I would have expected MGS4 to go 360 before Sony's coveted 'King of all JRPG's' FFXIII. Same goes for Beautiful Katamari....that was obviously a Playstation game. I believe anything can happen at this point.

...here's hoping.

Dammit, I've been waiting for them to add trophy support for MSG4 so I can start it, if they release it on 360 I'm gonna have to get it just for the achievements

@T-rav

actually it was ron workman

Yes, Workmeng made the Petal Rear Squalid Door announcement all those months ago.

And, I think I wrote the FFXIII thing backwards. Either way, yay for more people playing?

@DrkAdonis
Are you being ironic? the post on Dtoid states FFXIII Versus is a PS3 exclusive....the proper game, the one people care about is multiplatform goodness...

If they like money, I don't see why they wouldn't.

Paging Spacecat

I agree that fanboy shit is bothersome, but the competition between the companies isn't. It's necessary in order to maintain the advancements we have seen with them to date. Do you really think Sony would have done squate with in-game XMB if MicroSoft didn't have XBL? And one of the most vital elements in the competition to get people to buy one or the other is exclusive games and exclusive content. And, while FFXIII may not be a huge loss to Sony's profit margin, the PR from it is a huge blow to Sony.

Anyone that says that all games should be non-exclusive just doesn't give a rats ass about the purpose of competition in the market and is shrugging off the consequences of such actions overall. The hardware obviously isn't going to sell itself since people love the RROD machine over the Blu-ray player... oh... wait... it's not the hardware that made it popular, but the software (online multi-player integration) and the early release... shit, that theory gets thrown out the window.

And, as far as Lost Odyssey, no one complained about it because it didn't sell well here or in Japan. Of course, many of the people now saying it's not a problem to switch discs were likely to criticize Sony for HDD installs.

Many of you may not be fanboys, but boy do you freaking feed the flames with ignorance.

Jim Sterling is either loving this, or on the verge of vomiting.
I'm waiting for someone to call Kojima a fanboy.

If Konami doesn't port it over they are retarded...MGS4 didn't push the amount of consoles Sony had hoped (and Konami as well). It would only make complete financial sense for them to put it on the 360...It is the console that is in more homes and can handle it. Maybe they make a version for the Wii?! For what they have put into the game I'm sure they would like a bigger return, and going multi-platform assures them of at the very least doubling the number of MGS4 units sold.

All I would have to say is that if Konami wants to take it to the Xbox, I personally see no problem in that.

While yes, I was one of the people to protest out about the rumors that started.... About a year ago or so?.... That was done moreso because, like many, I was sick and tired of hearing about it day after day after day of this *let me borrow from good ole jack here* e-tard spamming the flying fuck out of Destructoid both on the forums, commentary and front page over his fucking rumor. I almost quit visiting Destructoid because I was so sick of that jackass tooting his own horn and yelling that it was all imminent. It's like being in a room where all are calm except for one jackass running around screaming "IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD! YOU'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!"..

But I digress.. If Microsoft does end up getting the game, then that's fine and dandy. It's a fantastic game. All I ask is they not mess with it. If Microsoft goes after it, but demands that all apple products and sony products be removed, then I will officially call them a bunch of whiny sissies. Yes, even the multi disc gag. Keep it in. Add to it with Otacon saying "I'm serious this time.", but keep it in.

If Microsoft can't take Sony and Apple in a game that was their exclusive, and that i'm sure they had to go after. Then they don't deserve to have MGS given to their fanbase because of their pride. They need to learn eventually to pay proper respects where respects are due. Hell, they both do.

^I agree with you but I don't think it's that they need to "pay respect where it is due", it would only serve to make them appear petty. Like I said, if Sony or Apple (and I wouldn't put it past Sony of Apple) forced the contents removal then THEY look petty.

In any event, I hope it goes cross platform. I was glad to see Bioshock go cross platform because it is one of those games that people need to play and shouldn't be left out because of finances...

meh dont care, lol already finished it and playing with Dtoid members on PSNLive (for free) is all we care :)

Matter of time.

@Heretic

I didn't buy PS3 just for MGS4, but if I did and I had an X-Box 360 already, then I would be mad because they've been so determined to say it's exclusive and I don't like Sony at all to start with.

@ SephirothX

#1- The game was programmed around the PS3s structure, a good portion of the game would need to be recoded in order to function properly on the 360

A: You obviously know nothing of coding for any of the 2 consoles. Anything coded remotely intelligently on the Ps3 can be easily ported on the 360 without any fear of performance loss.

#2- Multiple discs. If Kojima would want to preserve the games quality (which he was adminant about) then when porting it over to 360, the game would be around a 4 or 5 disc long game and possibly longer due to core data that would need to be on every disc.

A: you know jack shit on what are on those disc and you are completely speaking out of your bottom end.

#3- Pre-rendered footage. All of MGS4's cutscenes are done completely with the in game engine, one way the 360 version could get around multiple discs would be to use pre-rendered cutscenes.

A: In-game cutscene take a ton less than prerendered 1080p footage, again you are so wrong.

#4- Audio quality. Once again, if they needed to get around a multi-disc game then all of the audio for MGS4 would need to be signifigantly compressed. And trust me, once you play MGS4 on surround sound for PS3 sound on every other game just sounds terrible.

A: All the DVD you hear are using heavily compressed audio. You would not be able to tell the difference between compressed and uncompressed voice unless you have a VERY high end sound system are are somewhat of an audiophile.(yes blu ray use uncompressed PCM HD audio, i know)


#5- Game content. The game has large amounts of Playstation and Macintosh content all through the game, these items would need to be taken out and subsequently replaced.

A: who cares about the Apple content, if they pay for the ads. And yes probably some data tuning would be required to remove the playstaion/sony stuff if needed.

What a load of rubbish you just aid it's unbelievable.

I believe in Ron Workman. And I most likely still won't buy MGS4 when it does eventually come to the 360. That sums up my thoughts on the matter.

The thing I'm wondering is what about the B&B battle with Mantis? Would how would they do the motion control part of the battle? Or....does that confirm the Xbox motion controller?

MGS4 on the 360, now featuring more crotch grabbing.

It either will, or it won't...SHAAZAM!

I would imagine that they would have to take out the Mac lap top, Ipod and PS3 controllers before it made it's way over though.

The only rationale for whether or not it goes to 360 is money. Will keeping it exclusive be worth more to Konami and the MGS brand? I'm sure they've looked into it.

I don't agree with the argument that because there's a few playstation exclusive in-jokes the game can never go multiplatform. That stuff could easily be re-written or even taken out. It's all inconsequential to the story and gameplay.

Same with the Apple stuff; Microsoft makes products for the Mac, I'm sure they'd be fine with that in trade for a get like MGS4.

As for technical issues like multiple discs, graphics, etc, while the systems are very different, there's nothing I've seen PS3 (which is supposed to be 'technically' superior) that makes me feel it couldn't be done on 360. That said, I, like most people here, am not an expert on the capabilities of either system. All I know are the PR stats that both companies put out.

I have to think no. Not for reasons of fanboyism, or pessimism, or any other ism as much as saving face for Sony. While the triple may be starting to pick up steam, I think that Sony might rather pay Konami than let one of their biggest titles go multi-platform. Future Metal Gear titles will go cross-platform without a doubt, but I'm not so sure about MGS4. I guess possibly in a year or two, but I'm just not that confident.

If you really think that MGS4 couldn't fit on an 8G disc you are probably a bit deluded.

Too many people forget that there are still groups out there making 4k demos in the demo scene that continue to blow people away using advanced compression algorithms. It would mean slow load times but there is no reason it can not be done.

There is also nothing stopping Microsoft from lifting the "games must not require a hard drive" restriction imposed on developers.

Now days developers utilizes vast storage to give them the benefit of speed and it works well, as no one likes load times. This just doesn't stop something from happening though. We could see reduced multi-layered textures, better poly reduction on the 3D models, reduced bit patterns for sound. There are many things that can be done to save space without severely compromising the game.

However I think in the end it will come down to how many tons of dollars Sony is willing to toss to Konomi to keep it from happening.

I don't know where people get "they haven't completely squashed this rumor yet"

I don't see any coyness in Kojima blatantly saying it will never come to xbox 360.