Can anybody tell me why Metal Gear Solid 4 will come to the 360?

[Onyxmeth]

MontanaHatchet said:

Onyxmeth said:

I don't get the question. It just seems like there's only one answer and it's so smack-me-upside-my-head obvious that I don't know whether it's worth typing. I feel like there's a hidden depth to the question I'm just not getting. Anyhoos, since I love Montana(the state, not this dude with the wolf avatar), I'll give the only answer it could possibly be...money. It's why MGS4 was made in the first place, and it would be the only reason it would be ported. Is there something else I'm not getting here, because that just seemed too straightforward to warrant this ever being a topic.

But it's debatable whether the profits would be worth the cost of porting. I'm not saying money isn't a good reason, all I'm saying is that of all times...why now?

 

That can be said for a lot of games that barely break even and were knowingly made with that in mind. It doesn't hurt to make an effort though. MGS4 is a popular game and there's no reason to think a late 360 port can't at least grab 25% of the PS3 sales, especially if it's an exclusive enhanced version. If we look at other late ports from 360 to PS3, can we see a 25% rate of purchase there also? I didn't crunch the numbers, but I'd imagine in some case it's happened. In fact, if that happens, I bet some PS3 owners crazily buy themselves a cheap 360 just to play the "Oxide" version, and even more so for multiplatform owners looking to score the enhanced version. It's a good idea to get people to double dip.

I can't offer anything more specific than that since I don't work for Konami. All I know is that one mod here is very sure of himself that this is happening at E3 and he's been saying it for months now. He's usually good on his word, so if he says he has a tidbit of insider info, I'll believe it.