Schappert would love to see MGS4 on 360 Comments by Robert Purchese

@miiiguel
"PS3 aint losing exclusives, you get the games anyway. You shouldn't have a problem for others having those, as long as you can play them too."

Exactly. I wish more people would realise this, instead some people seem to think that these exclusives going to the "enemy" is somehow a betrayal. It's childish, like a toddler who doesn't want to let someone else play with his toys because they're his toys. Well, sadly, they're not your toys, they belong to the developers. Konami aren't going to demand the PS3 version back but you have no claim to them just because you happen to have bought them and the console they originally appeared on.

Konami are in business, they want to make money, pay the bills, feed the family, they don't (and shouldn't) give a crap about any console war or about a small number of inarticulate, angry fanboys tilting at windmills. If they can more than double their potential market by porting this then they'd be absolutely insane not to.

Besides, as others have pointed out it's a two way street; some 360 exclusives go to PS3 other PS3 exclusives go to 360. Konami owe Sony nothing for MGS4 in the same way that 2k owe Microsoft nothing for Bioshock.

"The 'war' that the fanboys are interested in is for the best/most powerful/impressive/sexy console with the best/most powerful/impressive/sexy games. There is a common, incorrect assumption that victory in this ring leads to victory in the cash war."

+1

Frandroid wrote:"The 'war' that the fanboys are interested in is for the best/most powerful/impressive/sexy console with the best/most powerful/impressive/sexy games. There is a common, incorrect assumption that victory in this ring leads to victory in the cash war"


I agree fully actually. Nintendo wins (has won) the cash war and MS wins (has won) the fanboy war for making the best/most powerful/impressive/sexy console with the best/most powerful/impressive/sexy games. Sony hasnt won either with the PS3 im afraid.

FlipC no we dont want that... the reason PS3 games fall behind in developement progress compared to other consoles I feel is because Sony designed the console for their PR department rather than their dev community (a disregard for their needs), it ticked the right boxes to get the hype train rolling before the 360 launched(as they did before the PS2 launched its a tactic they employ... "wait for ours its going to be so much better... no you cant see it in action properly yet... look at these videos though ;)" ) but even when they are given the extra time just for the PS3 version to compensate for the more difficult to program for hardware, the results have been equal at best to 360.

It simply isnt right to let other platforms suffer just to get performance out of the PS3, thats Sony's fault and many people who bought the PS3 must have heard it before(so they should have thought about it more) any devs who do that will rightly have those particular versions shunned by both PC and 360 owners.

I dont know if its true or not but apparently the devs of Dead Space did this ... they started on the 360 version, then put it on the back burner to spruce up the PS3 version enough and then went back and finnished the 360 version and didnt leave themselves enough time to get them at parity = 360 version suffers for Sony's incompetence, way to get your priorities right devs.

Take a look for yourself, theres no excuse if this is all true and legitimate but it could be a case of poorly sourced screenshots:

http://d.hatena.ne.jp/yoda-dip-jp/search...

It didnt turn out to be a must have anyway, but as a fan of the genre I probably would have picked it up, I still may do because by the sounds of it the shortfall is cosmetic anyway but not at full price. Is there anyone whos seen both versions that can confirm the screens are accurate?

Come on Schappert, it's just an 8/10... no need to concern yourself with "on par" games.

It's a matter of time.

Can't wait to see the Sony fanboys weep.

Calgon: I agree that Sony has to take the blame for the irregular design of their console and development tools; however what I'm trying to point out is that it may be easier to take an optimised PS3 engine and convert it into an Xbox version. You are simply emphasizing my point that most engines start off favouring the Xbox and a team then has to 'spruce' it up for the PS3. Under those circumstances of course the PS3 lags behind. Of course a dev might want to put the 360 version on the back-burner, after all they know the engine already works on that; that's how it was built.

Until we see a PS3 'exclusive' ported over to the 360 we just won't know.

Well done Konami for standing up to Microsofts bullying aggressive "we can buy everything" behaviour. The game would not work on 360 for many reasons.
This is one game that Microsoft cannot buy. Kojimas masterpiece is not for sale.
MGS4 is a 50gig BD game and a PS3 exclusive FOR EVER!