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TheBigFatJ on 20 October 2007
konnichiwa said:
starcraft said:
more importantly Konnichiwa, does "fishy" say whether Sony's pleas are being heard?

Konnichiwa: Do you know that Sony's pleas are being heard?
Fishie: Kojima did it.


Kojima doesn't control a lot.  His bosses at Konami determine, for example, to which platforms MGS4 will be ported. 



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konnichiwa on 20 October 2007
Soriku said:
konnichiwa said:
Soriku said:
konnichiwa said:
starcraft said:
more importantly Konnichiwa, does "fishy" say whether Sony's pleas are being heard?

Konnichiwa: Do you know that Sony's pleas are being heard?
Fishie: Kojima did it.


That's it? Have they went to SE?


Yes that is it.

He doesn't tell me many secrets.

But if you want to see more about him:

He was also the guy who said in 2005 PS3 WILL BE DELAYED.

That is an article of him on Kotaku

http://kotaku.com/gaming/ps3/rumor-ps3-riddled-with-issues-delay-likely-145801.php


I know when I walked with him on street PS fanboys were calling him a liar and said that PS3 will not be delayed.


 So they ONLY went to Kojima or have they went to other companies too? Or they have went to other companies, just Kojima only?

I don't like Kojima's games, so I'm safe, I guess. Although I DO want a new RPG IP from him for the Wii >_<


 I am sorry Soriku I wish I had more news but he doesn't want to say more to me.
Also when I know him he will not say more to me X_X. But if he ever tell me something about
 Kingdom Hearts 3 you will be the first one to know it okay?






Kasz216 on 20 October 2007

They obviously went to other companies Soriku. It's not like this is fuedal japan where it takes them forever to travel to the regional lords laying gifts of food and money down at their feet.

They area likely scheduleing sit downs with all the top 20 or so third party developers and having them to lunch meetings, games of golf and board meetings where they are basically saying.

"Ok things are rough now, but bear with us, trust us we're gonna turn it around, thanks to the 40 gig and other unannounced secret."

Also probably offering to cut back the amount of royalties they collect.



konnichiwa on 20 October 2007
starcraft said:
What do u mean Kojima did it? Do you just mean that Kojima spent the time necessary to make MGS4 great? or do you mean KONAMI is keeping it exclusive?

 He says that Kojima heared the pleases of Sony.






Rath on 20 October 2007
TheBigFatJ said:
konnichiwa said:
starcraft said:
more importantly Konnichiwa, does "fishy" say whether Sony's pleas are being heard?

Konnichiwa: Do you know that Sony's pleas are being heard?
Fishie: Kojima did it.


Kojima doesn't control a lot. His bosses at Konami determine, for example, to which platforms MGS4 will be ported.


 But Kojima does have influence in Konami, just like Miyamoto has influence at Nintendo.



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carlos710 on 20 October 2007

lmao @ leo-j

You have lost my friend.



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DKII on 20 October 2007

lol ease up on him guys I have images of you all throttling him trying to choke some more tidbits out.



pearljammer on 20 October 2007
Rath said:
Quickdraw McGraw said:
leo-j actually makes a valid point.

The way people spin articles out of proportion is quite amusing (Not directed at the TC, just in general).
And hey, Sony's strategy of "pleading" is a hell of a lot better than the way Nintendo caters to third-parties.

Doesnt Nintendo now offer extremely good developer support?

I know they were retarded about third parties in the SNES era but I thought that had passed?


 I believe that it has as well.

 I can see Sony being desperate for stronger 3rd party support. But pleading seems to show a lack of confidence in your platform, not sure if that is a good move if it is found to be true. I suppose we'd need more info before making any conclusions anyhow.



sinha on 20 October 2007
leo-j said:
So some random guy says SONY IS BEGGING DEVELOPERS TO DEVELOPE ON THE PS3!

sure... Im going to believe that.

Yeah, some random guy.  Or some well respected journalist who covers the video game industry.



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endurance on 20 October 2007
HappySqurriel said:

"Plead" is probably the wrong word but that's not to say his story is inaccurate ...

Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft are all always in contact with third party publishers emphasizing their strenghts and minimizing their weakness' in order to secure development for thier platforms. Right now Nintendo's two main strengths are that they have a larger userbase and smaller development costs which are an impressive combination that is likely having an impact on publishers.

Realistically speaking Sony has no numbers which will justify producing a PS3 game rather than a Wii game and may now be resorting to "Pleading" with third party publishers ...

i agree with you