Metal Gear Solid 4 also exists for the Xbox 360, but it was never released

Although almost all companies in the gaming industry have now shifted to developing for multiple platforms, since even platform owners like Xbox and PlayStation are releasing their projects for PC as well, there are still many historical and beloved games that are locked in the oldest and most difficult to access. platforms. One of the most characteristic examples is Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots to Hideo Kojima.

Kojima Productions title available For PS3 only Unfortunately, the PS4 and PS5 do not have backwards compatibility with the said platform. This means that the options for those who want to try it today are very limited. However, now a fascinating story has come to light when it came to light At one time, the game also ran on Xbox 360.

In detail, the title’s assistant producer, Ryan Payton, talked about what happened behind the scenes at Konami as part of the book The Ultimate History of Video Games Vol 2. According to him, there was no exclusive deal to release Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots only on PlayStation 3. However, the decision was made due to the visual medium used by the Microsoft console.

Metal Gear Solid 4 was 54GB in size, which meant it wasn’t a problem for the PlayStation 3 Blu-ray, but porting to an Xbox 360 that supported 8.3GB DVD-ROMs would have required multiple discs and Konami wasn’t willing to release such This version, where retail copies will be more expensive to produce and have much lower profit margins.

This was even supported by the then head of PlayStation, Jack Tritton, who said: “Metal Gear Solid 4 isn’t just a PS3 exclusive, it’s only possible on PS3 thanks in part to Blu-ray.”

However, according to Peyton not only The port was technically possiblebut Konami has already started it! Speaking about it, he confirmed:

Although my colleagues were annoyed with the development of the PS3, most of them were still fans of Sony and were not in favor of spending resources on the Xbox experience. They thought Metal Gear Solid 4 would look and run terribly on older and lower end Microsoft hardware.

Despite this, one fateful day, Konami’s R&D team had a meeting where we saw the fruits of their labor – Metal Gear Solid 4 was running fine and smooth on Xbox 360!

However, it was logistical constraints that ultimately prevented the game from being released on Xbox 360, and the rest is simply…History of games.

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