What exactly is this??=/

Metal Gear Solid 4, Final Fantasy 13, and Final Fantasy 13 Versus are all currently in development for the Xbox 360.

Everyone who knows about the videogame industry is fully aware that this is a fact. For example, at the Leipzig Convention in Germany, Konami's programmer, Hideo Kojima, was showing MGS4 to the audience. One of the editors asked if Metal Gear Solid 4 was in development for the Xbox 360. Kojima-san responded by saying, "Metal Gear Solid 4 has not been officially announced for the Xbox 360...Yet."

When Kojima briefly paused, and then said "Yet," everyone in the audience burst out laughing because everyone in the audience knows for a fact that Metal Gear Solid 4 is actually in development at Konami, and has been for a long time...it just hasn't been "Officially" announced, yet.

The reason why MGS4 has not yet been "Officially" announced...yet...is because of people who are actually gullable enough to believe Sony that MGS4 is an exclusive PS3 game. People like that will allow false promises to provide them with motivation to buy the PS3. In reality, it is common knowledge that Metal Gear Solid 4 is already in development for the Xbox 360.

Please remember, the day before Capcom "Officially" announced Devil May Cry 4 for the Xbox 360, Capcom "Officially" announced that it was not in development for the Xbox 360, even though it had been for quite a while!

A game company can make as many "Official Denials" as they want, but it only takes one "Official Confirmation" to cancel all of the previous denials...and the fact is, false denials are often made. Devil May Cry 4 is proof of this, and so is Assassins Creed, Unreal Tournament 3, Virtua Fighter 5, Fight Night Round 3, and many others.

For example, Fight Night Round 3 was originally announced only for PS3. It actually was released a year earlier on the Xbox 360!

Another example is Fatal Inertia. It was originally announced as a Playstation 3 exclusive game. Then it was also announced for the Xbox 360. Then the Playstation 3 version was cancelled, and it was released exclusively for the Xbox 360.

In fact, the way sources describe the situation, Konami is targeting a release date of "Spring 2008" for the PS3 version of MGS4. However, Konami is perfectly well aware that there is an excellent chance that MGS4 will be delayed until the Holiday season of 2008. One of my sources even said "Metal Gear Solid 4 has a 'Holiday 2008' Birthmark on it.'"

The way the situation was described to me if Konami does actually release MGS4 in spring of 2008 for the PS3, then the Xbox 360 version will be released three to five months afterwards.

If you want proof that you can see for yourself from a reliable source, the Official Xbox Magazine actually claims that if the PS3 version releases in spring of 2008, then the Xbox 360 version will release five months after the PS3 version in order to be available for the Holidays, and the Xbox 360 version will include VR Missions that aren't available in the PS3 version.

If the PS3 version of MGS4 is delayed until the Holiday season of 2008, then it will actually release simultaneously with the Xbox 360 version, and the extra VR Missions will be downloadable on the Internet at later points in time.

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As far as Final Fantasy 13 Versus goes: it was never considered an exclusive game, and it will launch simultaneously on both systems. However, that will not happen for a loooooong time, because Square Enix said at the Tokyo Game Show that Final Fantasy 13 Versus was only 5% complete. We won't see Final Fantasy 13 Versus until 2009.

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Final Fantasy 13 also will not be released until 2009. Square Enix said at the Tokyo Game Show that the game is currently only 13% complete. Microsoft is very close to working out a deal for simultaneous release on both systems. And it wasn't Microsoft who went to Square Enix, it was Square Enix who went to Microsoft to make the deal. Square Enix wants to expand their worldwide sales to North America and Europe--the markets where Xbox 360 has sold far more systems than the Playstation 3...and that sales lead grows by hundreds of thousands of systems each month in those markets.

* People don't seem to understand that there is motivation for a third-party company to create games exclusively for the Xbox 360, but not for the Playstation 3.

Sony charges third-party publishers TWICE the amount of Licensing and Royalty fees that Microsoft does to develop games. It may have been worth it last generation when there were 100 million PS2 systems, and only 20 million Xbox systems. But this generation there are nearly eight million more Xbox 360 owners, and that lead continues to grow in favor of the Xbox 360 each day.

When a developer creates an exclusive game for the PS3, Sony does not offer any type of deal to the developer. Sony simply tells developers that they will sell more copies of the game because they can customize their software to the PS3 system, which will supposedly help them sell more copies of the game.

But Microsoft actually provides third-party publishers and independent game developers with financial motivation to create Xbox 360 games. Microsoft gives discounts on the Licensing and Royalty fees if a game is created exclusively for Xbox 360. This is excellent news that third-party companies love, because the Xbox 360 has more owners, game development is easier and less time consuming, and development costs are lower. That is why the Xbox 360 receives a much greater number of exclusive third-party games.

I definitely thought this was a no brainer. They told us it was coming this fall for a while. I would be very very excited but I doubt the providers are going to be cheap with their pricing. If it is a lot cheaper then digital tv then good for it. It has to be a lot cheaper though cuz almost all digital cable companies include DVRs these days.

who gives a crap, it was a cool idea until the fact leaked out that it can only be used with a provider that only claifornia has, great job MS.

A service not avalible to most o fthe U.S. wow i cant wait to not use it.

You don't know who's going to take part in this at launch or 2 or 3 months from now, the supporters list could be greatly diferent from when it was first talked about(READ COMCAST WAS INTRESTED).

Ya ps3 fanboys stop crying and hating cause u r not getting this, this is only for the best console ever. long live XBOX 360, Amen.

Feel sorry for all the (Piece of Sh!t 3) fanboys, but hey at least u can enjoy your Blu BLu Blu ray movies till 2017.

really good news, hey dic if what ur saying is true then i want them to come out wit it soon cos mgs4 is one of the reasons i want a ps3

It will end up that you will need BT as your provider to access it in the UK i guarantee which i dont want to do.

That is, unless you live anywhere else but the states. In Europe we have yet to see downloadbale movies, despite MS saying that Europe is important to them.

BS and lies, but the PS3 is providing PlayTV next year, and SCEA are already saying that they are working on the same thing for the states.

Actually, it is the feature I am least interested in. We have Sky Digital in the UK, and also Freeview, which has all the free digital channels. Why pay MS or Sony, when I am already paying someone else and have the dish on my wall? It will cost more to cancel and remove the dish/wiring, than it will be to sign up to watch tv on a games console.

I've already got Virgin Media anyways, so I don't know if this will be free. Virgin Media are about £6bn in debt and if they did do a deal with Sony then they could either make them lose alot of money or gain alot of money, add to the fact that their network is so congested. (sp?)

Europe is going big with MSFT's IPTV the most info about the service available involves the UK. Europe is getting Video market place, I doubt the lack of Video marketplace in Europe has anything to do with MSFT not caring for your ass.

#11.1 is just trying to piss people off he know's better than that. PS3 is designed in the 360's image everything PS3 does thats important as an useful bonus feature is taken from the XBOX and Xbox 360. Most of PS3's future add-ons are copied to compete with MSFT.

It was rumored a couple years back that both satalite providers were going to merge into one but it looks like that was false. Or was it.....? ATT offers Dish network service but if it is true that they are dealing with direct tv with regards to the IPTV deal then it may be that dish and direct tv have merged but remain separate like att wireless and cingular wireless. Just wondering.

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