The guys over at vg resource center are adding fuel to the Metal Gear Solid 4 coming to the 360 rumor. Supposedly, they received an email from an anonymous source at Konami stating that Xbox 360 owners would be seeing MGS 4 roughly six months after launch. In effect, a timed exclusive for the PS3. The email also goes on to say that Konami has"been working with Microsoft so the 360 and PC versions will both take advantage of Xbox Live and Games for Windows Live, with such features as achievements and the ability for 360 and PC owners to play against each other in multiplayer"
Interesting isn't it? Just from that sentence we're going to have to call bullcrap on this rumor, especially since they're claiming to allow PC and Live players to play against eachother. How many games have fully integrated this feature and how much of an undertaking would it be? The undertaking would be massive and is especially odd since MGS 4 would have initially been a PS3 exclusive. There's definitely a chance that we'll be seeing MGS 4 on the 360, but only a 2% chance it'd be integrated into Live for Windows. Sorry everyone, we're going say "blah" to this Konami contact.
[Thanks, djphatjive]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
4-01-2007 @ 2:15PM
Ithilis said...
If this is an April Fool's joke, I'm going to stab someone in the aorta.
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4-01-2007 @ 2:19PM
Arno said...
Oh com'on, why are you even getting peoples hopes up?
April Fools!
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4-01-2007 @ 2:20PM
Rainbow Dave said...
April Fools ended at 12pm....
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4-01-2007 @ 2:27PM
Patrick said...
BALLZ, I GOT GREAT BIG.....BALLZ! see, that was more entertaining then april fools day
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4-01-2007 @ 2:36PM
ymmv said...
I could see the new Metal Gear Solid game coming to the Xbox 360 and PC 6 months after the release of the PS3 version. It's not like the MGS series has been and will always be Playstation only. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty which was released on the Xbox and PC too. The third game remained a PS2 exclusive because the market dominance of the Sony console was so enormous it didn't much sense businesswise to make it a cross-platform game, but things are different in this console generation.
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4-01-2007 @ 2:53PM
andres 360 said...
happy april fools everyone!
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4-01-2007 @ 3:00PM
Boomhauer said...
I call bullshit.....but part of me whants to believe it's possible lol
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4-01-2007 @ 3:01PM
Boomhauer said...
spell check is my friend 8-)
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4-01-2007 @ 3:17PM
Chris said...
If this is a joke, well, I just might have to smack a bitch.
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4-01-2007 @ 3:50PM
massive_98 said...
When MGS2 was ported from the PS2 to the Xbox, it looked like Bill Gates. Ugly.
Also remember it costs money and resources to port a game. Exclusive games also sell better.
Even though I would love to see it on the 360 it probably won't happen.
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4-01-2007 @ 3:54PM
Kid Pyrrhic said...
Yes. Because rather than contact actual media, Konami decides to fire off an email to a random fansite.
This just in. Bungie's Frank just sent me an email saying Halo 3 is actually going to be released on June 1st.
Come on guys.
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4-01-2007 @ 5:08PM
Yo said...
REALLY?! JUNE 1st?! Hot dog!
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4-01-2007 @ 5:16PM
Emperor Samoth said...
Clearly an April Fools "joke". Not funny though.
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4-01-2007 @ 5:25PM
Westrunner said...
Okay, now I'm the first to decry the idea of a random anonymous source as "credible data" but if you listened to one of Major Nelson's recent podcasts, he and his guests go into great detail discussing how Shadowrun will have Windows Live vs. Xbox Live capability. This (IMHO) actually lends credibility to the argument. And the idea of a "timed exclusive" sounds very plausible from a sony loving company such as Konami.
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4-01-2007 @ 5:45PM
Daryl said...
I can't believe Halo 3 is out on June 1st!
Awesome.
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4-01-2007 @ 6:58PM
branden101 said...
i really hope it comes out on 360, that gives me 1 less reason to buy a ps3, i was going to buy it for dmc, assassnins creed, heavenly sword, unreal, warhawk, mgs4, and final fantasy. Half of those titles are coming to 360, and word is final fantasy will come to 360, along with square enix
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4-01-2007 @ 6:59PM
Boomhauer said...
Oh it will come to the 360...i just don't think you'll be able to play PC players
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4-01-2007 @ 7:07PM
earl g said...
"Exclusive games also sell better."
You're saying MGS4 will sell more copies if its only released on PS3? Riiight.
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4-01-2007 @ 7:28PM
camtheman2343 said...
Can I get a bull shit flag. And the only reason this rumor is staying alive is that xbox fanfags want all the totally awesome games the PS3 is getting so frack off xbox 360. hem hem Welcome HOME. notice I did not capitalized xbox only PS3.
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4-01-2007 @ 8:04PM
Patrick said...
hey cam, quick sucking your cyber dick, and have a laugh at april fools, okay?
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