Microsoft Close to MGS4, FF13 Deals?

peksi - 345 days 16 hours ago

Yeah it's sad to see MS buy their way into everything. They've got more money than small countries so there's no stopping them.

But this is the way world works, I suppose all the big companies would do the same. Let's just hope the competition keeps up, no company must monopolize the industry.

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Jenzo - 345 days 16 hours ago

If the 360 is holding back the graphics for games of this generation, how come the 360 exclusives like Mass Effect, Bioshock and Gears of war look better than anything that is out on the PS3? Not only that, how come almost all multiplatform games look better on the 360 than on the PS3?

I know Sony have some strong titles up their sleeve like MGS4 and GT5, but people seem to forget that MS has loads of titles for 08 as well. Ninja Gaiden 2 will be amazing, and look amazing even though many of you try to deny it. It's OK for Killzone 2 to be at beta stage, but not for Ninja Gaiden 2.

I'm looking forward to seeing more of Splinter Cell: Conviction, Alan Wake (killer), Banjo Threeie, Fable 2, Naruto(coming this year), Lost Odyssey, Top Spin 3, Elveon (where are you?), Huxley, Halo Wars etc etc etc. And that's just some of the exclusives...

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gaffyh - 345 days 16 hours ago

I call bullshit until I see proper proof. These rumours were circulating a month ago and 2 months ago etc.

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Hatchetforce - 345 days 16 hours ago

Well keep calling bullshit because the Versus trailer from TGS says PS3 only at the end. Also in an interview just a few days ago, Nomura reiterated that Versus is exclusive to the PS3 and in fact he was gushing over the PS3 hardware and capabilities saying "On the PS3, all our dreams are realized."

Since MGS is linked into the same story do the math. It's bullshit. These morons from eMag love to make stuff up from what any idiot can see. Look at this phrase:

But they told us to "keep an eye on our website for updates" regarding any announcements on a 360 version of the anticipated title.

Every publisher in the world will say "keep an eye on our website for future updates" But it changes the meaning by eMag tacking on the part at the end about the 360. Notice that it is carefully placed outside the quotes - as in Konami didn't say that part.

Microsoft can't solve the DVD9 limitations for games like PGR4 which would have only needed a few extra gigabytes for textures, they damn sure can't solve the problem when Kojima is asking for Dual Layer Blu-Ray on MGS4. Add to that the fact they also cannot solve the DVD9 limitations on GTA4, a game for which they had to pay a very large pot of gold.

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Mwaan - 345 days 15 hours ago

The PS3 CANNOT outperform the 360! Who told you this?! Sony?! Games that were built from the ground up for the PS3 were easily ported to 360. Games like Devil May Cry, Virtua Fighter, etc. The creator of Metal Gear 4 himself said that he could port it to 360 without any problems! You can take the absolute best-looking PS3 games and move them to 360, but when you take 360 games and move them to PS3, well, there's some serious problems. I hope Microsoft does to Sony what Sony did to Sega. Then I won't have to look at these comments you people leave about how much better you think the PS3 is. Nobody is on here to defend the 360 because they're all currently enjoying great games like Halo 3.

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risk - 345 days 14 hours ago

but your here....lemme guess your console bricked.

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hazeblaze - 345 days 13 hours ago

LOL, this is such BS... We KNOW that MGS4 is launching soon and that there has been NO development on the 360. So that is already in the bag as a PS3 exclusive... and even if they DID do a port, we're talking a 1-2 yrs considering that they haven't even STARTED working on anything for the 360 (and Kojima said that he will not).

And JUST last week the producer of FF XIII confirmed that it will only be made for the PS3 b/c it is designed for that hardware... the trailer once again revealed ONLY ON PS3.

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ip-student - 345 days 13 hours ago

You are an idiot - I don't know why you keep posting the same crap over and over. The GPU on the XBOX 360 is superior to the GPU on the PS3. Basically, once you consider everything, the two machines are roughly equal in capabilities but the XBOX 360 is easier to program for.

For the rest - this is only a rumor but there is a big difference between MS and Sony - MS has the money to encourage Japanese developers to develop for their console. At this point in time I am not sure how much it is worth to pay developers to develop for your console but MS is concerned about the next generation - they have a weak presence in Japan and it might be worth 20-40 million to get a couple of extremely popular developers to jump on board. If nothing else it makes it very difficult to find a reason to buy a PS3 over a XBOX 360 when the big games are available for both consoles.

Will this happen - not so sure. But it is interesting to think about.

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BloodySinner - 345 days 12 hours ago

What a bunch of hypocrites some of you are. As if Sony hasn't been doing the "buy everyone" technique for the past few years. Business is business, people. Stick with it.

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u got owned - 345 days 12 hours ago

@1.10

exactly...

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solidt12 - 345 days 11 hours ago

If Sony looses these games it will be a hard sell for them. Yes the have alot of new IP Exclusives that are great but these are the two that everyone knows. Uncharted, and Killzone 2 will sell consoles regardless but MGS4 and FFXIII IS THE ONES THAT WOULD BUT THEM OVER THE TOP. Either way only MGS4 will help the 360 in America, i see no one in Japan buying 360 because FFXIII is on the system, they will still buy a PS3 if this game is multiplatform.

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SlappyMcTaint - 345 days 10 hours ago

Wow, has M$ defecated on your brain or what?! Your such a huge brainwashed xbot if you think having M$ dominating the gaming industry is a good thing! They've already wrecked computing with all there monoplies.

STFU, go wash your brain of poop.

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scottie2521 - 345 days 10 hours ago

MGS4 COMING TO 360!!!!!!

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uxo22 - 345 days 8 hours ago

Microsoft this, Microsoft that, 600mph this, 60 mph that.

How the hell is Microsoft holding back the graphics of the PS3 if the PS3 is the lead console on the game from the beginning? Don't even answer that JUST STFU!

Two weeks ago the Lambo was going 200-600 MPH, now it's 600-800 Mph, some people appear to be put on this planet for one reason and one reason only and that is to annoy others. This my friend is your calling.

Lastly, you talk all this SH!T about how microsoft is buying up everything and all they do is spend money and how they suck, then you end your comment by saying "I own stock in M$". DISGUSTING!

I say you're a frickin' Liar about the stock, NO NORMAL person would not want a company that they own stock in to do well, and that would include a stupid fanboy with stock in microsoft.

Do us all a favor and go cliff diving into the mouth of a volcano!

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samchris - 345 days 8 hours ago

LOL!!! That pic literally had me rolling. My co-workers (I'm at work right now by the way) had to come to my desk to see what was so funny. None of them are into video games so they didn't find the humor in it.

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Texas GMR - 345 days 7 hours ago

Maybe Microsoft didn't under-do-it after all, maybe Sony over-did-it. They should have went to the developers first to see what they needed for this generation, instead of pushing their own agenda.

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Mainman - 345 days 7 hours ago

@ Secret
I agree with you completely. Except for MGS4 graphics being toned down.

If you make a direct comparison, you only see the filters changed from the old trailers. Koji productions have been experimenting with the filters being used.

Trust me on this when I say this, MGS4 is NOT going multi-platform. Going multi-platform just isnt Koji-style.

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CyberSentinel - 345 days 6 hours ago

Instead of giving us gamers the games we WANT to play, they give us Sylpheed, and point their finger, and say... "see they don't buy games on 360" when clearly these are not the games we want to buy. (or even play for free for that matter)

Give us FFXIII with a *"SIMULTANEOUS" worldwide release date with other consoles (Wii included) and see if you point your finger then.

*it must be simultaneous, nobody wants to play a story driven game, AFTER the story has been told a year ago, and you already know the ending to.

I love JRPG's. I own Blue Dragon and Eternal Sonata and I can't wait for Lost Odyssey.

The way for square to survive in an American/European market place is by doing what they do best, RPG's. FFXIII is the game WE ALL WANT TO PLAY. lets be real. The FPS market is VERY crowded in the American/European gaming market. What chance do they really have at competing in that genre? Do what you do best Square/Enix.

Don't try to force me to buy something I don't want to buy, in order to play those games (ps3) because you will loss me.

I'm not saying play favorites, or choose sides...give as ALL a choice, and show love to all 3 consoles.

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Niedermayer_20 - 345 days 4 hours ago

just got to say all xbox birds well galo 3 is garbage it freezed disc are scratched lack of power lack of high def dont ya see microsoft too busy buying everything cause their hurtin and there fore no money to spend on galo 3 and other such titles, xbox has no power what soever just a bunch of red lights appearing micro soft cant play this game why do u think they bought paramount cause they no transformers will look better on blu ray oh well XCOCKS the box cheats why do u think the old xbox president went onto easports so they could sabotage ps3 titles and run them and 30 fps instead of 60fps they two scared to unleash the ps3 power u guys are just idiots go back and play ur galo 3

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reaferfore20 - 344 days 19 hours ago

" how come the 360 exclusives like Mass Effect, Bioshock and Gears of war look better than anything that is out on the PS3?"

First off IMO Heavenly Sword looks way better than these games. That being said, all three of these games use the exact same engine. Unreal 3 hasn't been released yet and it's supposed to look better than any other game that uses this engine. (Hence: UNREAL ENGINE) So wait for UT3 to come out then see if those games look better than anything on the Playstation 3.

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