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Metal Gear to jump off Sony's sinking ship?


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Knyte
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PostPosted: Jul 11 2007 07:12 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Sony's $100 price cut for the PlayStation 3 is not enough to pull its nuts out of the fire, according to the game software maker Konami.
The software maker, who turned out Metal Gear Solid for the Playstation, said that it is looking at abandoning the PS3 and shifting its software onto other formats.

Kazumi Kitaue, the head of Konami's North American and European operations, told Reuters he doubted if Sony could win back user support by the price cut of just $100.

He added that Konami may need to expand the target hardware for its blockbuster fighting game Metal Gear Solid to other consoles in the future to recoup development costs.

The outfit wanted to release Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots for the PS3 in the current business year to March 2008. The game was hoped to be a boost for the PS3 which lacks much in the way of software.
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PostPosted: Jul 11 2007 09:43 pm Reply with quote Back to top

blockbuster fighting game?


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PostPosted: Jul 11 2007 09:55 pm Reply with quote Back to top



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Knyte
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PostPosted: Jul 11 2007 11:10 pm Reply with quote Back to top

They may keep it has "exclusive" as Metal Gear 2 was.

Let's see, I own it on:

PS2
Xbox
& PC.

Hmmmm....

I think if sales of MGS4 don't meet the expectation due to not enough PS3 owners, Konami will count down until the last second of the "Exclusive" clause in the contract expires and release it on X360.

Think about other excluse games in the past:

GTA3
GTA: Vice City
Resident Evil 4
Devil May Cry 3
Gears of War
Halo

None, of those are exlcusives anymore.
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PostPosted: Jul 11 2007 11:52 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Knyte wrote:
Konami may need to expand the target hardware for its blockbuster fighting game Metal Gear Solid to other consoles in the future to recoup development costs.


Metal Gear Solid is my FAVORITE fighting game, it's totally BlockBuster™.

This kinda comes as a surprise, although, it doesn't. Rockstar already backstabbed Sony, what the hell does Konami have to fear?
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