Cast your minds back in time. Remember when Metal Gear Solid 4 was due out this Christmas? Konami were so sure that was the case that they even made a joke about a delay in one of their trailers this year. Well that was a lie (as are many other things) and the game really did get pushed back to 2008. Now, it seems, there will be another delay until the second quarter of 2008.
Konami promises that the delay will provide "greater enjoyment for more customers worldwide." Of course, it's difficult to compare these worldwide enjoyment levels without releasing the game twice so this may too be a lie. Have patience - there are enough games coming out this year to keep you busy until the middle of summer. MGS4 will be out before you know it. Unless it's delayed again.
Metal Gear Solid 4 delayed to Q2 2008
Posted Oct 31st 2007 7:30AM by Jem Alexander
Filed under: News
Tags: delay, metal-gear-solid-4, mgs-4, mgs4
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
10-31-2007 @ 7:37AM
Dadidito said...
It starts.....Lets get ready to rummmbbblleee!!!
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10-31-2007 @ 7:46AM
Pickoo said...
So many delays.......
I'm not that excited about this game though - Haze, LBP, KZ2, Rock Band and GTA4 are the main games I don't want to be delayed.
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10-31-2007 @ 7:51AM
animekid3515 said...
what's up with the cake...
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10-31-2007 @ 8:25AM
Chimp said...
YES! XBOX360 CONFIRMED!!!
WHO NEEDS BLU-RAY?!?!?!
Just check out the leaked 360 box art:
http://www.n4g.com/M/8/Comments/164000/164840--1.jpg
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10-31-2007 @ 8:31AM
JinKazama said...
Come on guys you knew this was coming, what non NES metal gear game has ever been on time? I wouldn't be surprised if it was out Christmas 2008. Based on Kojima's past work it'll be well worth the wait.
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10-31-2007 @ 8:35AM
Hyams said...
Well, that sucks.
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10-31-2007 @ 8:37AM
Genie said...
The Japanese official press release states that MGS4 release date is"first quarter of 2008".
http://www.konami.jp/topics/2007/1031_1/index.html
Does this mean that the Japanese version will come out sooner?
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10-31-2007 @ 8:47AM
Sim and Sim said...
I couldn't give a shite if the game is delayed till 2015 as long as the game delivers...
and comes on 2 100GB blu ray disks...
and makes coffee..
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10-31-2007 @ 8:47AM
wonway01 said...
It sucks but as long as it is as good as we all expect I'm ok with the delay.
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10-31-2007 @ 8:57AM
The1 said...
Your heard it from me first, this game will come out Holiday 2008. There will be no need to push this game during the Spring or Summer.
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10-31-2007 @ 9:30AM
Popfrogs said...
@4: I hope you're joking, otherwise you're a sucker that falls for bad photoshopping.
If you _are_ joking, that's funny, coz it's a 12 disc set. Hahahahah! :)
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10-31-2007 @ 9:30AM
rawd said...
@4 ROFL
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10-31-2007 @ 10:03AM
organic_shadow said...
What makes this hard to believe is that they were back and forth about whether or not it would be Q407 or Q108. At TGS they said December 07 and everyone went nuts. Now it's automatically Q208?
If this is true im willing to bet it's just like all the other titles lately. Company pushing back heavy hitters to give their other titles breathing room. It's all about finances. Why else would they say "we can use this time to improve the game" if they weren't on track to begin with? If the game itself caused the delay they would have cited that, but instead they act like the game didn't cause the delay, and that they will be using this extra time they've been given. JUST LIKE UT3.
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10-31-2007 @ 10:35AM
fernando said...
360 version am confirmed.
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10-31-2007 @ 10:51AM
ShawnShady said...
@#4
ROFL..ROFL..a 20 disc set!!
Thats hillarious you made my day!
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10-31-2007 @ 11:19AM
HAAS599 said...
@ 4
Very funny!
This isnt to bad, it gives me time to play GTA.
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10-31-2007 @ 11:50AM
crazylegs said...
looks like one decent tile for the PS3 this xmas has abandoned it. Is this to time it with the 360 release? Get yourself a 360, it's just better....
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10-31-2007 @ 11:53AM
crazylegs said...
Sorry, I meant THE one decent title for the PS3....
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10-31-2007 @ 12:14PM
Normo said...
What the heck are you on about Crazylegs, learn English before posting on a site thats in English please
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10-31-2007 @ 12:20PM
Popfrogs said...
@crazylegs:
You're high dude. "looks like one decent tile for the PS3 this xmas has abandoned it." Uhh, MGS4 was never supposed to be a Christmas title, it has been an 'early 08' release for months. Thanks for staying informed though. Maybe you ended up on this site by mistake.
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