Microsoft On Metal Gear: Mission Accomplished

By Luke Plunkett

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So far this hardware generation, we've seen the number of third-party exclusives on any platform shrink to almost zero. The last major series to come around? Metal Gear Solid.

Having long made a name for itself on Sony consoles, the next Metal Gear Solid title - Rising - will also be appearing on the Xbox 360, a move which Microsoft says levels the proverbial playing field. Microsoft VP Shane Kim:

I still think exclusive content is really important. First of all, in games, we've said for a long time that a key part of our strategy with Xbox 360 was a level third-party playing field. Now we've effectively done that with Metal Gear Solid coming to the Xbox 360.

The economics are such that third parties also have to support multiple platforms, and you can't ignore Xbox 360. It's the second leading platform.

Interesting that he so openly states that the 360 is in second place. But not as interesting as the fact that, some days, it feels like the entire world has forgotten about the Xbox version of Metal Gear Solid 2.

Microsoft's Future Begins Now: Shane Kim Speaks [Gamasutra]

Kim realizes the truth. And scoring Metal Gear in any capacity is a good thing for MS.

Next gen, they should completely focus on exclusive content, not just DLCs.

I think it makes it official that they have stolen pretty much every third party PS2 exclusive that meant anything. So whats the achievement worth? 100GS?

I'd say Achievement Unlocked.

Main series MGS will be exclusive MGS5 PS4 exclusive baby

Ha ha ha Microsoft truly pleases the fans.

So it was true when they said MGS4 couldn't be done on the 360?

Well if the graphics for MGS: Rising are as good as MGS4 then no it was a lie...until we play it ourselves we won't know

Technically it was not mission accomplished,

by Sony still have having MGS4 as a PS3 exclusive, they reaped the entire hardware boost the series would provide. Also, with future releases, all of the MGS fans are invested in the PS3. As such, the 360 version of MGS:Rising will likely get outsold by the PS3 version by a fair amount and the sales they do get will largely consist of people who wouldn't have bought a PS3 anyway.

We'll have to see for all we know them saying MGSR will be graphically better than MGS4 could be PR