Earlier in the week Japanese investment research firm, Morningstar, released a published report that quoted an unnamed Konami representative as saying the company was "actively looking" to bring Metal Gear Solid 4 to Xbox 360 -- suspiciously, the quote in question has now disappeared.
GameCyte details that the Kabushiki business journal, which is owned by Morningstar, has changed the original article with new quotes from another Konami representative discussing completely different titles. Speaking to J-Cast News, an unnamed Kabushiki representative said that the article is not a correction but a 'second appearance' and admits to no breach of journalistic ethics.
[via Joystiq]






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10-17-2008 @ 1:40PM
itsburnsie said...
Personally, I think this has GOT to happen at some point. Yes, MGS4 did well on the PS3 (as expected), but they've gotta know it would move a lot of copies on Xbox 360 too.
I mean, unless their board executives are allergic to money, I think it's kind of a no brainer.
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10-17-2008 @ 1:42PM
ryan said...
the quote disappeared, and i guarantee the man that made the quote disappeared as well. nobody's seen him, bills aren't being paid, and his wife is angry.
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10-17-2008 @ 1:51PM
Max said...
MGS 4 filled up the 50g blu-ray disc and the dvd disc xbox uses is 8g give or take. so there would be about 6 discs and it would just ruin the experience as it's better on the PS3:-)
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10-17-2008 @ 1:56PM
AoE said...
Really? I'd think they could... ooohhh.... I dunno... compress some of that uncompressed audio/video?
10-17-2008 @ 1:58PM
Max said...
DO YOUR RESEARCH!!! they have compressed the game as much as they can. FACT. anyway it would look shit on an xbox
10-17-2008 @ 2:05PM
itsburnsie said...
Awwww, you little PS3 trolls are ADORABLE!
Seriously, get a god damn life. If you're trolling an Xbox 360 blog just to make comments about how shitty the system is, your life is pure fail.
I look forward to your reply telling me to STFU, play b3yond or gtfo, or some such drivel.
10-17-2008 @ 2:48PM
Alex said...
No, Max, do YOUR research. Konami only asked to have the first DUAL LAYERED Blu-Ray disc on PS3 because they were struggling to get it onto 24GB. They probably finished with a game of about 27GB in total.
So, SUCK IT, Max. Next time do some research yourself before shouting at others using points you don't even have.
10-17-2008 @ 6:10PM
cranium said...
*cough* final fantasy VII *cough* four disks! *clears throat*
10-18-2008 @ 2:35AM
OrionnoirO said...
Yeah, some don't seem to realize that much space simply isn't necessary when you use good compression and optimizations. It would probably be a few discs yes, but not 8+ lmao, and certainly not impossible as some want you to think (Sony), that goes for LBP too :)
10-18-2008 @ 7:17AM
Jake said...
@Alex
no they did use the whole 50gb, they struggled fitting it onto the 50gb, that's what i have read in many interviews
if it was only 27gb then there would be not much of a problem
idiot...
10-18-2008 @ 1:09PM
matt said...
Actually Jake, it has been confirmed to be ~30GB. That whole stuggling to put it on one BRay was just some propaganda by Hideo to avoid 360 questions. Plus, I wouldn't mind if they cut some of the Video/Dialog in this game as this series has had tendencies to babble on and on for too long.
As far as the 360 handling it, there is no game currently out that looks better on the PS3 than the 360.
10-17-2008 @ 1:52PM
Mokano40 said...
ryan said...
the quote disappeared, and i guarantee the man that made the quote disappeared as well. nobody's seen him, bills aren't being paid, and his wife is angry.
Jajaha, very funny Ryan, it reminds me of the X files, honestly i believe this is going to happen at sometime, i can almost we will be listen to this in X-mas again but with more strength, lately all rumors has been true, price cuts, nitendo DSi etc
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10-17-2008 @ 2:00PM
SuburbGuerrilla said...
maybe if they cut out some of the cutscenes :lol:
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10-17-2008 @ 2:06PM
Megalamb6000 said...
To Max:
They said the same thing about RE4 on the PS2 and it looked surprisingly good. It's gonna happen, and it's just a matter of time.
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10-17-2008 @ 2:14PM
maxpontiac said...
Please.
Let.
It.
Die.
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10-17-2008 @ 2:14PM
Max said...
I'm not a ps3 fanboy, i only have a xbox, but i have a friend who has an ps3 and there is no way the xbox could handle it. xbox is good, but not that good
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10-17-2008 @ 2:16PM
Xav de Matos said...
Stupidest comment ever.
10-17-2008 @ 2:21PM
SadisticHam said...
And I've played and completed it, there's nothing it does that can't be done.
Really isn't all that amazing anyway, good story, that's it's best part. The only thing that "wow'ed" me was the Eggs at the start of the chapters, i thought they was real. XD
10-17-2008 @ 5:04PM
PeterF said...
The eggs were real
10-17-2008 @ 5:54PM
Doug said...
I read that developers have to put duplicate files on a Blu-ray disc because of the slow access speed of Blu-ray.
Is the game really 50gb or did they duplicate files a bunch of times to make the game run faster?