Is It Difficult Porting MGS4 to X360?

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#1 Mystery_Writer
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or Konami is not doing it because of an agreement with Sony?
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#2 therealmcc0y
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I think that it wouldnt even be possible on 360 (Yes, I know).

Kojima is clearly very commited to Sony and the PS3, and some sort of agreement was made, likely including some fat dolla

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#3 RevenMan
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I think that it wouldnt even be possible on 360 (Yes, I know).

Kojima is clearly very commited to Sony and the PS3, and some sort of agreement was made, likely including some fat dolla

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QFT. Don't take the comments of exclusive developers seriously they have to promote the console on wich their game is afterall that way the can boost sales by saying its not possible anywhere else. There isn't a 360 game that can't be ported to ps3 and there isn't a ps3 game that can't be ported to the 360 the question is how well will the port be made.

Anyway i don't blame sony for wanting to keep mgs4 its one of the few games that people would actually shell cash out for a ps3 only for 1 game, i know that becouse im thinking of doing it :D.

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#4 deactivated-5f956b96dc672
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if a port was to happen, i think it would be on several DVDs due to the cinematics. but i havent seen anything that is impossible on 360. and sony even said that games designed on their system are easy to port to 360
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#5 Drukter
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It would be possible on 360 if it were built up from the ground with the 360 in mind. But now it's not, so it is extremelly hard and unnenecesary
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#6 Blue-Sky
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Yes it would be difficult because it was made from the ground up for PS3. This doesn't mean that its impossible to port, just that Konami would have to spend a lot of money and time making it work on 360.
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#7 JPOBS
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how the hell would we know?
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#8 Swift_Boss_A
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Well the game is being made from the ground up on PS3 and using everything the PS3 has to offer. I mean it was said that MGS4 wouldn't have been possible without Blu-ray.

I don't think Kojima will port MGS4 to 360 unless MGS4 bombed in sales.

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#9 Solid_Max13
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It is possible it woudl just be an terrible port.
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#10 Mystery_Writer
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It is possible it woudl just be an terrible port.Solid_Max13

why?

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#11 mistervengeance
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it's possible, but it would be less of a remake, and a more of a completely redone version.

i don't think games MADE for ps3 port well to 360, as you all know how badly the other way turns out.

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#12 Blue-Sky
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Well the game is being made from the ground up on PS3 and using everything the PS3 has to offer. I mean it was said that MGS4 wouldn't have been possible without Blu-ray.

I don't think Kojima will port MGS4 to 360 unless MGS4 bombed in sales.

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I cant believe people still make comments like these. So clueless about game development. Only thing BR offers to MGS4 all the HD cutscenes on one disc.

Also, I believe MGS series are largely bought by its fans, and doesn't have the casual appeal like Halo. If MGS4 bombs on PS3, it will bomb everywhere else. This is why theres no way MGS4 would go to 360. Konami knows this and would lose even more money trying to get it on 360.

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#13 michael48891
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Yes it would be difficult because it was made from the ground up for PS3. This doesn't mean that its impossible to port, just that Konami would have to spend a lot of money and time making it work on 360.Blue-Sky
i agree why would konami spend millions to port the game to the 360 when he might not make the money back just look at mgs2 it went to the xbox and sold terribly and the xbox install base at that timewas biger that the 360s thats why konami never ported mgs3 to the xbox
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#14 Luka-Kovach
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I don't think the 360 can handle all teh awesumz.
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#15 EmperorSupreme
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Probably not impossible since MGS isn't about graphics, but it would be very very difficult.

Especially since Kojima is taking advantage of the space on Blu-ray.

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#16 MGS9150
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I dont think MGS 4 is possible on the 360.
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#17 adastos
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Probably not impossible since MGS isn't about graphics, but it would be very very difficult.

Especially since Kojima is taking advantage of the space on Blu-ray.

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Rofl nice
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#18 Cali3350
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Yes. You know how horrible it is porting from the 360/PC to the PS3? It wouldnt be that hard, but still you would have to rewrite pretty much every piece of code.
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#19 thinicer
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Yes, it's difficult. Technically it can be done, but I don't think people would like playing MGS4 on four DVDs.
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#20 omarguy01
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it would probably take some time to port but it would be worth it

they're not porting it because they dont feel like it. that's it. there IS NO sony agreement. sony DOES NOT pay to keep things exclusive. it's one of their policies

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#21 omarguy01
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[QUOTE="Blue-Sky"]Yes it would be difficult because it was made from the ground up for PS3. This doesn't mean that its impossible to port, just that Konami would have to spend a lot of money and time making it work on 360.michael48891
i agree why would konami spend millions to port the game to the 360 when he might not make the money back just look at mgs2 it went to the xbox and sold terribly and the xbox install base at that timewas biger that the 360s thats why konami never ported mgs3 to the xbox

a big mistake is looking back at past gens for predictions of the future. current gen is nothing like last gen... when ps2 dominated
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#22 dsmccracken
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I think that porting MGS4 to the 360 would cause it to explode, because that level of sheer awesomeness cannot be contained by a single Red Ring. Only the PS3, and possibly Chuck Norris' (ahem) coconuts are suitable vessels for MGS4.
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#23 SkyRaid
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Pachter says 6 month exclusive.
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#24 Tnasty11
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Pachter says 6 month exclusive.SkyRaid
he also said gears of war and mass effect is coming to the PS3 so do you believe that too?
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#25 Tiefster
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[QUOTE="Solid_Max13"]It is possible it woudl just be an terrible port.Mystery_Writer

why?



Bad coding most likely. Not to mention whatever Kojima had in store for the sixiaxis controls. Kojima is one of those guys who likes to take full advantage of the hardware he's working with.