Buy Konami shares if you want MGS4 to stay exclusive!

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Andir on 02 November 2007

You think you've heard it all, then this thread pops up. Some of you are really sad people.

It seems the mods need help with this forum. I have zero tolerance for trolling, platform criticism (Rule 4), and poster bad-mouthing (Rule 3.4) and you will be reported.

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libellule on 02 November 2007

LordTheNightKnight
""Look up kotaku's article on it. That's where I got the joke in the title from. ""

==> Now, I understand better where comes from this "joke".
Thx a lot.

omgwtfbbq
"""erm, I don't get it. Why would you *want* a game to remain exclusive?"""

==> because we prefer that PS3 rises and Xbox360 sinks.
If the PS3 lost the "timed" exclusivity of MGS4 (for simultaneous release),
I dont think it will help the PS3 sales numbers.
I m sure you understand.

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Sullla on 02 November 2007

MontanaHatchet said:Konami has announced 26 titles for the Wii this year, even if many of them are Virtual Console games.

Likewise, Konami has announced 3 PS3 titles for 2007, and 2 for 2008.

Try to get your facts straight next time.

In fact, Konami tried with Dewy's Adventure, and look where that got them!

Yeah, sorry, not buying this at all. 26 titles, almost all of which are Virtual Console games? Dewey's Adventure? Let's compare what's coming out from Konami for the Wii, to what's coming out from Konami for the PS3, shall we? All of these titles are taken from IGN's listing of future North American releases.

Wii
Indoor Sports (Nov 2007)
Pro Evolution Soccer (Q1 2008)

PS3
Silent Hill 5 (Jan 2008)
Metal Gear Online (Q1 2008)
Hellboy: The Science of Evil (June 2008)
Metal Gear Solid 4 (Q2 2008)
Coded Arms Assault (TBA)
Pro Evolution Soccer (TBA)

Hmm, interesting how that shapes up, isn't it? Funny how all of those "26 titles" turn out to be Virtual Console games from Konami's classic NES and SNES days. As far as actual new games go, both systems are due to get versions of this year's Pro Evolution Soccer title down the road (a sports game that gets ported to all consoles). Leaving that aside, the Wii is due to get "Indoor Spots", another crummy minigame collection. Meanwhile, Konami is sending the PS3 ALL of their premiere franchises: Silent Hill, two versions of Metal Gear Solid, Coded Arms Assault, etc. Come on, Montana. You can't possibly say that these are comparable lineups.

Please do not ask me to "get my facts straight" without putting some thought into your criticisms. I would never tell posters on this board not to buy a stock unless I was genuinely convinced that they were a poor financial prospect.

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sinha on 02 November 2007

The irony here is that once you buy Konami stock, the best thing for the value of that stock would be for MGS4 to come to the Xbox 360.

If MGS4 does go multiplatform, the stock analyst from Arrested Development may actually upgrade Konami stock from "Don't Buy" to "Risky"...

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sinha on 02 November 2007

DMeisterJ said:
Maybe Konami really does just want to polish the game. I don't think that they're waiting for the PS3 numbers to open up.

KONAMI has decided to delay the title's release in order to make further improvements to the quality of the game and provide even greater enjoyment for more customers worldwide.

We don't provide the 'easy to program for' console that they [developers] want, because 'easy to program for' means that anybody will be able to take advantage of pretty much what the hardware can do, so the question is what do you do for the rest of the nine and half years? It's a learning process. - SCEI president Kaz Hirai

It's a virus where you buy it and you play it with your friends and they're like, "Oh my God that's so cool, I'm gonna go buy it." So you stop playing it after two months, but they buy it and they stop playing it after two months but they've showed it to someone else who then go out and buy it and so on. Everyone I know bought one and nobody turns it on. - Epic Games president Mike Capps

We have a real culture of thrift. The goal that I had in bringing a lot of the packaged goods folks into Activision about 10 years ago was to take all the fun out of making video games. - Activision CEO Bobby Kotick