MGS4 coming to 360, claims Twitterer Comments by Ellie Gibson

Alan Wake + Splinter Cell Conviction = Duke Nukem Forever?

I don't think they game would be all that popular on the 360 as its the 4th in a series and you have to understand the whole back story, if you do have a 360 and havnt played the other games, do so...NOW

I still donīt understand why some ppl assume whomever has a 360 never had a Sony console before. Well I can assure you that I spent thousands and thousands of Euros in PS2 games last gen, and I chose 360 as my main platform this gen. I didn't signed any exclusivity deal with any company.

MGS4 apparently couldn't even fit on a Blu-ray, would be very interesting to see how they actually do this.

Law07 - MGS4 *did* fit on a single BD though and it apparently only used 33 GB of a double layered disc which has 50 GB of storage capacity! ;)

The Xbox 360 getting MGS4 is one more reason not to buy an expensive PS3, true, but personally I couldn't be without mine as it doubles up as a superb home entertainment hub for all my music, videos, photos and DVDs/BDs. Thus it gets a lot more use than my 360. It's also easier to upgrade than the 360 with the option to fit as big an HDD as you can afford and is available plus there's software built in to back it all up (something missing from the Xbox 360). It's not a perfect machine, the graphics are a bit disappointing compared with the 360, especially the weak AA, but it's a great all-rounder if you ask me, has lasted me almost 2.5 years to date and is whisper quiet during use. Oh and it has a few decent games! I can't complain. :)

Bloody twitter.

This 10 disc theory is a load of shit, to boot.

I don't believe all this about MGS4 not fitting onto a DVD9 or 2. I bought a PS3 for MGS4 (and sold it for the same amount I payed after completing it a couple times) and to be honest, there wasn't all that much that would lead me to believe it couldn't be done on a smaller disc space. Did they leave all the textures and audio uncompressed or something? Because the play areas weren't all that big and the only things that seem like they could take up space are the lengthy cutscenes with lots of audio.

@Frumper. It hasn't been exclusive to PS for ages. PC and (sometimes) XBOX versions have come before each time.

Have to agree with Miiiguel, played nearly all of them, up to and including Snake Eater. So I would like to see it on 360 as I'm sure many others would.


Only Blu-Ray and LBP left as reasons to part with the cash for a PS3 now. (In my most humble of opinions.)

And I couldn't give a shit about swapping DVD's so that hasn't even come into it for me. I still remember the 3―" FDD Amiga days!!

"I still donīt understand why some ppl assume whomever has a 360 never had a Sony console before. Well I can assure you that I spent thousands and thousands of Euros in PS2 games last gen, and I chose 360 as my main platform this gen. I didn't signed any exclusivity deal with any company. "

Same here.

"360 version = 10 discs, poorer graphics and sound"

I think it will be quite the opposite regarding the graphics and sound looking at the past. Wait and see.

10 discs? You wish.

They sorted mantis on the twin snakes on the gamecube I still remember him saying he will read my mind then saying "I see you have been playing super mario sunshine" that was clever having it look at other memory card files.

As mentioned instead of the installs it will be a swap disc event. As for this 33GB thing I am sure the 360 version will be smaller.

If this does happen I will probably never buy a PS3, if it doesn't its still wait until I can get a machine and game for Ģ150.

I think the audio quality would suffer more than the graphics (as was the case with Dead Space). I'd assume they can save a fair amount of space by compressing the videos, too.

please let this be true. The only reason i plan on getting a ps3 in the future (when it drops in price) is for MGS4. I could end up saving myself a pretty penny....

Well, that's a disappointing show if this is real. :/

Whatever happens, lets just hope E3 is better than last years, all three console makers talks were pretty poor,(Nins was the worst)... interesting to see how they have improved things this year.

The thought occurs the 360 version actually might end up being the version for me to play as they might cut out a lot of those long cut scenes. That was always the thing that put me off ever going near MGS. The 90 minute cut scenes in 4 just sounded bonkers to me and there is no way I would ever sit through a cut scene that long.

Is anyone else really not bothered if MSG4 comes to the xbox or not?

It was only 8/10 remember thats not good enough for me....

/removes Dead 7/10 Space from collection

I really hope that Eurogamer knows this information is true, and that's why they have printed it.

Otherwise it means they are genuinely posting unfounded rumours from a random Twitter poster, which is about the same level as printing rumours from this comments section.

Shenmue III is coming this year.

I finished MGS4 recently and all I can say about it is that it is a disapointing, pretensious and boring game that DOES NOT honor the series.
Glad I bought it cheap, I would never buy it again for my X360.

an xbox version would surely make this game a 9/10?

"Shenmue III is coming this year."

You know I heard a whisper here saying it's actually coming. Shh...

Interesting. My take on MGS4 is that it is probably the weakest in the series to date, but if it did come to 360, I'd still buy it.

"I still donīt understand why some ppl assume whomever has a 360 never had a Sony console before. Well I can assure you that I spent thousands and thousands of Euros in PS2 games last gen, and I chose 360 as my main platform this gen. I didn't signed any exclusivity deal with any company. "

Exactly miiiguel, it's very annoying. This is what makes me laugh about this Fanboy crap. To me a major part of its definition comes from buying a particular brand of console every time irrespective of how good the competition is. You'd be pushing it say MS have been around 2 gens given how poor the original sold!!

Whether they like it or not a lot of 360 owners are people that owned a Sony the gen before but aren't blinkered fukwits who buy on name.

I tend to think the actual groups are:

Sony Fanboys vs People that think Sony are cunts for bullshitting gen after gen about the power of their consoles. ;)

Anyway... MGS4 isn't for me as I played 1 (great), played about 30 minutes of 2 and haven't played one since. I frankly haven't got time to play through the others or the inclination to sit through all those bloody cut scenes of part 4.

My mate did buy a PS3 just for this game though. He hasn't bought another game for it yet. I might have it off him when Trico & Gow3 come out. =]

Some random person claiming to have "insider info" on twitter apparently constitutes news these days then eh? Maybe I'll make a new twitter account and make a few things up, see how much I can stir stuff up.

It would be funny if EG got someone else to review it on 360 and give it 10/10.

Comments record for sure! Hahah

if you want a silly, nonsensical story with a guy with a mustache, watch porn. You don't need metal gear for that.

@spacemidget75

Plus one on the fanboy stuff. Some people need to grow the fuck up and just enjoy the games.

Given sales figures for 360 vs PS3 and comparing them to PS2 and XBox sales prior to the release of this gen's consoles, I'd go so far as to say MOST 360 owners owned a PS2.
As for the number of discs - I'd expect it could fit on 3. In fact, it could fit on 2 if they used 17GB DVDs. Lost Odyssey was 4, so even that's not a major issue if they wanted to, say, up the resolution on textures like most 360 games compared to their PS3 counterparts.

I've been a bit meh about the MGS series thus far, but I would get 4 for my 360 if it came out. Give it a try...

I tend to think to think the groups are:

Sony fanboys vs people who say they aren't fanboys but hate everything with the Sony logo it and want to see the company fail for no real reason other than they own a 360 and believe Sony have orchestrated a grand scheme to destroy the gaming community.

I may be wrong.

hahaha... how is this even news?!

Also one thing I forgot to mention is how will Microsoft feel about Apple and SonyEricsson advertising in a game that may appear on their console?

They couldn't have PC's with Windows as the OS in the game, the cutscenes would be even longer as they constantly restart them.

Hugs his 360 and gets aroused (ahem)

Theres also a game spoon and game knife on twitter aswell all following game folk and guess what game knife is twittering about sony announcements

Im amazed a full time website would state stuff from twitter and guess what he also sadi he had been to MS to play a #review copy# of APB yes a review copy need i say more.

One the game knife link thats all about sony it said they had been to sony to pay a #review copy# of uncharted 2 getting the picture?

I don't think this will happen, but I want it to just to see Snake listening to a Zune. I assume microsoft would make them remove the ipod and sony ads. Also not a lot of the memory used wasn't from the cut-scenes because they were in-engine. A lot of it was the uncompressed music, which was amazing imo, and dialogue, which was eh... well i'll just say otacon. NAOMI!

wow space midget, you NAILED it.

sony fanboys are so blinded by brand name, they don't understand that some of us just got tired of sony lying and bullshitting and generally being arrogant douche bags.

But of course, if you point that out, to sony's cronies, you are just a fanboy. Doesn't matter that I owned ps2, ps1 and psp, the fact that I think sony bullshitted and lied about it's ps3 and treated the fanbase like idiots (which to be fair, a lot of them are) makes me a fanboy.

Brand Loyalty is a strong thing to the weak willed.

"Apparently the big reveal will be Metal Gear Solid 4 + Oxide, as it'll be called"

That can't be right. Microsoft's "big reveal" or finale at E3 2009 is announcing a port (with a few updates here and there) of a year-old game?

What I'm really interested in seeing more about is Alan Wake. A game with an atmosphere akin to a Stephen King story? What's not to like? :)

I hope it does come to 360... I thought it was a fantastic game and the more the merrier if you ask me. I just hope MS don't think this type of announcement at E3 will be a significant one...

/pictures MS exec: "Metal Gear Solid 4 this fall !" ... ... ... ...

/tmble weed .... silence from the audience.

FF was a suprise... this won't be.

great, bring it on :)