Joystiq interviews MGS4's Ryan Payton: Seems it's staying PS3 exlcusive

[jman8]

To all of those who say it's a boneheaded business move for Konami to keep MGS PS3 exclusive, there is a very compelling argument that their decision is in fact the better long term choice. Without exclusivity, the PS3 could very easily see a slow and untimely death because there would be literally nothing earth shatteringly good on the PS3 that you couldn't get on the 360. The next huge title for Sony would be GT5 at the end of '08, and you can get a pretty decent replacement called Forza on the 360. So how would the collapse of the PS3 be at all advantageous to Konami, a Japanese company that is built on making games that appeal to the 360 and PS3 crowd?

All of a sudden, they would have one console that has the user base that their company is best set up to cater toward. And that one console is only strong in one territory: North America. It's position in Europe is solid at best and precarious at worst. Even more worrisome is the total non-presence the 360 has in Japan. The only system that has the potential to cater to the hardcore gamers ALL around the world that Konami is aiming at is the PS3.

Im not saying that Sony's doom=Konami's doom. Without the PS3, Konami can and probably would go on fine, but it would require some drastic organizational changes, which is not as simple as flipping a switch. The fact of the matter is that MGS4 is gonna sell brilliantly well on the PS3 and make a handsome profit. Therefore why risk hurting and potentially destroying your business ally for a short term profit, when the alternative long term possibility I wrote about above is not very healthy?