Konami says MGS4 on 360 is just "Speculation"

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Gballzack said:

Listen this isn't fanboyism, Hideo (A.K.A. Hid-Emo) Kojima is a jerk, he's a unique and impressive game developer and a phenomenal artist but he is a jerk. His story on Video Game ethics change with what ever the circumstances or platform his new game is coming out on. When MGS was remade by Silicon Knights for the GC as Twin Snakes Hideo praised the Gamecube and talked about how he wanted to make more Metal Gear Solid games for it but then went back to PS2 regardless with MGS3 and then PSP for the portable OPS. He just makes up crap as he goes. And to be honest Metal Gear Solid fans tire of his drama, tire of his antics, and tire of his constant threats to not make any more Metal Gear games, threats to not release the next Metal Gear game here or there. He's like a teenager on Live Journal.

Forgive us that we can't take a man with such a character's word at face value.

Furthermore, if Konami announced the MGS4 port anytime before the PS3 release, it would torpedo the PS3's sales.

Anyone else find it funny that Hideo had no problem putting MGS2 and MGS3 on the graphically inferior PS2 but now he's trying to act all high and mighty with the PS3 like it was always meant for HD. The truth of the matter is Konami tells him what to do, he does it and then makes up some B.S. after the fact to make it look like he's in control.

What you describe as "being a jerk" another person could describe as "being kind to those who have given you patronage." He never went back and said the Gamecube sucks after he produced MGS3 for the PS2. He never said the PS2 sucks when he was making Twin Snakes. He pays homage to those who assist in the development of his games. 

It sounds to me as if you're simply jilted because he doesn't prefer (at least, he doesn't prefer RIGHT NOW) to make games for your system. Why is it that when people say "I'm not a fanboy, but..." they always go on to say something entirely fanboy-ish? It's very much how people will say "I'm not a racist, but..." and then proceed to say something completely racist. What's up with that?