Kojima not disappointed with Metal Gear Solid 4 |
Mixed reactions ensued when an interview with Hideo Kojima saying he wasn't happy with the Sony PlayStation 3's limitations surfaced. Looks like the mastermind at the helm of Kojima Productions behind Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots took note of the commotion, and simply had to clear things up.In a recent podcast, Kojima himself stated that he's not at all disappointed with the Sony PS3. According to his explanation, the reason behind the misconception was poor translation which took away the modesty out of his words.
If anything, what Kojima really wanted to say in the interview in question was that his team overestimated the power of Sony's console while developing Metal Gear Solid 4. To illustrate, he made an analogy akin to Konami Digital's Metal Gear Solid plots - a little over the top, but it makes sense.
Since we all want to avoid further misunderstandings, we'll leave what Kojima said as translated by a generally trusted translator to your own interpretation:
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 speculation is that if the car flies, then it should reach a MACH speed...but it doesn't stop there...it'd go beyond the speculation 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.
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Comments [refresh]
i want a flying car...
So it would seem that mister kojima over there just wants to exceed our expectations of his creations ?
Well, it looks like MGS4 is the car which can fly at MACH speed which people wanted, not a shame that it can't go to space.
he kind of did exceed our expectations, but he wanted to blow us out of the water. Of course I think everyone would be suprised if the car can even fly in the first place. We would have all been okay even if the car was really fast, but he made it fly ^_^.
Well, I take back whatever i said about Kojima "hating" on the PS3. It was only crappy translations to blame. Well, come June 12th, he'll see just how revolutionary his game is.
never trust any rumor / news / gossip or whatever stories that fanboys make, be it negative or positive towards a console/manufacturer unless it is accompanied by an official proof.
there is no such thing as credible magazine or gaming site. all of them screw ups in one form or the another for getting the hits earlier than others.
i wonder how the rumor maker about kojima not feeling good about mgs4, feels now? penalization? none! anybody can make rumors on the net, its up to us readers which to believe and which are to drop and forget!
He's just some arrogant ***** just like David Jaffe & Cliffy B.
He's not really being arrogant. He said he dont like to brag about his games saying its the best ever like some american developers do.
Anyone whos played them all should have known anyway that the last MGS will not be dissapointing.
Hope he makes ZOE3 for PS3 after this, even though I still need to get the 2nd one
Mgs are one of kojima's series that deserves the hype and praise that its getting.
my flying car analogy works well with gaming consoles. Now, all I have to do is fly to Japan and force Kojima to give me credit for it.
Thats right folks, you heard it from Kojima himself! MGS4 will have flying cars! Thats l33t.
http://ps3.qj.net/Terminal-Reality-prefers-working-on-Ghostbusters-PS3-first-before-other-versions/pg/49/aid/119441
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Thanks for the link!
Bwahahahaha
It's nice to see a developer put this musch passion in to a game. I just wish it was coming out for the 360. I'm going away soon and won't have a ps3 :(
looking forward for MGS4, wished i waited a bit longer so i could get the mgs4 bundle :D, good thing to hear the ps3 hasnt reached its limit yet ;D