Will this sad routine ever die? A rumor surfaces about Metal Gear Solid 4 coming to the Xbox 360, Konami denies the rumor, we wait a few weeks, then it happens again. A Japanese newspaper attributed a quote to a Konami rep stating that the company is "actively looking into" the possibility of MGS4 on the 360. Today, that statement has been quietly retracted.
The report, which once featured the blog-sizzling quote, now contains no mention of Metal Gear Solid 4 whatsoever. Instead, a different rep is now quoted while the games mentioned are Winning Eleven 2009 and Castlevania.
The Kabushiki business journal denies any journalistic wrongdoing with this, suggesting that the new report is a "second appearance" rather than a correction to the original. Yeah ... not sure how they expect that one to fly either. As per usual, Konami is denying the whole thing.
Not that it matters anymore. This situation is getting rather silly to the point where the story doesn't even matter much anymore. It's been overblown and babbled about so much by online orators that if the game ever does appear on the 360, it won't be worth the hype and the flame wars. If you're going to take the appearance of MGS4 on the 360 as some sort of personal console war triumph at this late stage, then you're a sad individual. The whole thing's ridiculous, and is getting very tiresome.
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6:11 PM on 10.16.2008
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Picard for the win, also.
I agree with dip.
Ah yes, fight the good fanboy fight! Tally ho!
Shame on me for talking bad about MGS :..( because I am just an xbawt.
BAWWWW
Oh, right. Like you didn't do it for the purpose of being a troll. Uh huh. Yeah, we believe you. {/SARCASM}
I'm gonna go cry myself to sleep now. :(
Also NANOMACHINES.
Sorry, wasn't being a troll- just saying your shits weak.
I've put far, far more time into Ratchet and Clank and Pain (well over 100 hours) than I have MSG4 (maybe five hours). But because I've played Splinter Cell on my PC ever since the first one came out, MSG4 is a whole ton of "been there, done that". So, don't think I'm defending MSG4, because I'm certainly not.
Rachet and Clank on the other hand.... how is that NOT been there done that? It has been the same game for the past 5 entries in the series... just curious...
Anyway, If it comes out on the 360 I will eventually buy it, if it doesn't come out on the 360 I will eventually buy it.
Anyone who is a true gamer and pays any attention to the industry will be able to see clearly what is going on.
Okay Ron.
Anyway, whether it's true or not isn't even the issue. The fact is I don't care anymore.
But you are correct, Sir Sterling, it's just gotten ri-goddamn-diculous at this point. Well before this point, actually. Although the contiued "Hey, look! You've got something on your shirt!" "What?" "BONK!" aspect of it is still slightly amusing.
Shut up about it. Xbox isn't getting a retarded cousin of this Kojima game. xbox fails for many reasons. but the number one reason in my opinion: I have to pay for multi-pay... and that in and of itself makes me see what a crap system this is and always will be. I wasn't playing Xbox games in 1995. I was playing Playstation games. And I can STILL play those classic games on my NEW system. (Thus blowing Nintendough, and Macroshaft completely out of the water.)
Die Xbox, Die.