"It's just interesting to see a game like this become a multiplatform game and know things will play out"

Don't you mean movie?

i bet the lead platform will be PS3 still.

You said you just wanted some discussion... Yet you didn't posted your thoughts on the forums, in fact you just made this "article" out of thin air and decided to publish it here, didn't even had the common sense to post this as a opinion piece or a rumor (rumor form where anyway?), but as news.

You don't want discussion, you want flames and hits for your blog... Sorry to break it to you kid, but you aren't exactly being original here, maybe you "gaming journalists" should try something new for a change.

We haven't seen next gen consoles yet so we don't know if one console would hold Metal Gear Solid 5 back or not like the 360 would have done to MGS 4 (and did to FFXIII).

If MGS 5 is announced this early and it comes out on both next gen platforms and they are as close (power-wise) as the PS3 is to the 360, it won't matter.

That sounds contradictory but MGS 5 would be coming out early next gen and everyone knows that early gen games are not the greatest (in terms of technology). Look at Uncharted: Drakes Fortune and then look at Gears of War 3.

lol. Respect? This is a business, not a visit to your girlfriend's parent's house.

Dude, i believe that it is Sony that made the Metal Gear Solid franchise as popular as it is today, but the Metal Gear Solid series were never an exclusive to the PlayStation consoles, except Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots of course. Besides, isn't it nice that our fellow gamers that play on other systems, get a chance to experience this awesome game.

Do you seriously think that Konami board members sit around and discuss how to respect Sony and their fans? They don't give a sh*t about you, Mika.

For fanboys, MGS5 going multiplatform is a slap in the face. In reality, it's business. Konami may be looking for a larger market, where bigger than the US market dominated by the Xbox 360? It's simple business. Not to mention Sony's dire financial situation would be more than enough reason to jump ship.

What kind of fanboy bullshit is that?? So you feel like you're getting slapped just cuz more people will get to enjoy the damn game??

That's like saying without PCs the series wouldn't even exist because you make it on PCs, so they should just make it exclusively on PC?

How does it affect you if the game is exclusive to ps3 or not? You didn't invent the system so why do act like you feel betrayed. Unless they totally make it crap on ps3 intentionally, there's no reason to hate.

I'm glad you only have one bubble. So that way I only have to read one entry of your crap when I click on Nintendo articles or anything Sony related.

Seriously though why would they NOT make it for other systems?? More systems equal more money and it's a great idea because more people get to play amazing games.

A slap in the face would be to have MGS5 be exclusive to the Xbox 360. Otherwise it's not just because it might be on multiple platforms. The only people who think it's a slap in the face are fanatics that keep the console wars alive.

Sure. They owe it to sony.

But by that logic, they owe it to Nintendi too, as the "solid" series wouldn't have existed if not for the original MG for nes.

Soooo.... perhaps MGS should never have been on ps1? After all, they owed it to Nintendo, right?

No! What you are is just a damn fan boy. Grow up, you do realize it is way more beneficial if the game is across multiple platforms as it increases the likelihood of more games being produced.

Well, in Mika's defense, we DO know how retarded Microsoft loves to be about the multiplatform games they do end up getting, and how developers see major issues with the system specs anymore. Remember what happened with FF13? Tekken 6? Want to know why people fear of the Versus 13 rumors possibly being true?

Hell, we've went over this countless times now, but in the sea of N4G comment filth and people who can't find anything better to do with their lives than troll on here, we shouldn't be surprised that no one ever listens to common sense.

How about: game gets gimped for BOTH systems because MS demands that it gets the same quality on their version that the PS3's had (and we know that the 360 doesn't have nearly as much spec power that the PS3 has), and it would have to fit on up to two discs (maybe three if they are lucky enough to be allowed that many). There would have to be many cuts to the game if the game itself is large (and you know it will be because IT'S FUCKING METAL GEAR, FOR CHRIST'S SAKE).

It's not necessarily because Sony platforms made them popular (Tekken did get popular as a Sony exclusive, and while FF and MG were not started on Sony's platforms, they found their legs on the platforms and got mainstream popularity from being on the platforms). It's because of the fear that there'll be too much meddling coming from Microsoft (which we know they do; don't pretend it hasn't happened before) for Sony faithful to not feel like they are getting screwed out of what would otherwise be a good game.

darkpower, you're over-reacting. MGS4 had long waits between chapters, so why would it being on multiple discs for the Xbox 360 matter? Also to say the Xbox 360 doesn't have nearly as much power is hyperbole. You make it sound like the Wii in comparison, far from it. All your comment does is provide proof that there are still people out there who keep the flames ignited between the two systems. Was Burnout Paradise that much better on the PS3 even though it was the lead platform for Criterion? So let's not start the whole cycle again like we're going back in time to 2006 and trolling forums about how much more powerful the PS3 is.

Hideo Kojima is not going to make a inferior product on the PS3 just because his next installment might come to the Xbox 360. He has enough experience with the hardware. They also have a new Fox engine that looks better than MGS4. Times have changed, it's just too bad some gamers haven't.

to bad final fantasy started to suck after it went to sony

You're clearly misinformed. The Metal Gear franchise has never been Sony-exclusive. Metal Gear 1 was out well before the PlayStation ever hit the scene. MGS2 was on Xbox and PC, MGS1: Twin Snakes, was on Gamecube, MGS3 was on Xbox and also now the 3DS. MGS4 is the only numbered title that is actually exclusive in any way.

Personally, MGS5 can go to 360, or PC, or Wii U or a fuckin toaster for all I care. As long as the game is good and pushes the series forward then I will buy it day 1 and enjoy the hell out of it.

When it comes to platforms the only thing I actually care about is that I would like to see it on the Vita. Yeah the graphics would have to be scaled down, audio would need to be heavily compressed and re-encoded, whatever they need to do that's fine. I'd just love to take it with me wherever I go, bonus points for cross buy, cross controller, and cross save/"transfarring".

@mikemyers

long load time between chapters on mg4 was due to storage limitations (small HDD) on 1st gen ps3. but the whole game is delivered with uncompressed textures, mapping and audio. something still to this day, impossible to achive on others game systems.

@darkpower

I agree with you. after what happens to ff13 I fear for any non exclusive mayor title going multiplatform. I don't mind the game going multi, come on... everybody should be able to enjoy a great game on their system of choice. but I fear that microsoft would request the game to be comparably equal on their system vs the competitors system. and we all know how the story ends... its not sony's fault that xbox uses the dvd as the primary media format. so, why to punish Sony for trying to rise the bar?

To many "got the blinkers on" console fans here....

Look at the bottom of this page.

http://www.mobydickstudio.s...

Both Sony & MS platforms will most likely get this game...

Then, at least it can be enjoyed and judged on its own merits, more-so than on its exclusivity..

*should have at least

@-Mika-:

I think you got it wrong, it isn't that Sony made these games popular, but rather these games made the Playstation popular.

No console (at least in the past) is worth anything without the games and 3rd party developers by far outnumber first party.

None of these developers owes Sony anything, and on the contrary console manufacturers owe developers.

Remember how, prior to MS, these developers were treated like dirt by these console manufacturers?

These Japanese manufacturers didn't care about how easy a console is to develop for.

That said, developers want the "MOST" people possible playing their game, not loyalty to console that can turn around and stab them in the back. Remember, consoles are a closed platform!

If you as a fan feels stabbed in the back, it's likely more because you are a fangirl without knowing it. =)

Ritsujun
"*should have at least"

My grammar incorrect?

Aghashie, so bluray is the key component? Is that why so many PC games use the format?

You know what's tiring, seeing endless arguments over such non-essential things. If people really want games to not be dumbed down per-say, then they really need to start supporting the PC platform. The differences in the PS3 and Xbox 360 are minor in comparison to what we saw on the Wii and what we are seeing on the PC. Both the PS3 and Xbox 360 lie somewhere in the middle between those two other platforms. For 6 years we've been hearing nonsense from both camps going at it back and forth and in the end it really didn't change much or do anything. To this day the games look and play awfully familiar on both the PS3 and Xbox 360. We've all seen the head-to-head comparisons and most games are very close. These references about which is better or more powerful have become redundant.

Sony isn't raising the bar, that bar was already raised years ago by the PC. So anyone who truly cares about games being the best they can possibly be should be writing to Konami and asking for a PC version. Go play Far Cry 3 and tell us all how the Xbox 360 is holding back the PS3. If anything both systems are holding all games back, which is why it's time for new hardware. It's not the Xbox 360's fault the PS3 version is just as bad as the Xbox 360 version when compared to the PC. Oddly enough both the PS3 and Xbox 360 are fairly close. How weird is that? It must be because of the DVD format, is that it? Same thing with Battlefield 3. In either case bluray didn't make much of a difference, now did it? Which is funny considering how open the Far Cry 3 world is. In fact it's much more open and larger than any MGS game. Having this game on multiple DVD's is not going to ruin the experience for PS3 owners who will likely get it on one disc. Xbox 360 owners will have to suffer from changing them, so don't worry about it.

@-Mika- What you just said...THAT's the kind of fanboy drivel that pisses me off about gamers this generation. You don't show respect to a company by making a game exclusive and losing out on sales. Slap in the face? Do you work for Sony or something? Wake up dude! It's just computer hardware that plays games. No one fucking cares about exclusivity. There's nothing special about a 3rd party IP being on only one platform. Did you say the same about Mass Effect and Bioshock? GTFO!

Mika you fail, metal gear end final fantasey started on NES... Learn your shit

You guys REALLY need to stop feeding the super-obvious troll.

This is the problem here, ps3 can do just better and the prove is onon their exclusives vs 360 if they go multiplat the ideal will be to mause the best of each console but devs lower the quality and features to fit them n and make it feels pretty much the same plus lets not forget the textra time and resources they could use for extra contents and polishing it.

MGS4 is the last one and everything coming after it will probably be a pre-quel of some sort. The only exception to this would be MGR but it was PG who wanted to change the time-line to make the gameplay more over the top.

Kojima can release a video only to tell the story of MGS4.

Mass effect 2 came out when ME1 was xbox360 exclusive.

But then again youtube is ur friend for flashbacks

I don't have a ps3 but i've always liked the series so yes there's a point. I've played MGS4 but only at a friend's house, and although i would love to play all of it, i don't care if it's never released on xbox.

I can always read and watch videos to catch up on the story. The MGS world intrigues me so yes i care.

I can imagine them trying to explain the MGS Saga on a comic in the Xbox 360 version of MGS5. Would probably need it's own disc. Actually that would be hilarious. :D

Wasn't there a similar situation like this with the ME series . but in the end it worked out for everyone .

MGS5 will tel the story of Big Boss, and his years after PW and GZ so it won't be a big deal really, after all, they only need MGS 3 which they have got.

but i don't know if this is MGS5, since the character, which totally looks like big boss has lost his left hand while in the end of MGS4 he has a left hand so it is weird.

Anyway, what i had heared and read was that MGS5 will be about Big Boss and GZ is a prequel to it like PW.

If you can only sell a game to people that can play the previous iteration, you are in for some rough times.

Why?

Because your audience likely doesn't expand much. Most of these games don't have a coherent story, let alone the poor presentation. My guess, nobody cares about the events other than the ardent fans. Kojima isn't known for his story telling. =)

That said, many Playstation owners switched this generation or even own more than one console, so why not?

Im as bad as they come...

Never played any MGS game until MGS4....

Absolutely one of the best gaming experiences ever...

Been gaming since 77... so call me what you want, but a great game is a great game.

@LOGICWINS Your such a shit head... What if there are gamers like me who own both a PS3 and a 360??? Dont be so naive fanboy idiot... If somebody wants to buy it on 360 because of prefrence then thats their decision

"Unless MGS5 is a prequel and doesn't require knowledge of the events of MGS4, I don't see why a 360 ONLY owner would even care about MGS5."

I have a busy schedule, but if ud like, I'd be happy to take some time and give you reading lessons via Skype...free of charge :)

..."PlayStation is dominating on every level"....

...Really???

PlayStation are soon heading into a new generation in the not to distant future. They currently have the worst customer satisfaction they've ever sustained as a company. The company is heading for a huge crash while at the same time they'll need to be planning how they are going to try and win back that favour and the build up to their new releases.

Yes financially they're winning but they're going to have to ride out this complete public corporate disaster. No one has faith in the company or the product anymore. They've damaged their public image so much this generation. Greed can kill anyone.

Hulst is a disaster......