Tokyo's Metal Gear Solid Events Cancelled

[DragonLord]

Looks like Konami's three MGS4 launch events in Tokyo are all cancelled.  Possibly due to the recent stabbings as a precaution.

 

On a more humorous note, lol, (I know it's not) maybe it's because they were afraid all the ps3 fans would go psycho because of the jrpg events that MS announced today.  Lol, MS sure knows how to kill the momentum and ruin a ps3 week. 

http://ps3.qj.net/Tokyo-s-Metal-Gear-Solid-4-launch-events-cancelled/pg/49/aid/121020

Tokyo's Metal Gear Solid 4 launch events cancelled

Posted Jun 10, 2008 at 12:03PM by Gino D. Listed in: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, News, Games Tags: Konami

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A sad turn of events in Tokyo, Japan. Konami has just announced that the launch events they have planned for Metal Gear Solid 4 have been cancelled. Originally, the celebration was scheduled to take place in three locations within Tokyo on June 12.

Konami's official statement doesn't reveal much on the "why" aspect, and the translation simply states that the cancellation is "due to various reasons."

Some people online, however, believe that maybe the recent Akihabara stabbings might have something to do with it. See, when the Akihabara story broke out in the news last month, some people have linked it to the Ninja Gaiden 2 launch, so maybe Konami is trying to avoid a similar situation.

While this link to the Akihabara stabbings is unconfirmed, what we do have to note is that MGS4 is not delayed in Japan. Konami announced that the launch events have been cancelled, and they did not, in any way or form, announce that the game's release was cancelled. There's a difference.