They should port MGS4 to the 360

I was just reading how MGS4 has sold 4 million copies so far.

Considering that MGS1 sold 7 million, I think it can go a little further.

So they should port it over to the 360, I bet they could score another 2 million that way.

While they're at it, they should release an essentials collection for the 360, or make the previous games available for download off of XBLA.

I was just reading how MGS4 has sold 4 million copies so far.

Considering that MGS1 sold 7 million, I think it can go a little further.

So they should port it over to the 360, I bet they could score another 2 million that way.

While they're at it, they should release an essentials collection for the 360, or make the previous games available for download off of XBLA.

mstc_Q

MGS1 released when the playstation had over 50 million people on it already... and sold 7 million after a couple of years. MGS4 sold on the ps3 when there was currently only 15 million users now 17 million and did it in 4 months... Gotta factor that in it but as for the MGS4 on xbox 360. Yes they should do it but they aren't so yeah...

They should port Star Ocean: TLH to the PS3, Why? because it would make more money.

Fact is, any exclusive game that was made multiplatform would make more money. Thing is though, exclusives are exclusives thats just the way it is. You could use that logic with any exclsuive game out thier on the market now.

They should port Star Ocean: TLH to the PS3, Why? because it would make more money.

Fact is, any exclusive game that was made multiplatform would make more money. Thing is though, exclusives are exclusives thats just the way it is. You could use that logic with any exclsuive game out thier on the market now.

hayato_

wasnt it confirmed that it would be multiplat, or at least sometime later?

They should port Star Ocean: TLH to the PS3, Why? because it would make more money.

Fact is, any exclusive game that was made multiplatform would make more money. Thing is though, exclusives are exclusives thats just the way it is. You could use that logic with any exclsuive game out thier on the market now.

hayato_

Hey, heres an idea, how about instead of complaining about MGS4 not comming to the 360, you go out and buy a PS3 to play it on.

For crying out loud, if I wanted a 360 game that bad that I would cry "They should port it" again and again like lemmings always do for MGS4, I would just get the system and the game. I have yet to hear one cow cry about Gears if not at all as the lemmings cry about MGS4.

Also to firstdiscovery, I don't know where you heard about M$ funding the engine for SO4, but I sure would like a link to that. Not to mention the fact that SO4 will probably have more of a chance to come on the PS3 than MGS4 has going to the 360.

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They should port Star Ocean: TLH to the PS3, Why? because it would make more money.

Fact is, any exclusive game that was made multiplatform would make more money. Thing is though, exclusives are exclusives thats just the way it is. You could use that logic with any exclsuive game out thier on the market now.

FirstDiscovery

link?

They funded IU, not the engine. The engine was in development when Star OCean : Till the End of time was close to completed.

They should if they want to make more money, I bet it'd sell more on the 360 then on the Ps3.Englandfc1966

doubt it,

IM not syaing they aren't think about it, but from past examples such as Subsidence (can't remember the name) I don't think it would sell that well. Maybe, but games are alot more expensive to make this gen

It would be risky is all im saying.

be a lousy port like the Xbox version of MGS2 substance....framerate issues and what not. Unless its done right, but seeing how MGS4 was heavily built around cell...would be hard, possible...obviously.

I wouldn't mind a port, but everyone who loves MGS has probably played MGS4 by now.

Why would they want t go through the headache of re-writing the game just to sell a measley 600K?TheGrat1

600k is 36 million dollars......

I was just reading how MGS4 has sold 4 million copies so far.

Considering that MGS1 sold 7 million, I think it can go a little further.

So they should port it over to the 360, I bet they could score another 2 million that way.

While they're at it, they should release an essentials collection for the 360, or make the previous games available for download off of XBLA.

mstc_Q

I agree. Honestly, outside 1st party games, I don't think exclusive games make much business sense at all unless the developers/publishers are being paid to keep a game exclusive.

[QUOTE="mstc_Q"]

I was just reading how MGS4 has sold 4 million copies so far.

Considering that MGS1 sold 7 million, I think it can go a little further.

So they should port it over to the 360, I bet they could score another 2 million that way.

While they're at it, they should release an essentials collection for the 360, or make the previous games available for download off of XBLA.

SpruceCaboose

I agree. Honestly, outside 1st party games, I don't think exclusive games make much business sense at all unless the developers/publishers are being paid to keep a game exclusive.

They make sense if they are going to move console units.

EDIT: Reading and sleepy but yea I agree with you.

[QUOTE="TheGrat1"]Why would they want t go through the headache of re-writing the game just to sell a measley 600K?Espada12

600k is 36 million dollars......

That isn't enough for the time and money they will spend porting it to the 360.

[QUOTE="SpruceCaboose"]

I agree. Honestly, outside 1st party games, I don't think exclusive games make much business sense at all unless the developers/publishers are being paid to keep a game exclusive.

Espada12

They make sense if they are going to move console units.

EDIT: Reading and sleepy but yea I agree with you.

Why would a third party care about moving consoles? They don't see any gain from that at all.

Hey, heres an idea, how about instead of complaining about MGS4 not comming to the 360, you go out and buy a PS3 to play it on.

For crying out loud, if I wanted a 360 game that bad that I would cry "They should port it" again and again like lemmings always do for MGS4, I would just get the system and the game. I have yet to hear one cow cry about Gears if not at all as the lemmings cry about MGS4.

Also to firstdiscovery, I don't know where you heard about M$ funding the engine for SO4, but I sure would like a link to that. Not to mention the fact that SO4 will probably have more of a chance to come on the PS3 than MGS4 has going to the 360.

Delsage

I'm almost one hundred percent sure this user has a PS3 and Wii, but no 360.

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[QUOTE="TheGrat1"]Why would they want t go through the headache of re-writing the game just to sell a measley 600K?DeathScape666

600k is 36 million dollars......

That isn't enough for the time and money they will spend porting it to the 360.

It probably would be, especially if they outsourced the porting.

And who knows how well/poor MGS4 would sell on the 360? No one knows. It could sell 2 copies or 2 million.

[QUOTE="Espada12"][QUOTE="SpruceCaboose"]

I agree. Honestly, outside 1st party games, I don't think exclusive games make much business sense at all unless the developers/publishers are being paid to keep a game exclusive.

SpruceCaboose

They make sense if they are going to move console units.

EDIT: Reading and sleepy but yea I agree with you.

Why would a third party care about moving consoles? They don't see any gain from that at all.

People say Kojima and Normura are Sony fanboys.

But you have to wonder... why?

I think some devs understand if they released all there games for all systems it would stagnate the market pretty quick, gaming can't survive on multiplats and 1st party exclusives alone. I for one would dislike a generation where everything besides 1st party went multiplat, makes buying all the systems a waste of time and money.

I'm already dissapointed with this generation of devs all jumping on the multiplat train, but can you blame them? I hope next generation isn't a massive hardware hike and the focus on keeping dev costs down while keeping quality up. The consol that can make games more profitable for the developers will win, as long as you don't stick too far in the past.

People say Kojima and Normura are Sony fanboys.

But you have to wonder... why?

DeathScape666

That would be the utmost in stupidity. Sorry, but if I am in business, its to make money, not to make some other company a ton of money off my labor, unless I am getting a kick-back of some kind.

[QUOTE="DeathScape666"][QUOTE="Espada12"]

[QUOTE="TheGrat1"]Why would they want t go through the headache of re-writing the game just to sell a measley 600K?SpruceCaboose

600k is 36 million dollars......

That isn't enough for the time and money they will spend porting it to the 360.

It probably would be, especially if they outsourced the porting.

And who knows how well/poor MGS4 would sell on the 360? No one knows. It could sell 2 copies or 2 million.

I was just saying with the hypothetical number one of the users gave me.

They could benefit from porting it, but Kojima said he wanted to sell one million on the first day. He sold 1.3 million, and I don't think he wants it on the 360. From what I've heard, it would be really hard to downscale a game that big, because it was built around the PS3.

But Kojima wouldn't have to work on the porting, right?

I think some devs understand if they released all there games for all systems it would stagnate the market pretty quick, gaming can't survive on multiplats and 1st party exclusives alone. I for one would dislike a generation where everything besides 1st party went multiplat, makes buying all the systems a waste of time and money.

I'm already dissapointed with this generation of devs all jumping on the multiplat train, but can you blame them? I hope next generation isn't a massive hardware hike and the focus on keeping dev costs down while keeping quality up. The consol that can make games more profitable for the developers will win, as long as you don't stick too far in the past.

Jynxzor

Most gamers are not like us here. Most gamers own one system, not three.

I was just saying with the hypothetical number one of the users gave me.

They could benefit from porting it, but Kojima said he wanted to sell one million on the first day. He sold 1.3 million, and I don't think he wants it on the 360. From what I've heard, it would be really hard to downscale a game that big, because it was built around the PS3.

But Kojima wouldn't have to work on the porting, right?

DeathScape666

You would think, if Konami was going to port, that they would farm it out and not use a talented game designer and his team to make a simple port.

[QUOTE="Espada12"]

[QUOTE="TheGrat1"]Why would they want t go through the headache of re-writing the game just to sell a measley 600K?DeathScape666

600k is 36 million dollars......

That isn't enough for the time and money they will spend porting it to the 360.

KZ2 is the most expensive game every made and it costs 21 million...

[QUOTE="Espada12"][QUOTE="SpruceCaboose"]

I agree. Honestly, outside 1st party games, I don't think exclusive games make much business sense at all unless the developers/publishers are being paid to keep a game exclusive.

SpruceCaboose

They make sense if they are going to move console units.

EDIT: Reading and sleepy but yea I agree with you.

Why would a third party care about moving consoles? They don't see any gain from that at all.

Check my edit lol I was so sleepy reading that.

[QUOTE="Jynxzor"]

I think some devs understand if they released all there games for all systems it would stagnate the market pretty quick, gaming can't survive on multiplats and 1st party exclusives alone. I for one would dislike a generation where everything besides 1st party went multiplat, makes buying all the systems a waste of time and money.

I'm already dissapointed with this generation of devs all jumping on the multiplat train, but can you blame them? I hope next generation isn't a massive hardware hike and the focus on keeping dev costs down while keeping quality up. The consol that can make games more profitable for the developers will win, as long as you don't stick too far in the past.

SpruceCaboose

Most gamers are not like us here. Most gamers own one system, not three.

So why would the competition want to give them any more reason not to buy a second or third machine? it just wont happen.

[QUOTE="SpruceCaboose"][QUOTE="Espada12"][QUOTE="SpruceCaboose"]

I agree. Honestly, outside 1st party games, I don't think exclusive games make much business sense at all unless the developers/publishers are being paid to keep a game exclusive.

Espada12

They make sense if they are going to move console units.

EDIT: Reading and sleepy but yea I agree with you.

Why would a third party care about moving consoles? They don't see any gain from that at all.

Check my edit lol I was so sleepy reading that.

The EDIT was not in there when I clicked reply. Weird GlitchSpot. Oh well. No harm, no foul.

So why would the competition want to give them any more reason not to buy a second or third machine? it just wont happen.

Jynxzor

Again, 3rd parties do not care if they buy one system or 3. They care about selling them games. More games on more systems through multiplats means more sales.

[QUOTE="DeathScape666"][QUOTE="Espada12"]

[QUOTE="TheGrat1"]Why would they want t go through the headache of re-writing the game just to sell a measley 600K?Espada12

600k is 36 million dollars......

That isn't enough for the time and money they will spend porting it to the 360.

KZ2 is the most expensive game every made and it costs 21 million...

Would it be worth the time? I don't know long it takes to port MGS4, but I've heard it isn't worth it. That's just I've heard.

They should port Halo 3, Gears of War 1 &2, Fable II to the PS3, but they won't. LEAVE MGS4 ALONE!metalgear-solid

But those had financial and contractual obligations, whereas MGS4 does not.

they can't because of the ps3 cell system and the blu ray its like 30gigs on the disc that would equal to proby 5 dvds for the 360. don't say they can compress it because games can't be compressed :P

it would be good but probily not since it the ps3 exclusive.

How many times does Kojima have to say it again.

360 can't handle MGSIV. There would be major compressing and thats not good for the quality.

Star Ocean should have been on the PS3 since most PS2 users bought PS3.

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[QUOTE="TheGrat1"]Why would they want t go through the headache of re-writing the game just to sell a measley 600K?DeathScape666

600k is 36 million dollars......

That isn't enough for the time and money they will spend porting it to the 360.

Exactly, because if they spend the year making a new game instead of porting that new game could sell way more than the port and thus make more money. Plus making MGS4 cost a lot more money than making a new game because they put more hours into it to perfect MGS4.

[QUOTE="deathscape666"][QUOTE="espada12"]

600k is 36 million dollars......

espada12

That isn't enough for the time and money they will spend porting it to the 360.

KZ2 is the most expensive game every made and it costs 21 million...

1. 600k is NOT 36 million dollars for the publisher. Out of the $60 charged, pubs take home $20-25. Thats it. Its a fact, check it out.

2. Killzone 2 is expensive, but not the most expensive. Not even top 5 kid. Title goes to GTA4, $100million US cost. KZ2, $21 million, in New Zealand dollars, and that was 1 year ago. Production ramped up, and most money is spent NOW at the final phases. Be sure its around 60million US dollars, if not much more.

[QUOTE="espada12"][QUOTE="deathscape666"][QUOTE="espada12"]

600k is 36 million dollars......

bkslayer

That isn't enough for the time and money they will spend porting it to the 360.

KZ2 is the most expensive game every made and it costs 21 million...

1. 600k is NOT 36 million dollars for the publisher. Out of the $60 charged, pubs take home $20-25. Thats it. Its a fact, check it out.

2. Killzone 2 is expensive, but not the most expensive. Not even top 5 kid. Title goes to GTA4, $100million US cost. KZ2, $21 million, in New Zealand dollars, and that was 1 year ago. Production ramped up, and most money is spent NOW at the final phases. Be sure its around 60million US dollars, if not much more.

Halo 3 was around 80 million, and MGS4 was around 75