubt theyd release a multiple disc game, but if the sony people are right, then blu-ray can hold more. If the M$ people are right, and most of the space is updates for old codecs, then the point is moot.

Maybe MGS coming to 360 will settle that

i really don\'t care, but i hope it stays exclusive to PS3 just so the 360 morons cry more.

Right, because they are crying so much with their GTA4 ( + episode content), VF5 (with ONLINE play) and then plenty of exlcusives.

Not sure how they are morons or crying. This sounds more like a desperate attempt to go , "ohhhhhhh.. I don\'t care if it goes multi-platform", if that is the case, then just say so.

enjoy the 4 DVD version i guess.

This does not effect the overall gameplay.

In regards to the PS3 price cut, Kitaue unleashes the backhand with quickness. "I don\'t expect a substantial impact ... with $500, you can buy a person computer," Kitaue told Reuters. It\'s been surprising to see the mainstream media pick up on the $100 price drop without acknowledging that there is a new "better" model at the same price which caused all the calls for a price drop in the first place.

But for gamers, the first acknowledgment that Metal Gear Solid might find its way to other consoles is what\'s really going to shake things up. Kitaue says, "Since Metal Gear Solid was born for the PlayStation, we would like to keep it a PlayStation game. But we might have to take some steps." Whether those steps are announced this week or if this is some last ditch effort by Konami to force Sony to pony up exclusivity cash, which they say they do not do, is worth wondering about. If MGS goes to the Xbox 360 ... well, all eyes will be on Final Fantasy XIII as the last famous third-party man standing.

The main part is where they show obvious doubts in Sony and make a comment about the "better" model. This kind of morale with developers has to be unsettling for Sony.

[clips]

hmmm, if metal gear crosses over then it\'s a wrap, with kutargi(spel) gone i thought the priority with solidifying exclusives would\'ve been stepped up a bit,...sony used to have that third party scene on lock, now sony\'s third party dev\'s are almost identical to the 360\'s...i don\'t think this spells doom for sony tho, you\'ll just see third party games on both systems and the only difference now will be products from first party developers respectively.

i really don\'t care, but i hope it stays exclusive to PS3 just so the 360 morons cry more.

enjoy the 4 DVD version i guess.

Continue to troll and I\'ll ban you.  

....

Right, because they are crying so much with their GTA4 ( + episode content), VF5 (with ONLINE play) and then plenty of exlcusives.

they paid 50 million for episode GTA4 content?  lol

Not sure how they are morons or crying. This sounds more like a desperate attempt to go , "ohhhhhhh.. I don\'t care if it goes multi-platform", if that is the case, then just say so.

i do care, as i want to read the comments of the 360 morons about how crow tastes.

This does not effect the overall gameplay.

oh really?  you\'ve played it?

The main part is where they show obvious doubts in Sony and make a comment about the "better" model. This kind of morale with developers has to be unsettling for Sony.

it\'s PR bullshit, you should know this by now.  konami wants to make money like any dev.  i\'m shocked they haven\'t committed to a wii version by now.
how many 360 titles were ported that were "exclusive"?

I don\'t understand why someone would have such blind loyality to a company, as you do Sony.

it\'s PR bullshit, you should know this by now. konami wants to make money like any dev. i\'m shocked they haven\'t committed to a wii version by now.
how many 360 titles were ported that were "exclusive"?

It\'s not that simple and you know it. This is a developer voicing a massive concern with Sony. It\'s no different then when Square left Nintendo over the cartridge format. It\'s a concern the developers have, the price point of the PS3 and sales.  Yes, sales went up on Amazon, but they are still nowhere near what Sony or developers expected and wanted.

oh really? you\'ve played it?

Have you played it? You said 4 DVD version, as if that is a fact and it isn\'t. I simply stated that if it was 4 DVD\'s, it wouldn\'t effect gameplay. How would it?You change a disc and move on.

i do care, as i want to read the comments of the 360 morons about how crow tastes.

Or the PS3 "morons" on how they keep losing exclusives?

Like I said before, 3rd party devs will stop making exclusive,they gain nothing. Unless they are paid money (bribes).  The more console a game is ported to, the  bigger chance you have to attract new customers. Xbox never really had exclusives from 3rd party (well if you compare to the number Ps2 had).

As far as Ps3 sales goes, they are right on target. They are the same as Ps2 for the same lifetime and they are the same as xbox306 for the same lifetime.

Who would really think that the omfgoverpriced PS3 would reach 10 millions units in a single year? Devs are just making pressure.

E3 2007: Kojima on stage at Sony event, MGS4 exclusive to Ps3.

I don\'t understand why someone would have such blind loyality to a company, as you do Sony.

how long you been here?
stick around, you\'ll see where my loyalty sways.

That sums it up pretty well



The footage was impressive btw

[clips]

As far as Ps3 sales goes, they are right on target. They are the same as Ps2 for the same lifetime and they are the same as xbox306 for the same lifetime.

Who would really think that the omfgoverpriced PS3 would reach 10 millions units in a single year? Devs are just making pressure.

Are you sure about this, because if that is true then there would be no need for a price cut,... sony\'s not movin\' units the way that they would have liked to have seen.... that $600 price tag was just too high for the average consumer,...and i understand that this is a great deal because of the blu-ray player, but at the end of the day people consider this thing a gaming system.. eight months after this thing is launched and already a price cut? sales were slow and they needed to do something about it.

[Evi]

how long you been here?
stick around, you\'ll see where my loyalty sways.

Considering that he\'s LIC, he\'s been here for a long time. Didn\'t you get the memo?