Konami Denies 360 Metal Gear Solid 4, Japanese Newspaper Silently Edits Story

"Konami, in yet again denying rumors that Kojima Productions' Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) is in the works for the Xbox 360, made a quote from its PR man disappear in the night.

The persistent rumor popped up again after Konami PR rep Yoshitaka Arai told the Japanese branch of investment firm Morningstar, "we are investigating releasing a 360 version." But GameCyte picked up that Japanese game blog my game news flash noticed that the story was quietly changed.

Without update or retraction, the original Morningstar story was edited to mention the Winning Eleven (known over here as Pro Evolution Soccer) and Castlevania series in place of Metal Gear Solid 4.

"The talk about a 360 version of Metal Gear Solid 4 has somehow completely been replaced with talk about Winning Eleven!!!" exclaimed the Japanese blog. "

[name]

lol

[jaysquared]

I've tried this game and IN MY OPINION its nothing special! Just not my cup of tea! I didn't like Halo3 as well so dont think i'm a blind fanboy!

[amir0x]

why troll the game zone everytime

MGS4 is a special game. Perhaps the best game ever after LBP

[Aclay]

@ Jaysquared,

MGS4 is not a mainstream game and it's not meant to appeal to everyone. If you haven't played the previous MGS games then you wont be able to appreciate MGS4 like a TRUE MGS FAN would, and something tells me that you probably haven't played any other MGS game before. Too bad you can't appreciate a masterpiece of a game.

[jaysquared]

Again that was in my opinion. Yes i'm a different gamer compared to the people that like the MGS and Final Fantasy games and such. I dont play games to get into the story I play games just to play. So I dont think I could ever play MGS4 with its long cut scenes.. Again just not my cup of tea..

[PirateThom]

Fair enough, at least you didn't just bash it.

MGS has become more neich as time goes on and I, for one, love it, I genuinely enjoyed the cutscenes, but I know not everyone does.

[BLuKhaos]

wow sojust because Jay doesn't like MGS4 he's trolling? *shakes head* some people.

[Rock Bottom]

lol indeed.

[Final_Rpg]

@miranox

LBP is great don't get me wrong, but don't dare and say it's better than MGS4. MGS4 is above and beyond any game, especially this generation.

[smturner68]

Neither of you two disputing which is better between MGS4 and LBP know for sure, now do ya? Maybe I should say, "those two games are pretty good, but not NEARLY as good as God of War 3!!" psst...LBP isn't out yet!!!

WHY OH WHY do:

People in here call others fanboys? We are pretty much ALL fanboys if we're on this sad website. The only reason to visit n4g.com is to easily find all the news without visting many websites...oh, and I guess to torture ourselves reading moronic rants from guys that just don't have any sense of fairness or logic.

People in here ALWAYS use future ps3 games against the 360? It is as common as Republicans telling us the they'll keep our taxes low and using scare tactics and wedge issues in elections.

[Harry Flopper]

ACCIO XBOT TEARS!

[Shadow Man]

true rumors for a 6 month period, According to the contract they sign with Sony. It sucks having to wait for 6 months.

[LITTLE BIG PLANET IN]

http://i36.tinypic.com/2926...

[Shaka2K6]

.

[FAQS]

" (BUAAAAAAAAAAAA) They have(BUAAAAAAAAAAAA) to deny (BUAAAAAAAAAAAA)all
true rumors(BUAAAAAAAAAAAA) for a 6 month period, According to (BUAAAAAAAAAAAA)the contract they sign with (BUAAAAAAAAAAAA)Sony. It sucks (BUAAAAAAAAAAAA) having to wait for 6 months. (BUAAAAAAAAAAAA I want this game for my flopbox360 BUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA)"

[JohnnyChimpo]

hehehe you can keep telling yourself this kind of crap to help you sleep better at night, but I've said it numerous times, there will be no MGS4 on 360. It ain't happening, face it, the bots missed out on one of the best games of 2008. Did anyone get the special edition MGS4 with the Bluray movie in it? In the interview with Hideo he even states that there will be no MGS4 on 360. Plus who wants a dumbed down version of MGS4 anyways

[Shane Kim]

Bahahaha FAQS, man that was hilarious. Bubbles for you. :D

[morganfell]

360 Pwned.

[dimitry21]

xbox 360 just dont get it YOUR NOT GETTING ANY METAL GEAR SOLID 4.

[johover112]

it's funny when Metal Gear Solid 4 was first released, Xbox fanboys started talking saying that it wouldn't be anything special, but once the words "rumor to xbox 360" appears, everyone starts cheering and other crap. ANYWAY lol Metal Gear Solid 4 on xbox 360 would need about 3 to 4 disks if possible lol.

[ICUP]

CRY XBOTS CRY

just buy a ps3 and play the game

cheap bastard or waiting for your parent to buy you one?

[amir0x]

I expect a lot of x360 owners who are hardcore gamers buy ps3 for Resistance 2,lbp and mgs4

[darkdoom3000]

lol indeed

[amir0x]

It is not coming to X360 since it doesnt have Blu Ray drive
Now please stop with it

[Sena Kobayakawa]

Why do they keep on making stories about MGS4 coming out on X360? this is getting old. theres plenty other stuff to talk about like Tales of Heart on DS , Halo3:Recon , LBP , Gears2 , Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm etc etc.

Im of to another thread with my MAX SPEED!!!

[xanith83]

Rumor has it that xbox 360 trying to go blu ray??? i read it in one of my gameinformers...

[James Vanderbeek]

I dont think this game could be done on the 360 in a techincal stand point as it is now..

If it is done the whole game would have to be re done on the 360 and way down graded...

[morganfell]

http://img378.imageshack.us...

[jromao]

Was my hope to see some more xBoxes burning :)

[TrueSix]

lol

[ThePlaystationFour]

Listen! MGS4 will never ... EVER!!!!!! go to the 360 simply because its using the PS3 power and it took years to make that game... were talking about 5-6 years! Why would Kojima wanna spend another 6 years... well maybe 10 years since 360 is a different and weaker system... Its not possible! Plus on a MGS4 cut scene... Dr. Oct said "Enter disc 2.. o wait were on PS3! BlU RAY"!!

Enough is Enough! PS3 is MGS4! Snake was born and will die on Playstation! Kojima is loyal to his company! he dont want money!! he wants to let everyone know that he has a passion for games and wants everyone to know that unlike other companys who sold out for cash (EA, Ubi, Square, Temco, and the list goes on) Kojima Productions will not be on that list...

MGS5 on PS3 ONLY! - BANK ON IT!

[Zerodin]

Three words for you.
Resident Evil Four.
Those PS2 fanboys sure were pwnd. M I RITE?!
...oh wait!

[pixelsword]

...Last gen called, they want their malfunctioning consoles back.

[tatsujin]

360 got ACED! HAHAHAHAHAHHAA!!!!!

[360PROTECTOR]

THE XBOX DONT NEED THE MOVIE WE GOT GEARS

[ReTarDedFisHy]

Why am I not surprised?

[juuken]

Just lol.

[Ps3Fanboy777]

I heard it IS coming, they cant release any info yet due to NDA... Soon though... Very soon... As in now. Almost... No quite but close.

[badz149]

Konami has total control over MGS4 on the PS3! MGO is not running on PSN but rather on Konami's own servers and all sessions and puchases are being done without the aid of PSN, thus the need of of separated Konami ID and Game ID over the existing PSN ID! it SUCKS and troublesome but I think this move is about maximixing the profit for Konami by some way. I think that's one of the deal between sony and konami for MGS4 to stay exclusive as those are not possible on 360 due to M$'s strict policies about XBL! there is no way that they'll allow Konami for any off-XBL activities like MGO! so, I think it's pretty much safe to assume that MGS4 will remain exclusive for the mean time. but what do I know, I'm just an average gamer.

[Venomous_1]

But Mgs4 was an Awesome experience.

And if they can make it play on the 360. I say why not we should stop the hate and let everybody enjoy an amazing game with an amazing story and a team that really put effort into the game.

Rumors so.... we never really know..

[The Tour Man]

These rumors just comes to show Xbots are really desperate for a true AAA game this year. Sad indeed.

Xbots, times running out.
Microsoft cant make new IP's so their trying to steal some PS3 exclusives, next thing you know, the 360 is a multiplat console while PS3 will have 20 first party studios and some second party to back them up. LOLandROFFLMFAO

[Old Snake141]

It's a huge shock to me ReTarDedFisHy. No really couldn't see this ending any other way. JK. lol.

[Timesplitter14]

Well I hope this one definately puts an end to those rumors

[hadouken007]

they suck.

[Old Snake141]

Why would they wait 6 months and then announce it and where did you hear about a contract with Sony? I don't any logic in that at all. If they are making a port which I know they are not, they would of said it by now.

[belal]

sooner or later xbots will start a new roumor ;)

[DARKTRINITYxxx]

XFLOPS shot down in flames once again.
MGS4 = PS3 weve played it.
MGS4 = XFLOP never gonna happen.
Get over it.

[hunter21]

lol if (you)xbox fanboys want to play MGS4 then buy a ps3, easy as that. why they cant accept the fact that the MGS is only and made for the ps3.

[militant07]

i guss its not right time to announce 360 version, I guss its will be soon. GDC ?

[robotnik]

poor xbots, they will never play as the ultimate soldier Solid Snake
poor xbots, their console doesnt have any games.

[TheDeadMetalhead]

IT'S NOT HAPPENING.

Just like how Gears of War will most likely never go to PS3, MGS4 will not go to 360.

Why can't we just respect the game developers' decision for once? I mean, if all games were multiplat, then all of the game systems would have the same games. There wouldn't be anything unique about the console's game library whatsoever.

PS3 gets Metal Gear Solid and LBP

360 gets Gears of War and Halo

Wii gets Mario, Zelda and Super Smash Bros.

Why can't we just respect that certain game developers have a prefered system to design for? Just like how certain gamers prefer to play games on one console over the other.

Further, I don't think that people are motivating Kojima at all by constantly bugging him about it. If anything, you're just pissing him off, so just leave him alone. :(

EDIT: WOW @ agrees. :D

[Isaac]

If Xbox 360 gets Blu-ray games then I have no doubt MGS4 will be ported

[MaximusPrime]

xbox owners kept pushing Konami for MGS4.

Konami says no. Kojima says never.
PS3 fans say buy PS3

[Spike47]

Mgs4, LOL. I have to get LBP, R2, and MGS4 by the end of this year, I'm extremely broke.

[Jac-Knife]

Well doesnt that suck for xbox ppl. I was hoping they got the chance to play the game.

[TheDeadMetalhead]

You own all 3 systems. You're not going to get all of the best games on one system.