Not surprisingly, retailer HMV has admitted that an online pre-order listing for Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots for the Xbox 360 was a mistake by its online team.
It seems the error was due to an employee who displayed so much "enthusiasm" that he couldn't help himself from listing the title, even going as far as to make up a fictitious release date. What he actually meant to do, an HMV spokesperson told GamesIndustry.biz, was to ask customers if they wanted to receive an alert if the title was one day available.
So there you have it -- a simple mistake, one that anyone could have made. And I'd say that about cinches it: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is only coming out on the PlayStation 3. We're clear on that, right?
Solid Snake on the 360? Oh, you kids and your wild pipe dreams! That's just crazy talk.
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10:04 AM on 08.06.2007
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This must be one of those guys that gets away with "it fell in..." when he gets caught cheating.
Pse = no user, no users = no one buying it, no one buying it = it going to the better system.
"Metal Gear Solid 4 will definitely be on the 360 eventually. It may be released on the PS3 first, but I know it will eventually be ported to the 360 as well. Besides, leaving it on the PS3 only would mean pretty crummy sales figures, as opposed to having it released on the PS3 and 360. "
no... about 2 million current PS3 users will probably buy it (out of 6.5-7 million), and it will cause 1 or 2 million more to buy PS3s... that's what happened with MGS2 on the PS2!!! of course final fantasy X came out at the same time as mgs2, so that could have had something to do with it...
The cost of developing a game for the PS3 is much much higher than it was for the PS2. The game has been in development for several years, and it's still a year off, which means that Konami will still be at a loss in revenue until this game's eventual release. Not to mention the costs of publicizing the game, events to promote the game, etc etc etc. Konami are a money making company in the end, and regardless of what fanboys want, Konami will do what they can to make back that money they've spent on development. The most logical way being to release it on both systems. Even if they are released 6 months or more apart, install base of 9 million plus an install base of 2-3 million is better than just an install base of 2-3 million and a possible system purchase base of 1 million more.
Besides, even MGS2 came out on the Xbox, remember?