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Metal Gear Solid 4 delayed till Q2 2008

Posted on October 31st, 2007 at 05:32 EDT

Konami announced today that Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots would be delayed till second quarter 2008.

The official press release states that Konami had initially intended to release MGS4 this winter. However, to make further improvements and to add finishing touches, Konami has pushed back the release date to ensure a quality product.

Konami finshed their press release with the statement, " Konami will continue its efforts to make "Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots" meet everyone's expectations."

Other than polishing the gameplay, one wonders what else they may add in the extra time they have given themselves for development. Also keep in mind that Metal Gear Solid 4 will ship with Metal Gear Solid Online, a full stand-alone multiplayer title running on the MGS4 engine.

Stay tuned for more details.

Source: Konami

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posted 5:18am EDT - October 31st, 2007
1

delaystation 3 does it again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

posted 5:22am EDT - October 31st, 2007
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nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

posted 5:31am EDT - October 31st, 2007
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Actualy, Konami are delayin it not Sony. Retard.
posted 5:49am EDT - October 31st, 2007
4

oooohhhhh harsh

posted 5:51am EDT - October 31st, 2007
5

Yea. Don't blame Sony, its Konami's game...not Sony's.
You don't deserve to have something with Sont writing on it...

posted 6:01am EDT - October 31st, 2007
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It's Sony's fault for not making better programming tools!!!

posted 6:02am EDT - October 31st, 2007
7

Just one question. Does MGSO come with MGS4 or are they just comming out at the same time?

posted 6:04am EDT - October 31st, 2007
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Well thats ashame but if the extra dev time is needed then its needed. Thats the thing with video games - its hard to make deadlines cause all sorts of problems come up that werent expected.. and with a new console it usually takes a while to get the hang of things and perfect it before you can start making games that reach their deadlines more frequently. Either that, or there is no problem at all and they're simply trying to push the polygons, or adding additional content, or whatever.

posted 6:05am EDT - October 31st, 2007
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I can read Japanese, and the Japanese press release states that MGS4 release date is Q1 2008.

posted 6:14am EDT - October 31st, 2007
10

Thats bad

posted 6:22am EDT - October 31st, 2007
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This is not bad. If any of you have ever followed the MGS series and their release dates, ALL of them have had their released dates pushed back AT LEAST two times each! This is not an abnormality; Kojima just doesn't like to give out crap to the fans. Go aheand and tell me again that ensuring a quality experience is bad, and I can assure you that you need to go and hug Vista along with all the idiotic M$ fanboys.

posted 6:52am EDT - October 31st, 2007
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Bosssnake is right! Plus cut them some slack, at least they are making the effort to push the PS3 and develop for it from scratch. i would rather they took there time than go the sloppy rushed out port route like most others. So stop moaning about the PS3 and go get an S**TE box 360. 

posted 6:54am EDT - October 31st, 2007
13

This is Living --> This is waiting xD

posted 6:58am EDT - October 31st, 2007
14

at the people complaining about this delay,seriously its not like we dont have other quality games coming out. Kojima is a perfectionist and i would rather wait for the game to be at its best instead of having a rushed version.

Besides, its not like its been delayed a year or two. Its only 2-3 months O.o Does it really matter to have to wait just a little longer?

posted 7:10am EDT - October 31st, 2007
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All you guys who are moaning would be the first lot to stamp your feet if it was released and not up to your expectations, its been delayed not cancelled!!!!!!

posted 7:18am EDT - October 31st, 2007
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I could care less if they delay it. It just gives them more time to make the game perfect.

posted 8:04am EDT - October 31st, 2007
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let them finish their work ... this is the game I bought the PS3 for , so I want it to be more than perfect ..besides , I wouldn't be able to get it before June ,so I dont care

posted 8:26am EDT - October 31st, 2007
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Well if Hideo wants more time to perfect this game as much as possible then so be it. Anyway im just glad us europeans don't have to wait an extra year for no reason at all.
posted 8:32am EDT - October 31st, 2007
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If y'all cant handle the wait then get a life! Try getting a girl freind or something, she can satisfy your needs.

posted 8:32am EDT - October 31st, 2007
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If y'all cant handle the wait then get a life! Try getting a girl freind or something, she can satisfy your needs.

posted 8:37am EDT - October 31st, 2007
21

i don't mind, as long as the game is perfect !!

posted 8:46am EDT - October 31st, 2007
22

WoW....! This is so bad. WoW.....! Why? OMG!

posted 9:20am EDT - October 31st, 2007
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Im fine with that, so many good games are coming out end of 2007, gotta have some time to play them before i get sucked into metal gear. And the longer it gets delayed, the better the game is going to be....so just relax :)

posted 9:20am EDT - October 31st, 2007
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yes now its just kz and dmc and 8days and getaway 3 thanks konami, i really wanted to get mgs4 the day it got out and i want to play kz2 and the others and finish them but also explore

posted 9:22am EDT - October 31st, 2007
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psn id: gingo.... i dont care how long this is delayed for just as long as they make a beast job of it and make it the best game ever!!!!!!!

posted 9:26am EDT - October 31st, 2007
26

As BossSnake said, it's usual that this happens with MGS titles. I still believe that it'll be delayed until Q3/Q4. MGS usually launches at the end of the year. I will buy this game the second it comes out, but I won't get too excited until we get to this time next year.

posted 9:36am EDT - October 31st, 2007
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this is dog bites man- its not news. good game coming out on time for PS3- THAT would be news.

posted 11:21am EDT - October 31st, 2007
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will MGSonline be able to be bought on the ps network? like warhawk?

posted 11:21am EDT - October 31st, 2007
29

good delay the game and make it better than it looks already konami.

posted 12:11pm EDT - October 31st, 2007
30

snake,  snake!!,   snaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake!!!!!!

posted 12:22pm EDT - October 31st, 2007
31

that sucks

and they wonder why the ps3 is in third place

posted 12:27pm EDT - October 31st, 2007
32

Oh thank god, we have soooooooo many good games coming out in the next two months, I was having such a hard time trying to figure out which ones to get, this just makes it easier!!!!! :) And we get a better game in the end as a bonus!

posted 12:29pm EDT - October 31st, 2007
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that sucks.im waiting for so long and now its delayed again.

posted 12:34pm EDT - October 31st, 2007
34

Doesn't bother me 1 bit. If I have to choose, I'd rather have quality over a rushed game, anyway something I know for a fact Hideo would not do. If he had to delay MGS4 to give us more polish and a better product, then by all means let him do it. He knows what he is doing and I have nothing but faith in him to give us that quality. It's not Sony's fault that the delay was placed, if you have any complaints, then go to Konami's forums and vent over there. I can wait for the MGS4. I've been waiting this long, I can wait a little longer. I didn't expect it to come out until Q2 2008, anyway.

posted 12:46pm EDT - October 31st, 2007
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This is good as many olks will be tied up with other titles coming down the pipe. Also this will be timed right along the US release of the DS3 and kojima may have a MGS:4 PS3 bundle in the works that will have one with the system. This way eveyone gets to plays the game the way it's meant to be played.....with rumble. No big deal to me just as long LBP is out before then.

posted 12:47pm EDT - October 31st, 2007
36

MGS4 is cool and all, but i really wish people would just stop anouncing release dates. it tends to end with a disapointing 'Delay' announcement. Just tell us your making X game and thats it...

posted 1:04pm EDT - October 31st, 2007
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Well as long as it stays exclusive and they make it the best they can then I am okay with the delay. Besides they are so many games coming out to keep us all busy until MGS4.

posted 1:10pm EDT - October 31st, 2007
38

watever?

posted 1:15pm EDT - October 31st, 2007
39
this is good news imo. with killzone 2 scheduled for january, little big planet and soul caliber iv for february, then gta iv and gran turismo 5 in march i'm still not going to have enough time to enjoy those games. atleast with mgs4 due out in may or june i have some extra time. now i have the whole summer to play metal gear online.
posted 1:47pm EDT - October 31st, 2007
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It dont hurt me.....cuz I alwayz waited for good games and never been disappointed(except ff12....I hated the story couldnt understand sometimez cuz they used too much deep vocabz)! far as MGS4 goes....I'll wait for yearz longz it comez out perfect:)

posted 2:21pm EDT - October 31st, 2007
41

@ Clarky_psu

i don't have anything with sont written on but i do own a few sony products!!!!

posted 2:23pm EDT - October 31st, 2007
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Pfft remember peeps this is suppose to be the FINAL MGS GAME coming from Kojima san's and he wants it to go out with a bang. So hold out until then its not going to kill you.

posted 2:31pm EDT - October 31st, 2007
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@ halfofzero

at what point did i say it was sony's fault? if i'm not mistaken MGS 4 is yet another PS3 game thats been delayed hence the use of delaystation 3 in my post you RETARD!!!!!

posted 2:55pm EDT - October 31st, 2007
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I love how people forget that MS and Nintendo have had plenty of delays.  Also all the HUGE delays on the PS2 including all the MGS games.  As far as I am concerned I needed this delay.  There are just way to many games requiring my attention and some more time between games is just what I need.

posted 2:57pm EDT - October 31st, 2007
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did anyone think it really would come out this year. not shocked. get used to it already what hasnt been delayed

posted 3:41pm EDT - October 31st, 2007
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Well the game will for sure go down in history, it will probabley get top notch ratings. Its going to be huge, so i guess delaying in a few months isnt all theat bad, considerting it will be better.

posted 4:40pm EDT - October 31st, 2007
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if Hideo needs more time im glad to give him that without complaining!

posted 5:22pm EDT - October 31st, 2007
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Of course. Is anyone surprised? Once again the Bill Bucks probably had a hand in it. Pay to have a game delayed that was pretty much guaranteed to sell systems. Ridiculous >:(

posted 5:59pm EDT - October 31st, 2007
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Delay = Perfect Game

posted 6:10pm EDT - October 31st, 2007
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO the love of my life...next to my girlfriend and dog..and car...and cat...and computer!

posted 6:25pm EDT - October 31st, 2007
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u want to know why was it delayed ??? cause they r secretly developing it for 360 and they want to release them at the same time thats y...............huhaaa huuuhaaaaaa
posted 7:10pm EDT - October 31st, 2007
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Regarless its gonna be the best game of 2008, exclusive to the all nighty PS3.+

posted 8:56pm EDT - October 31st, 2007
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Take all the time you need konami to get it right...you still got my support cause i know you just making sure Im getting the best  product you can offer...I have others game to play to tide me over till the release of what look like to be the best MG ever

posted 6:54am EDT - November 1st, 2007
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If anyone here wants to play garbage go get a 360, otherwise just hang on to the chair....

posted 7:46am EDT - November 1st, 2007
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I could have never seen this coming./sarcasm

posted 11:01am EDT - November 1st, 2007
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there are diong this so it will be done with no errors unlike pro evo 2008 which was rushed but still is good.

posted 11:50am EST - January 22nd, 2008
57

i dont cre if it comes out in 2009,as olng as they mae a good job of it

 

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