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PS3 No Letdown, Kotaku is Wrong

No, no, no! When Hideo Kojima said the MGS4 graphics on the PS3 weren't to his "satisfaction" or that he realized there were lots of "restrictions" the PS3 posed, he didn't mean it. He was just trying to be humble, you know! He's not disappointed with the PS3 at all. He is totally happy with it. The PS3 is awesome. Says Kojima:

On the internet, there's stuff saying "Hideo Kojima" isn't satisfied with the PS3. I'd like to talk about that today. I just got back from Paris and did 15 interviews and everyone asked me about it, did I say that. The meaning of what I said has totally been changed, made totally different. Today, I'd like to talk about that. Why did it turn into that? When I'm doing an interview, I answer in Japanese, and I can't control how the writer will interpret that into English... What I say is then translated in English, and the writer then changes that into their own words and writes that. So, right there, the meaning of what I say changes a lot.

BilI Gates5846d ago

Kotaku was just trying to spread false BS as always. Nothing new here.

sonarus5846d ago

Seriously speaking kotaku needs to try a little harder to not sound so anti PS3

jwatt5846d ago (Edited 5846d ago )

"The next time I interview in America, I will just say "MGS4 is the best, the end."

lol

Marceles5846d ago

"Let's say this developer is making hardware, in this case a game, and that hardware is at the level of a car. And when looking at the specs, the developer claims the car is able to fly. Now there is no stopping when you say, "This is a car that can fly." When you claim that it can fly, the speculation grows from "oh so it can FLY?!!!" And the developer would set his goals higher. The specualtion is that if the car flies, then it should reach a MACH speed...but it doesnt stop there...it'd go beyond the specualtion of then "it should go into space!" with all the excitement around, and the developer would go deeply into making the car going into space... however, he'll come up to the public and say the car reaches the MACH speed, but it fails to go into the space. But he shouldn't give up, because for a car to even reach a mach speed and go into air is revolutionary. I wished to convey my thoughts like that, but I guess it didn't work very well."

Varsarus5846d ago (Edited 5846d ago )

but even if he is disappointed, he said they were restrictions...., meaning that Sony have only given him a few major features of the PS3 tech.

gambare5846d ago

kojima weren't satisfied with his work like EVERY artist, even if at the eyes of everyone is perfect (like MGS4) but at his eyes there's always a "If I could do this or have something there"

true masters are never satisfied with their works but kotaku tried to turn it with biased eyes

ianp6225846d ago

"MGS4 is the best, the end." - Hideo Kojima

I am SO going to quote that out of context.

LastDance5846d ago

theres alot of sour folk coz they dont get to play MGS4. Forget about it.

MGS4 is the BEST. the end.

The Lazy One5846d ago

it's in the rules. If you want to add your own comments, do it in the comments.

Titles stay as they are until you find an article with the title you want.

rushbd5846d ago

they think they are better than Kojima ?
They think they have the knowledge to judge kojima ?
they dont have anything . They are a disgrace to gaming community . When is the last time they bashed anything about 360 ? point me to an article if you disagree

Saint Sony5846d ago

The game could be better, but it is still great with PS3.
Every game could be better. If PS3 has some limitations it does not mean the game will suck. The game will be what PS3 can offer right now.

znu5845d ago

i don't like how he says that JUST BECAUSE he is japanese, he is modest and that Americans arn't.

Im not even American and couldn't give a damn but i don't like how he talks like he is better than everyone else and then claims to be humble.

Other than that he has the mind of a genius. I can see why he would be dissapointed with MGS4 as someone mentioned before that once it is released he'll always be thinking but i couldv'e done that. Most developers don't care, they getting cash cough*Ea*cough. then instead make a wholem new game a year later adding in that one little thing.

Kojima wants it to be perfect and that's why MGS4 will be the game of the year. I'm not saying that it will top software charts and get perfect reviews, im saying that not only will it own, i'll love every second of it.

thewhoopimen5845d ago

Perhaps you didn't read the article... but he's not just attacking the statement about overblown the dissatisfaction with the Ps3 translation statement. He's talking about on the whole of everything he says. Your current perception of his arrogance is also a "mis-translated" quote as well. Please think about it in the larger context.

ikkokucrisis5845d ago

...how kotaku can get it all wrong, but yet many of us that read it on N4G perfectly understood what Hideo meant (look at the original thread here):

http://www.n4g.com/ps3/News...

I mean, if they as a "reputable gaming journalism website" are not understanding what hundreds of thousands of other people do, there's something seriously wrong here right? I think so.

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Archaeox5846d ago

In the words of Kaz Hirai:

32 DAYS UNTIL JUDGMENT DAY NAZISOFT! MWAH-HA-HA-HA!!!!

will115846d ago

Xbox sucks, PS3 FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WildArmed5846d ago

Kotaku are idiots, ofcourse they are wrong. They full of xbots.. i guess they have nothing to do since their 360 has RRoD so they write up crap(they have no journalistic ability anywayz) about the PS3.

PLAY BEYOND!

Kaz Hirai5846d ago

One small adjustment has to be made, my friend- it's now 31 DAYS!

31 days until Judgment Day, Nazisoft!

MWAH-HA-HA-HA!!!

Sir Ken Kutaragi5846d ago

...i bet you he said he's used only 10% of PS3's power!!! ;-D

The xBot Lemmings internet sites and MicroLies can Try and Try to Destroy the MIGHTY PlayStation Brand!!!
But NEVER will!!! ;-D

'PLAY-BEYOND...xBox 360's LIES!!!' ;-D

Montrealien5846d ago

The Irony of little fanboys claiming their console should reign supreme and rule them all, calling another company Nazi just blows my mind. If I had a dime for every time Fanboys where hypocrites I would be a rich man I tell ya.

AngryTypingGuy5846d ago

"Judgment Day" will come and go. And then Gears 2 will be unleashed (and most likely sell more copies) in November. MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, Evil Laugh, Evil Laugh, MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

zapass5845d ago

only baboons believe dat sh!t.

gamesp@t, eurowanker, fukotaku: foxnews for gamers with a joystick up their @ss.

Pain5845d ago

Kotaku = Biggest Bunch of Non-Paid M$ Flackys.

TheXgamerLive5845d ago (Edited 5845d ago )

Ya know why that is?

It's the only and I mean ONLY way the ps3 can handle anything graphically intense. It's to weak and to difficult to extract memory from the cell to handle gameplay and graphics. It's not a lie, that's an OBVIOUS truth.

Sony is lucky it has Blu Ray otherwise they'd really really suck. Not being able to compress data is one thing and having these mandatory downloads is another. Yes, MS screwed up to. They should of put HD-DVD in it's system, but it's good in a way they didn't, competition wise I mean. Sony wouldn't of stood a chance then and BR would of lost easily on cost.

Both have learned their lessons hopefully, and our future systems should really rock and be even more hyper competitive.

Oh yeah, back to the story, so yes Hideo is dissapointed in the ps3 for above stated reasons and more.

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v1c1ous5846d ago (Edited 5846d ago )

i think kojima's words were given the wrong meaning in the process of translation.

then when he read the translated english interpretation (by japanese forum readers of all things) of what he said, THAT also lost some meaning and he got the wrong impression.

honestly, this whole thing is just a problem of miscommunication.

also, i AM HOPING his insult of US modesty is a translation mishap because....it's not gonna be pretty.

yes i understand being modest is woven into asian society. but that doesn't mean other countries aren't modest. it's not culture exclusive.

i really hope this doesn't turn into another bash-usa-a-thon-because-we-lik e-anime like the last thread.

EDIT: ALso, fix the title. its agaisnt the rules to change title from original.

Ju5846d ago

I wouldn't say, 'wrong meaning in the process of translation', but re-interpretation of the spoken word.

English is a strange language, allowing all kind of interpretations. A simple thing, if one asks you "How are you doing?", one can respond, "Well, doing OK.". Based on the emphasis and how you say it you might get a response from "Oh, what's wrong?" to "Good to hear." and sometimes depending on the person interpreting what was said.

Being a non-native english-speaker (apologies to everyone), I run into things like that all the time, down to, "oops, didn't mean it that way", and I have learned to be very careful in some situations. So, I can kind of understand what he's trying to say.

And my experience especial with American culture is, that a lot of things are exaggerated. Not putting any qualification behind this, I am just saying, that other cultures might not work that way. If I have a discussion in German with friends, some Americans sometimes think we are fighting, simply because that's how it might sound to them. But the simple explanation is, that German simply sounds "harder" then English.

That said, Kojima might have said what was reported, and he might not have been satisfied. He might even have said he is unhappy with the HW. But this could simply be the result of his high goals (actually, I think that). We'll see. I think MGS4 will be one (if not the) best game out on the PS3 so far (until the next wave comes later this/next year). Marketing wise, this was, err, "unfortunate", at least. Maybe he should have left the talking (so short before a release) to the PR professionals.

ruibing5846d ago

Or simply, it wasn't put completely into context.

primordialmeme5846d ago

Kotaku is the tabloid of gaming journalism. Big failures.

dantesparda5845d ago (Edited 5845d ago )

And i can honestly tell you that a sh!tload of Americans think they are the sh!t! And most Americans think that America is the best country in the world and much better than other countries. And i speak Spanish and can tell you that English is way more open to interpretation than Spanish is. Oh and Vicious, i did read the article and Kotaku is trying to blame him an talk sh!t. They are just straight up haters

Tmac5845d ago

Denying that the North American holds modesty as a virtue is lying, North America holds modesty as a second hand figure, a sign of weakness, defeat in many terms. To say that Americans are modest would be untruthful.

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PimpHandHappy5846d ago (Edited 5846d ago )

360 crazy ppl saying

Metal Gear looks like sh!t just based off his comment. Its funny how blind some ppl chose to be

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Blademask5846d ago

can we stop posting kotaku crap? They are trying to fix their image.

v1c1ous5846d ago

what happened to your, like, 20 bubbles?

poopsack5846d ago (Edited 5846d ago )

Dude where have you been, I confused you with some other mask guy that is a total fanboy! It been a month man!

PLiPhaze5846d ago

"I confused you with some other mask guy that is a total fanboy!" I LOL'd!!!

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No 7 days to die is criminal

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Microsoft once tried to nab LittleBigPlanet from Sony after a few drinks

It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.

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XiNatsuDragnel4d ago

Microsoft had a good idea but fumbled it again.

Cacabunga3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Project Spark idea was decent but they quickly gave up ..
LBP was wonderful

ApocalypseShadow4d ago

Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...

They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.

They're scum.

Zachmo1823d ago

Microsoft didn't force MLB on Xbox. MLB gave Sony 2 options either go multiplat or risk losing the license.

Rynxie3d ago

And why do you think MLB said that? I believe Ms approached MLB.

ApocalypseShadow2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Totally ridiculous comment.

The only exclusivity Sony had was to their own creation of The Show. Microsoft could have paid the MLB for the license just like Sony did and made their own baseball game.

Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox. They're worth 3 TRILLION dollars. You think that's not enough money to make their own baseball game? Don't be delusional.

Microsoft spun it like they always do and told the media that they had to trust Sony with their hardware. After they put Sony in that position of not having a choice. Either go multiplatform or stop making one of their successful games. That's a no win scenario.

And what did Microsoft do? They didn't try to sell the game to the Xbox community. They put it on game pass to hurt Sony. Pushing the idea of why buy games that are $70 when you can play them in their cheap service for $10. It was a dirty tactic.

You fell for the Kool aid drink Microsoft served you instead of spitting it out. Hope it tasted good because you were fooled by Phil and the gang.

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Hereandthere2d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

Bond revealed that MLB The Show “always came up” in conversations between Microsoft and the Major League Baseball organization. “We always said, ‘We love this game. It would be a huge opportunity to bring it to Xbox.'” she recalled. However, when Microsoft’s efforts materialized, it put the company in an awkward situation where it had to send in pre-release consoles to a rival company.

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Notellin2d ago

"Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox."

Take a nap, conspiracies are rotting your brain.

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Hereandthere2d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

ApocalypseShadow2d ago

Lying to yourself is unbecoming.

Article link tells you all you need to know in Sarah Bond's own words.

Hereandthere2d ago

They were too cheap/inept/lazy to develop their own mlb game, so they port begged for years and bribed the mlb to make the show multiplatform. Like i said many times, xbox brought nothing to the table their 24 years, ZERO.

ApocalypseShadow2d ago

At least you and others get it. Note drank the Kool aid and asked for seconds thinking it was refreshing.

Most don't even know how it all played out but it's there in black and white for all to see. Microsoft brought it up for years until the MLB forced Sony's hand. It was a win win for Microsoft. Kill one reason to buy a PlayStation or kill the game by dropping it in a cheap service to kill Sony's sales numbers on PlayStation.

OtterX3d ago

"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."

Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.

Cockney1d 20h ago

They chose well, Sony gave them the backing to pursue their dreams with no restrictions even tho their games especially dreams have very niche appeal. Media molecule and Sony deserve respect for this in an age of risk averse publishing.

RNTody3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.

But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?

Inverno3d ago

Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.

Inverno3d ago

They shut down the servers, that's millions of user created levels gone. That and dead are pretty much the same, it's also been years since 3 and they cancelled HUB soooo.

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fsfsxii2d ago

They shutdown the servers because no one was playing, no one in the community cared about the user created levels so why keep them up? Wtf you guys would never succeed in running a business.

Inverno2d ago

Yea dood no one was playing so they shut off the servers. Cause people with enough common sense can't just Google why they were actually shut of, right?

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