GDC '09: Kojima to Sacrifice Quality? I think not

Gary of GamingVice.net wrote:

"Hideo Kojima announced at GDC '09 that he would be working on a new title, some hope for a new IP, some believe in a Metal Gear spin-off featuring Ninja Raiden due to a very con. Whichever the case, more details will be released at this year's E3. The second biggest question(the first being "what is the game?") about Kojima's next title is will the game sacrifice quality to conform to the multi-platform standard of this console generation. The answer is absolutely not. Hideo Kojima has become a legend in the gaming industry by not conforming to gaming standards, re-inventing the wheel not so much so that the average user is turned off but just enough to dazzle and amaze every single time. The legendary Hideo Kojima has never once sacrificed the quality of his creations."

[Spike47]

Unless Kojima has other plans, I think his next game will probably be a PS3 exclusive. Why? Well
MGS4 sold well and he was able to create somewhat a game that he had visioned.

[Domenikos]

ZOE on 360 - guess

[Dimitrius]

jajajajajajajjaja LOL

[swiftshot93]

I think his next game will be PS3 exclusive. It would take much more than a year to attempt to optimize the MGS4 engine for 360, and I think Konami has been very happy with PS3 with MGS4 and PES selling a lot on PS platforms. I just dont really see a big reason to go multiplatform for konami to force kojima in any direction...

[Spike47]

I think it would ruin somewhat the series of MGS, if he wants to make an xbox360 game it should be a new multiplatform IP

[taco_tom237]

like i said in the last article hes not that dumb

[TooL 316]

"The legendary Hideo Kojima has never once sacrificed the quality of his creations."

That's because he never developed a multiplat title. mgs1-4 zoe 1&2
all exclusive, all meant to take advantage of their respective platform.
mgs2 was a bad port and sold exceptionally crappy on the xbox. no offense.

[FPShooter]

MGS4 was a very large game, and I would like it if 5 was just as big. I don't think if faire for PS3 fans to suffer because MS chose DVD9 for their next gen console.

but thats just one guys opinion.

[KingKionic]

if it went multiplatform he would make more money. but kojimas not gonna do it...so sad.:(

[- Ghost of Sparta -]

Everybody wants our exclusives. That's what's sad. Just buy a PS3.

[FPShooter]

Gears would make more money if it went multiplatform but epic wont do it. Sad

[RememberThe357]

KionicWarlord222: Just get a PS3

Ghost of Sparta: Just get a 360

[no-spin]

next MGS should be equal or better in quality, and now the PS3 install is larger than when MGS 4 launch, no reason to go mutli

MGS 4 made me a fan of a series i did not care for. Awesome experience.

[Fulensenca]

"Kojima to Sacrifice Quality? I think not"

Are you sure? :P

If the next game goes multi Kojima will have to split focus, so yeah, he can 't do but sacrifice quality.

Ps: we could clone kojima, though XD

[ps92117]

Not that many 360 exclusives nowadays so they need some multiplats, this is why this articles happen.

[Timesplitter14]

ohohoho!

[KingKionic]

hmm...sounds interesting.price cut....first :) if gears went multiplat i dont think ps3 owners would hop on it. Doesn't the ps3 have killzone2? graphically the best on consoles?

[donnie-2105]

come on the ONLY reason mgs4 would suffer on 360 is because of the pretenious , self indulgent cut scenes.thought mgs4 added nothing new to the genre and was overated like kojima himself.mgs4 graphics have been surpassed by various multi plats like res5 and the upcoming lost planet2 apart from the beautifully rendered cutscenes how was mgs4 pushing the bar for anything,the "follow the resistance man " european level was espicially annoying and poor graphically.kojima and konami haven"t published a truly aaa game this gen in my opinion.any game in any huge series should be able to accomodate and attract gamers not familiar with it lets hope he tries this with his new game

[STONEY4]

Yeah, the cutscenes were all in-game. And I thought Act 3 looked beautiful, the lighting effects in the streets looked really nice. IMO the worst looking and was Act 1, the textures were TERRIBLE in that act.

[XLiveGamer]

Ghost of Sparta Dammit take a nap or something you are in every pro Sony article praising Sony trying to convince others to get a PS3 dude rest, sleep, take a nap & restore your HP's & MP's YOU SONY PR! lol !

[KingKionic]

hes right though. but i wasnt saying that the ps3 is sad. its sad it wont be coming to xbox 360.

[Reshun]

If you've heard/read the speech he made in GDC 09 "Pulling off the impossible" regarding the evolution of Metal Gear series and how he pulled it off under certain condition, you'd probably know what's going to come up.

[Ps_alm3k]

He can make a new ip for 360, I don't mind.....
But if he ever dare to make ZOE3 or MGS5 on 360/multi-platform,
I will denounce him and his God of game making tittle( ill be really piss)

[cayal]

Why? If it is multiplat, you still get to play it.

[Why dis]

I hope he doesn't piss of the series fans because for MGS5 to do well on the 360 he'll have to rework the primitive gameplay mechanics xbox users like solid more grounded control quality.

xbox users will not stand for being right next to the bad guy in a game(MGS or any other) and the bad guy being right in the gamer's character line of sight yet the bad guy doesn't notice because an ! Elert system ! has not been triggered.

[KingKionic]

wait one second here. just because the mechanics are different we cant "deprive" this games glory.

[STONEY4]

"I hope he doesn't piss of the series fans because for MGS5 to do well on the 360 he'll have to rework the primitive gameplay mechanics xbox users like solid more grounded control quality."

So you're saying that PS3 users don't care about control quality?

"xbox users will not stand for being right next to the bad guy in a game(MGS or any other) and the bad guy being right in the gamer's character line of sight yet the bad guy doesn't notice because an ! Elert system ! has not been triggered."

So basically you're saying take away the stealth mechanics for Xbox users because according to you they're to impatient for stealth??? You want it to be an action game? MGS has always been about stealth, and if you take away the stealth, it wouldn't be MGS.

And throughout the post you're acting like 360 users are smarter and superior than PS3 users, like owning a console makes you smarter or superior than someone else.

[WIIIS1]

Yep, I have more to say about the unsophisticated gameplay mechanics in MGS4 than those found in RE5. But at least RE5 isn't a self-indulgent, pretentious production that lost sight of the fact that it is a game. Kojima is the most overrated game developer ever imho.

[devilhunterx]

well thats one great reason why it shouldnt come to the XB2. Thanks

[ssipmraw]

well if he chooses to create the larggest most graphically stunning game that even surpasses mgs4, it is likely to be on ps3.

simply because playstation 3 has shown to have better graphical capabilities over the 360. doubters name a game which grapically looks better than killzone or mgs4 or even uncharted.
and the simple fact that bluray gives developers more options for textures, more models and sound.

[belal]

and another new ip multiplat :)

but MGS5 ( or MG5 ) should be ps3 exclusive ;)

[Software_Lover]

I dont care what system the MGS games are on. I have every one, including MGS4 for the ps3. But all this sacrifice quality stuff is crap. Kojima will always make games for the playstation platform. I believe he is a culture die hard. Yes he wants to make more games geared toward the western audience but doesn't Metal Gear do that?

If he really cared about not sacrificing quality and all that crap that was spewed in this article, then ask yourselves this......... Why didn't he make MGS3 for the xbox? He could've done more with that game on the better system last gen than what was done on the ps2. Yeah the xbox got a MGS2 port but years later when no one cared (I have that version also. I also have the ps2 version)

My point being, we know that Kojima is a perfectionist or whatever he wants to be called but he really doesn't care about Microsoft or their console(s). He will stick with playstation no matter who has the so called "best system". Microsoft could make the next xbox 10x's more powerful than the next playstation and I can guarantee that MGS games will stay on playstation. The wii has a better chance at getting a proper game than a Microsoft console.

[Tryst]

Probably the most valid point(s) in the comments so far

[giovonni]

Someone seeing the forest past the trees. I've been saying this for a while now, and I will say it again. If it wasn't for the cut scenes the game could be played on the 360. You can disagree all you want, go back and see how many hours of actual game play there was. To be honest, a lot of the cut scenes lengths were unnecessary.

Kojima just doesn't like Microsoft Plane and simple, Last gen PS2 wasn't the strongest system, but Kojima likes to push his series to the limit? What kind of contradictory is that? It was obvious the xbox was the system that would have pushed the series further, so why didn't he release a true metal gear solid on XBOX?

From peoples perception of Kojima, it couldn't have been lack of installment of the system. "He is a guy who chooses quality of quantity." So what is it?

[Ps_alm3k]

The xbox is almost max out, but the ps3 has more to unlock.
For developer that are in the game making business (kojima) and etc.
Are better off with ps3. But if you want to make money and not push limits,
then make it multi-platform. As along as he make ZOE3 i'll be a happy man.

[XDF]

Please, this maxxed out BS crap has got to stop. There are no real proof to proves that theory whatsoever and have you seen the Crytek 3 engine lately, it runs circles around KZ2 and on both systems.

Disc space is not a problem because of multidiscs. If you take out 2/3 of the game which was cutscene after cutscene, then I have no doubt it can be on a single DVD9 discs.

But whatever, I was never into the series, I still have MGS4 in my collection but only played a couple of hours thus far. A game is not a movie, I am sorry but it is true.