Over 200 developers working on MGS4.

Talking as part of an in-depth interview published on Gamasutra today, Kojima Productions' Ryan Payton has revealed that there are over 200 developers working to complete Metal Gear Solid 4 for PlayStation 3.

http://www.n4g.com/ps3/NewsCom-74701.aspx

isnt that kinda huge for 1 game ? 200 developers.. wow

what do you guys think..

Daaayaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamm,No wonder Konami keeps talking multiplatform. This game must be costing konami over 50 million to make.real45

[QUOTE="real45"]Daaayaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamm,No wonder Konami keeps talking multiplatform. This game must be costing konami over 50 million to make.X_CAPCOM_X

Exactly, Kojima Loves sony.

Sony is also doing Metal Gear Moive :p

I thought Halo 3 had more than thatOnizuka36

I hope not...

I thought Halo 3 had more than thatOnizuka36

Quite a few games have more than that, I'm sure Crytek went from 20-Devs for Far Cry (PC) to 250 Devs on Crysis .... that may include Intel/Microsoft/Nvidia staff however.

lots of mouths to feed..

that budget must be collossal....

they'll have to sell millions, upon millions, to make any money of this...

i don't see it happening w/ the poor ps3 sales/userbase...

lots of mouths to feed..

that budget must be collossal....

they'll have to sell millions, upon millions, to make any money of this...

i don't see it happening w/ the poor ps3 sales/userbase...

tango90101

A game like MGS will sell enough systems to make a decent profit, I bet Sony is helping financially aswell.

I doubt it will be very good then. There's an old saying that "too many cooks spoil the broth". 200 is WAY too many cooks.

The best game that Solid Snake will appear in this gen will undoubtedly be Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

I doubt it will be very good then. There's an old saying that "too many cooks spoil the broth". 200 is WAY too many cooks.

The best game that Solid Snake will appear in this gen will undoubtedly be Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Number_1_Gamer

agreed.

[QUOTE="tango90101"]

lots of mouths to feed..

that budget must be collossal....

they'll have to sell millions, upon millions, to make any money of this...

i don't see it happening w/ the poor ps3 sales/userbase...

MGS9150

A game like MGS will sell enough systems to make a decent profit, I bet Sony is helping financially aswell.

we'll see...even tho MGS:SoL didn't really move a lot of ps2...

[QUOTE="Onizuka36"]I thought Halo 3 had more than thatjethrovegas

I hope not...

but remember: you ARE payin 60 dollars for that

so if 17 people buy it, thats already more than a thousand dollars ($1020)

If only 1 million people buy it, its making 60million dollars

(and 1 million copies sold is very low for a title like MGS-granted it is for the PS3's limited fanbase)

Based on the fact that Motorstorm--the top selling game for PS3--sold 2 million copies (fact) I'd guess it'd sell more than or equal to 2 million copies (thats generating 120 million dollars at the LEAST)

You know what they say about too many cooks in the kitchen...

[QUOTE="MGS9150"][QUOTE="tango90101"]

lots of mouths to feed..

that budget must be collossal....

they'll have to sell millions, upon millions, to make any money of this...

i don't see it happening w/ the poor ps3 sales/userbase...

tango90101

A game like MGS will sell enough systems to make a decent profit, I bet Sony is helping financially aswell.

we'll see...even tho MGS:SoL didn't really move a lot of ps2...

MGS 2 :SOL moved a ton of PS2s, MGS3 didnt move many becaue everyone already had one by the time it camr out.

70% of them are probably CG graphic artists.farrell2k

Too bad MGS doesn't use CGI.....

Metal Gear is a huge game....would you expect anything less

[QUOTE="farrell2k"]70% of them are probably CG graphic artists.SergeantSnitch

Too bad MGS doesn't use CGI.....

There probebly trying to get the game out before 2008

WOW! mgs4 is going to be amazing!

Seems kinda like overkill to me. I mean I'm no expert but even 100 developers working on a single game is a large team.PBSnipes

an overkill flop. the most overrated game of the century!!!

but remember: you ARE payin 60 dollars for that

so if 17 people buy it, thats already more than a thousand dollars ($1020)

If only 1 million people buy it, its making 60million dollars

(and 1 million copies sold is very low for a title like MGS-granted it is for the PS3's limited fanbase)

Based on the fact that Motorstorm--the top selling game for PS3--sold 2 million copies (fact) I'd guess it'd sell more than or equal to 2 million copies (thats generating 120 million dollars at the LEAST)

Deepcut9

Every dollar of that amount does not go to Konomai to help cover costs, hope you understand that. I believe that $10 goes to Sony just for license fee. Add in retailer profit, manufacturing+shipping costs, and advertising, and you lose more...a lot more.

Also, wasn't motorstormed packaged with a bundle? Those count towards copies "sold", but don't generate the same style of revenue as a stand alone does.

[QUOTE="MGS9150"][QUOTE="tango90101"]

lots of mouths to feed..

that budget must be collossal....

they'll have to sell millions, upon millions, to make any money of this...

i don't see it happening w/ the poor ps3 sales/userbase...

tango90101

A game like MGS will sell enough systems to make a decent profit, I bet Sony is helping financially aswell.

we'll see...even tho MGS:SoL didn't really move a lot of ps2...

lol, game sold 7 million copies, and was released early in the PS2's lifespan.

MGS4 gonna score at least 9.5, guaranteed.

Daaayaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamm,No wonder Konami keeps talking multiplatform. This game must be costing konami over 50 million to make.real45

sony will pay then dont worry about that, sony knows how big this game will be and they will hype it like halo3 just watch. there allready talking about bundles, and im pretty sure buy this time march i will be seeing many of you lemming withn ps3 playing me on psn in mgso

[QUOTE="crazyjames1080"]I'd like to know its budget.R-Dot-Yung

Upwards past 50 Million...

and thats 200 Devs in house, there are about 500 people including outsourced people

i dont thin kthey passed 50 million, for all we know its the biggest game Konami has and they could of just brought 100 extra developers to finish the game before 2008 :o

Having 200 devs on one game is a double edged sword. 200 people are hard to manage and keep focused, but I'm sure Kojima is stringent on the quality control.

I could see 200 devs working on a game of huge scope, like Mass Effect for example, but on a Metal Gear Solid game ? .... Perhaps the PS3 really is a pain to develop for.... ?

They must have 200 devs working on everything but the game's textures, because they are foul.

:lol:

Are the fanboys actually trying to make this sound like a bad thing?

[QUOTE="real45"]Daaayaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamm,No wonder Konami keeps talking multiplatform. This game must be costing konami over 50 million to make.X_CAPCOM_X

Kojima talks not multiplatform... Konami doesn't agree with him though.

:lol:

Are the fanboys actually trying to make this sound like a bad thing?

tman93

No, but don't you think that a linear game like Metal Gear Solid wouldn't require such a lavish development team ? I seem to recall MGS4 being slated for a 2007 release earlier this year, only to magically be announced for 2008 a while later.... Of course, this would have nothing to do with the BottleNeck3 hardware, now would it... It is a possible scenario, yet even though I don't own a PS3, I don't think this game will receive anything but AAA.