POLL: Exclusivity or $150 million in profits?

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#1 RyuHayabusaX
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Hideo Kojima is making MGS 4 for the PS3, but can make a lot more on the 360. If you were him, what would you do? No seriously, would you pass down $150 million? What's more important, keeping fans happy and losing money, or making it avilable to more people and making more $?
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#2 TekkenMaster606
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I would finish the development of MGS4 for the Playstation 3. And make sure that the game is optimized and geared towards getting the most out of the Playstation 3. And after it's completed, consider porting it to the PC and Xbox 360.
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#3 sandroDX
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i would put it on the 360 to, not just for the profits but also to enable more gamers to play it...
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#4 TarmacChris
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As a lemming, I'd say put it on the 360. But historically, the most prestigeous games have been exclusives, such as Halo, Mario etc.
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#5 Bansheesdie
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Release it on the PS3 as an exclusive, then depedning on sales, determine wether to port it or not.
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#6 -Spock-
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Let the series come full circle on the platform it began on. Do it for the fans.

 

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#7 Shadow_op
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Let the series come full circle on the platform it began on. Do it for the fans.

 

-Spock-
then it should be on the Wii......since MGS started on the NES...HA!
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#8 Heith
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[QUOTE="-Spock-"]

Let the series come full circle on the platform it began on. Do it for the fans.

 

Shadow_op
then it should be on the Wii......since MGS started on the NES...HA!

lol ownage
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#9 -Spock-
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[QUOTE="-Spock-"]

Let the series come full circle on the platform it began on. Do it for the fans.

Shadow_op

then it should be on the Wii......since MGS started on the NES...HA!

Metal Gear started on the MSX/NES, Metal Gear Solid started on the PlayStation. The trilogy of MGS, MGS2 and MGS4 are the main storyline strand the fans have come to know and love.

Metal Gear was started on the MSX and ported to the NES afterwards.

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#10 AA7
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150 million. Slap that sukka on the 360.
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#11 Not-A-Stalker
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Your poll choices are obviously bias. :| And It's not even up to Kojima. It's up to Konami. But we all know if it was up to Kojima the game would stay a PS3 exclusive.
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#12 Thigeic
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Last i read Hideo said the game would be prefered to have a 50GB disc for... and maybe more... so i would probebly keep it on the PS3. But if it was possible to do it for the 360, without a ton of disc's. I would ofcourse put it on both. But im not sure if I would do that either, Since most X360 fans ive seen dont think MGS4 will be any good... so I would kinda feel it would be a waste of money to port it for X360
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#13 OGTiago
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the more money they make, the more games they will make in the future.
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Last i read Hideo said the game would be prefered to :(have a 50GB disc for... and maybe more... so i would probebly keep it on the PS3. But if it was possible to do it for the 360, without a ton of disc's. I would ofcourse put it on both. But im not sure if I would do that either, Since most X360 fans ive seen dont think MGS4 will be any good... so I would kinda feel it would be a waste of money to port it for X360Thigeic

you said it,most x360 fans,because as for me i love metal gear solid,and if it came to the 360 it would be great,but alas,its not going to happen.:(

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#15 callen3
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as a company, he should feel obligated to port the game. he owes it to his shareholders.
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#16 asdasd
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To get 150$ million in profits, MGS4 would need to sell 2,500,000 copies on the 360. That sure as hell will not happen if it does go to the 360. Quote me on this - If MGS4 goes to the 360, it will not break the 1 million sold mark.
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#17 Gen007
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lol easy ill take the 150 mil screw the fans its not like they arnt getting the game
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#18 Gen007
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To get 150$ million in profits, MGS4 would need to sell 2,500,000 copies on the 360. That sure as hell will not happen if it does go to the 360. Quote me on this - If MGS4 goes to the 360, it will not break the 1 million sold mark.asdasd

 im sure mgs would break 1 mil on easy on any system at this point yet it wouldnt be as big as halo or Gears

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#19 goodknight_13
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As a lemming, I'd say put it on the 360. But historically, the most prestigeous games have been exclusives, such as Halo, Mario etc.TarmacChris
oblivion anyone?
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#20 useLOGIC
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if youre only concerened about money, 1st parties can subsidize dev. costs (and not just publish)... if they agree to.
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#21 asdasd
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[QUOTE="asdasd"]To get 150$ million in profits, MGS4 would need to sell 2,500,000 copies on the 360. That sure as hell will not happen if it does go to the 360. Quote me on this - If MGS4 goes to the 360, it will not break the 1 million sold mark.Gen007

im sure mgs would break 1 mil on easy on any system at this point yet it wouldnt be as big as halo or Gears

MGS2 was released on the xbox. It didnt even break a million. MGS4 wont break it either if its released on the 360. 

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#22 geist117
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Cut out the Sony middleman and sell it to 360 owners. Hell Capcom was smart enough to do it. I hope Kojima will take a  break from eating shrooms and writing even crazier scripts to save alot of gamers money by putting it on 360.
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#23 Ratchet019
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[QUOTE="asdasd"]To get 150$ million in profits, MGS4 would need to sell 2,500,000 copies on the 360. That sure as hell will not happen if it does go to the 360. Quote me on this - If MGS4 goes to the 360, it will not break the 1 million sold mark.Gen007

im sure mgs would break 1 mil on easy on any system at this point yet it wouldnt be as big as halo or Gears

Which is why Substance broke the 1 mil mark on the original Xbox. Lems sure do love their MGS.
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#24 freeload
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It should be on BOTH systems. That is the ONLY decision that really makes sense. If fact, Konami should also make a version of MGS4 that works on Nintendo Wii too...
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#25 chat2
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goin multiplat isnt a guaranteed success, look at what happen at MGS 2