Developer: Kojima Productions
Publisher: Konami
Genre: Action
Sub-Genre: Tactical Stealth Espionage
Release Date: Jun 12th, 2008
Additonal Info: None
Developer: Kojima Productions
Publisher: Konami
Genre: Action
Sub-Genre: Tactical Stealth Espionage
Release Date: Dec 5th, 2006
Additonal Info: Japan December R/D: 21, 2006...
Developer: Kojima Productions
Publisher: Konami
Genre: Action
Sub-Genre: Tactical Stealth Espionage
Release Date: Mar 14th, 2006
Additonal Info: None
Most people assumed that Sony's decision to use Blu-ray as its format on the PlayStation 3 was unnecessary figuring that few, if any, games would take advantage of the 25-50GB a disc could offer. Less than 3 months from its release, Hideo Kojima has now revealed that Blu-ray's capacity has limited what Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots could have been.
In an interview with Famitsu, Kojima revealed that Guns of the Patriots did indeed suffer cuts in order to fit the game onto a Blu-ray disc. The disc used for MGS4 is of the 50GB kind, which is roughly six times the capacity of a regular DVD, and the game has been skimped down as to only include local audio tracks and forced Metal Gear Online to be shipped on a seperate disc because of the lack of space. Kojima's actual quote (translated from Famitsu) was: "There's not enough space. We always talked about where to cut and what to compress."
The Metal Gear franchise has always been known for being dialogue-heavy, but MGS4 is set to outdo its predecessors. With the stunning visuals and the possibility of an extensive amount of dialogue outstripping even a Blu-ray disc, this should leave fans excited for the final product. This bit of news should also be enough of a deterrent for Xbox 360 hopefuls that keep hoping that Metal Gear Solid 4 will be defecting to the Xbox 360 because it would be hard to imagine the game being 6 discs long.
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wow that's dedication, i mean if they're strugleling to keep it below 50GB they must be making a good game. all the more reason to buy it :-D
ha ha 2 xbox
psu, you already said this. We get it. All languages can't be fit on one disc. Big whoop.
D@mn, now I want to know what they cut from MGS4. I really want to know what this game could have been like if they had 100GB to work with. *drools*
Niiicee... I smell 100 GB disc soon enough! :D
@ Alti
Yeah, bring us some real articles. Or just new ones.
Damn I wonder how Killzone2 will fit on the disc then =
Then just make it two disks and thats all.
6 disc's long wow ... kojima your a freak... i never thought any dev could fill out a 50gig blu-ray disc!!!!!
Can a mod ban this guy please ^^^^^^^^^
PSU... do something about PKlove ^^^^
That is going to be so cool. Maybe they will break out the disks with more layers in a year or so. They can already make a 200gb blu-ray disk, we would just need a firmware update. Doesnt sound like we will be getting those superdisks before mgs4.
Thanks for removing the spammers post PSU. :)
proves that 360 COULD never get this game
if its not enough just make 2 blu ray disks then lol DUH i should work for konami i would be rich.
"but the space is bad!" - xbot
if xbots think 25 gb's is to much... they just got owned soooo far up the a-ss cuz if sony wanted to/ needed to they could release a 200gb blu ray disc 8 layers.
haha soooooo owned sooooo owned
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OWNED its not even funny. Imagine a 200gb game.... you could have an entire interactive country on there!!!!
( but im kinda p.oed i wanted mgs4 online on the disk... now we have to pay for a whole new game? gahhh )
I would have to ask Konami one question after reading this. Why not put the game on 2 discs? This way you would not have to cut anything out, because I would hate to know that they had to cut out environments or other key things just to get the game to fit on one disc. This game will still be awesome either way and is a must buy for PS3 fans.
PSN ID: XtremeCoaster
unlucky microsoft lol
::sighs in relief::: now the box fans have to buy a ps3 if they really want it. this game will be huge!!!!!!
Holy c**p is it a 50GB disc! Im impressed! :)
psn id: gingo... they really need to get that 100 and 200 gig disk perfected and get it out if developers are already filling up the whole disk in such an early stage in the ps3s life
you need more then firmware to read the disc that is gonna be 200 GB, 2 discs kinda destroys the "future" part even tho people wouldnt mind if the game was great, making it in one disc seems better feat. Btw having complete next gen offer even tho not more then 5% have high-end setup is good. Having sound is today as important as visuals so this game should be more then enough to amaze gamers genral. Im still dissapoint halo got 10 i wonder what great games that are atleast 2 times better then halo 3 will get. They had to destroy their ratings because of fanboys.
Omg 50GB not eunough wtf?? this game gonna rock so hard!!!
if this game evers goes to the 360 it going to be on 8 disc look at lost odyssey
6 discs!?! thats worse than FFVII
They really couldn't have it any other way, just imagine if MMO's start doing this for the PS3. Now that would be hysterical. XD
omg i was watching g4 like 2 days ago and i was watching the loop on attack of the show and they were talking about since sony won the format war if people should try ps3 especially with lineup in 08 and one of the idiots was like im just gonna wait for the 360 version of mgs4 because theres no way its gonna stay eclusive HAHAHAHAHAHA you r gonna being waitng a long time id1ot lol
conclusive proof mgs4 is never going to the 360
I think mgs4 will satisfy most of us even if there wasnt enough space plus its an "Exclusive".
On g4 last week last of february there was this journalist from iam8bit.com in the loop segment the host kev. p. mentioned to the guy yeah metal gear 4 is coming out in june it haves a release date is it anything your expecting.
And then the journalist went on to say ill wait for a 360 version of the game to release and he was teary eyed lol and blushin since how it just came off way too fanboyish , and i was thinking um.. ok and how since hes that confident its going to be made then no problem with 6 to 8 discs and how he would think it was worth it because how they could fit everything onto every disc.
damn it two blurays! NEW RECORD!!! hahaha i wonder how many dics will final xiii will have......3 hahaha
Oh my God, I had no idea that MGS4 would use a 50GB Blu-Ray disc, I was thinking that it would only be a 25GB disc. Man, I can't wait for this. Plus, Hideo Kojima said that it would be a PS3 exclusive, and Konami confirmed that it would be a PS3 exclusive, yet Xbox fans still think it's coming to the 360... Ha ha ha!! If they want to get this game, they will have to get a PS3. I've always said that Metal Gear Solid 4 will be the game that will convert Xbox fanboys to PS3 owners.
This will be the best game of 2008, Kojima really knows how to use the power of the PS3.
When I pre-ordered my copy of MGS 4, the employee at Game Stop actually had the balls to ask me for what system. I laughed and said, "The only system its coming out for, PS3". To which he replied, "Well they'll eventually port it to 360". I then reminded him of Hido's numerous anouncments of it being exclusive. To which he replied ," I don't even care, I dont even like the Metal Gear series". LOL you Xbots crack me up.
an thats y the xbox 360 is crap!! it would need 6 or more discs n plus they would hav to tone down the graphics too. so ppl who keep sayin mgs4 is coming to the 360 stop making stuff up and face the facts ps3 is better!
I wonder what size Blu-ray Killzone 2 will use...
What kind of game they making that woudlnt fit a 50GB BR disk? Thats real sick. Maybe a 2nd disk and split the game up or just reale the game on a 80 gb hard drive.
Still, its kind of crazy to think theres already a game that doesnt fit a 50GB disk. They are starting to unlease sick power in the PS3 to the point where they will have to hold back a bit. Crazy.
Why are people saying that Metal Gear Online is sold separately. The starter pack is included with MGS4 and the DLC will be released later. It says so right here: http://www.psu.com/MGS-Online-starter-pack-included-in-MGS4,-DLC-will-follow-News--a2379-p0.php
Just how Halo 3 technically comes with the matchmaking starer pack and the DLC maps were released later. It's the same thing. I don't understand how anyone who visits this site is complaining about buying metal gear online separately.
Well then, I guess I'll be expecting an UNCUT version of this game in the future...and call it SUB???? (something?!?). Also, why couldn't they just release a two disc version, like the first MGS game on PSOne! (it may cost more, but profitably worth it!).
Too bad we don't have Lost Oddysey on PS3, that could have fit on just one BD instead of four dvd's for X360!
PS. How's about releasing the whole MGS saga on 3 to 4 BD's (including MGO) and giving us a HD version of the previous games plus the VR missions!?! Maybe somewhere down the track to commemorate the end of the series?? Huh Kojima, waddaya say??? ;)
reading through all posts there's no point repeating what eeryone is saying.........apart from storage! will sony be looking at holographic storage capacity?
im just thinking of future games.
Surely they could make MGS on two disks...?
Compressing to fit on a 50gig?Impressive to say the least,the beginning of the end for the 360 is very near for the 360 now.
sorry xbots you still suck..but you still have halo right *what's that..halo isn't as good as they said it would b...oops*..guess now you're gonna have to get a ps3 n stare @ your dumb refection in all it's black sexiness
Damn.........sorry but that's all I can say
Make 2 then Ill buy it
OMG, just use compressed audio then!
or you know, they could do what microsoft did with lost offyssey and put it on 6 disks......(lost oddyssey is on 4 disks, noone complained, and blue dragon was on 2)
soo i cant wait until this is released, hopefully on the 360 too. hmm, wonder if they could release 50 gig on a blu-ray disk then add in the last bits as a download off of psn...
msg4=ps3's biggest!
Damn, 50?! This game is...I don't even know what to say. My excitement has increased tenfold. xD
Hahahaha 360 forget it .not in this life time