Regardless of whether MGS4 turns out to be timed or fully exclusive to the PS3, it is quite clear that Sony offered either direct payment or incentives of a certain value to keep the title on their system only.

The sheer cost of developing the title and the PS3's relatively small userbase would have made substantial profit for Konami impossible to achieve without financial support from Sony.

I fully expect this entire thread to be speculation, but I am interested all the same.  My questions are:

- How much do you believe Sony paid for MGS4 exclusivity?

- What form do you believe these payments took?

- Will the hardware boost to the PS3 be worth it?

Why don't you ask these questions when a 360 exclusive is released?

If you'd like, I can do so when Star Ocean 4 comes out.

1. 50 Million

2. Cash

3. Hell Yes

 Your desperation is irritating.

I don't think it's too far fetched to assume the budget of the game is somewhere close to the mark of that of GTA4, so I'm going to go ahead and say that Sony most likely helped fund the project.

40%, maybe?

1. Who knows the amount... Could be anything.
2. Probably cash to pay for development.
3. Yes. The PS3 badly needs a high profile exclusive, doubly so after the pounding Sony took from the RPG world yesterday.

1. Zero
2. N/A
3. Boost will be good.

4. Go the hell to sleep Starcraft, it's 2 A.M.

Thanks.  I'm thinking of doing more of them.

Simple, but informative results. 

It's 1:20am, and I have an exam at 8:45 I'm cramming for.