A business deal is a business deal. If a deal gets made with Microsoft and Kojima, and that deal involves a game staying with Microsoft and the Xbox Game Pass eco-system, that's what it will end up being.
Right. That's more of a matter-of-fact statement that I wasn't contesting
Considering Gamepass titles are also available on PC day one and Kojima has a history of porting his games over to PC, I think it's safe to assume this potential new game will also be on PC through Gamepass. So we could potentially be able to play a new Kojima game on two platforms without paying much money at all. Great!
I believe we would've seen something similar with Stadia, had that deal ever gone through. Ah well...
The notion that Kojima's titles have never been exclusive is laughable on its face.
To be fair, I never said that. I even referenced two titles that were created for specific platforms in that initial post. Mainly to highlight that Kojima is not
the PlayStation guy, never was. So that sentiment in the thread is throwing me off.
The first Metal Gear Solid released on PS1 in 1998 and remained the only place to play that game, to my knowledge, till about 2004 when it finally got a remake on the GameCube.
I believe that's incorrect. MGS was released on PC in 2000. MGS 1-3 are also available on multiple platforms now.
MGS2, I think, had a quicker 1 year turnaround on the original Xbox, but then Metal Gear 3 released on PS2 in 2004, and I believe took a whopping 7 years to make it onto a non-playstation platform. I think Metal Gear Solid 4 is still exclusive to playstation. Either way the games industry has changed quite a bit. If the money and the deal is right, anything is possible.
MGS4 has more issues than not being on available to play on Xbox, Nintendo, or PC. To this day it's still only natively available on PS3. You can't even play it without streaming on other PlayStation platforms like PS4 & PS5 as you need to be subscribed to PSNow to even play it, and that's only through streaming. Not exactly ideal here imo. There seems to be larger issues with porting MGS4 over.
Again, I have no issue issue with these deals. If 1st or 3rd party publishers see opportunity to collaborate with some of my favorite game designers & studios to make more games, then I'm happy.
My issue is the general response and the direction the discourse in these threads routinely go in now. I know it's mostly in good fun, but sometimes it's like stepping into a thread on /v/ (save for the slurs lol)
MLB The Show 21 showing up on Game Pass day one should be evidence enough of that. Outriders, a major 3rd party exclusive from Square Enix, also day one on Game Pass should be more evidence of how times have changed. And I'm pretty damn confident every single person on this forum would have dismissed any idea that Microsoft would outright buy a major publisher like Bethesda by buying their whole parent company for $7.5 billion. Anything is possible nowadays. Hell, expect different publishers to potentially start collaborating with one another on specific major releases depending on whether or not a third party is willing to cover the development costs. You never know in today's industry.
I agree with you that the industry is changing. However from my perspective, with this piece pf information it's more like,
'the more things change the more they stay the same'
1st party publishers pursuing exclusivity deals continue to be a staple within the video game industry.
The more completion between publishers the better, usually means more games for gamers.
Gamepass is great option for the value it provides. Although it's not the same as actually owning a copies of a game.
Gamepass has its pros and cons relative to owning copies of a game.
Owning a copy of a game has its pros & cons relative to a service like Gamepass or PSNow.
not at all mate. Sounds like you are in your original post though. I merely showing you how dumb it was. Btw, you can play mgs3 on the xbox now.
