[THE_FORCE]

So it looks like it is MGS5 after all then. I viewed the source code just to be sure, and this was in it:

<meta name="keywords" content="Hideo Kojima, MGS,METAL GEAR, NEXT, game, konami, kojima game, KJP, Kojima Production ">

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[Moogle]

Please try and post in the right forum. Moving to the PS3 Games Previews sub forum.

[theshabster]

I'm guessing there will be an announcement once the countdown reaches zero - in approx 3-4 days?

[Jackkk]

I'm not entirely convinced this is all going to be as simple as it all seams and I'm not 100% sure this is refering to another MGS or at least one like the last, I don't know why I think this but for me it all just seams a bit too easy to work out.

[BenchyUK]

I think it will be going multiplatform

[theshabster]

You can clearly see a '5' in the background though

[T800]

I hope it doesn't mean he will be making the next MGS after he's made five completely different games!

[humanfish]

In this article on TheSixthAxis they say that the countdown is due to end on 1st June, the day of the Microsoft press conference please don't let it be that the swines have got MGS now

Kojima Teases MGS5?*|*TheSixthAxis

[theshabster]

The countdown certainly doesn't look like ending on 1st June - It has just short of 4 days remaining.

[jelli]

hmmm I wonder what it could be. Strange there would be a countdown for an MGS5 reveal in 3 and a half days when E3 is about two weeks away. The dates just don't stack up for that sort of announcement. Unless its one of those announcements about an announcement.

[Magus]

Thing is this backdrop was advertised in Famitsu with a date of 2009.5.18 which then became timer countdown mentioned above.


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[THE_FORCE]

Sorry Moogle - there's so many different sub-sections for PS3 it's hard to know where to post ?

this is all a bit weird. Someone on Neogaf has dissected the Flash file, and reckons that the timer will restart on the 22nd, 27th and 30th June - finishing on June 1st which is conference time.

[Magus]

It seems that at the end of each of the countdowns something new will be revealed and then starting a countdown again until 01/06 when the full picture emerges. Hmmm...this may need to be moved to the 360 subsection if the full announcement is coinciding with the MS presentation.

[Stinja]

Originally Posted by Magus

Hmmm...this may need to be moved to the 360 subsection if the full announcement is coinciding with the MS presentation.

Maybe it be an announcement to say "MGS4 still PS3 exclusive!" More likely MGS5 is dual platform?

Are there no other Konami franchises which are next due to be number 5? Could be something else.

[dannius]

Apparently Raiden means "Thunder and Lightning" in Japanese, and there are rumours abound that the next MGS will star Raiden. Would appear to make sense..

[monkey business]

I hope MS haven't got this as an exclusive and I hope it doen't go multi platform.

[Heroik]

Damn right! I hope the same!

The 360 simply does not have the power to handle MGS 4 nor 5!

[monkey business]

If the game is on 360 and PS3 then that's also bad news as the game has to be compressed and downscaled and that is not Kojima's way.

[Decadence1]

Hmmmm, just to add some more theories:

http://ps3.kombo.com/images/content/misc/mgs_clouds.jpg

We just reached the heart of the storm. Now we still have 3 patterns to experience before the !. The storm could progress over the next four days and change accordingly. If it does follow that trend, it'll end with the ! and we should get an announcement. Of course, it could also be that the thunderstorm lasts the next four days and then we have another four days of rain, followed by another four days of light rain, and then four days of sun. Ironically, that would bring us to June 2, the same day as both the Nintendo and Sony E3 conferences.

The Kojima teaser site, which is rumored to be for the next Metal Gear Solid game which stars Raiden, has recently been updated to have lightning, a countdown, and a flashing 5. It has now been discovered that when the lightning flashes on the screen the date "April 2007" can clearly be seen at the bottom of the screen. Take a look in this screenshot.

http://www.n4g.com/ClickOut.aspx?ObjID=330010

But yeah the lightening seems to suggest a Raiden game. Remember:

"You were the lightning in that rain."

[theblacksheep]

Seeing as Raiden is now in MGO and its quite fun as him, I wondered how long it'll take... plus they can use the same engine, so hopefully it wont be 3 years.


MGS5 w00t!!

[Wamphyri]

Originally Posted by monkey business

If the game is on 360 and PS3 then that's also bad news as the game has to be compressed and downscaled and that is not Kojima's way.

Agree with this, can't help but feel if it goes multi-platform the quality will be compromised.

[Jack-Deth]

Originally Posted by Wamphyri

Agree with this, can't help but feel if it goes multi-platform the quality will be compromised.

Not really if the PS3 is the lead platform and they figure out how to run it on the 360 afterwards, a la Final Fantasy.

[Wamphyri]

Originally Posted by Jack-Deth

Not really if the PS3 is the lead platform and they figure out how to run it on the 360 afterwards, a la Final Fantasy.

if the PS3 is the lead platform - can't see it happening this way, if it does indeed go multi-platform. It will be developed to work on the lowest common denominator i.e. DVD, not scaled down. Final Fantasy was different as it was well into development on the PS3 before it was announced to be going onto the 360 as well.

[Jack-Deth]

Originally Posted by Wamphyri

if the PS3 is the lead platform - can't see it happening this way, if it does indeed go multi-platform. It will be developed to work on the lowest common denominator i.e. DVD, not scaled down. Final Fantasy was different as it was well into development on the PS3 before it was announced to be going onto the 360 as well.

As said above Kojima is a perfectionist and even if it goes multi platform I would imagine he would want it to be the best it could be, there is nothing to suggest that the 360 would be the lead platform, or that DVD would be the storage format that it would be developed for, we will just have to wait and see.

[BenchyUK]

After them going about MGS4 needing Blu-Ray and the PS3 Hardware, for them to then go and release number on 360 would be annoying but i think it's going to happen.

Microsoft have the money to pay for it, SONY probably won't spend money to keep it exclusive (a la Final Fantasy, GTA4) so i think it's going to happen. 20 disc on 360

[Lonely_Warrior]

hmm i'm gonna buck the trend and say it is an 'S' and not a '5', so it can only mean a new Snatcher game! I really hope it is Metal Gear Raiden PS3 exclusive though! And Kojima said he would take a back seat and let his young team take charge so it could mean a whole new direction for the series...

[Tonks01]

IF it is the announcement of MGS4 going to 360 that's cool, the more people that experience the game the better (I would be a hypocrite otherwise, I can only hope that we will see Left 4 Dead, Mass Effect, Lost and damned etc. one day on our PS3's).

That said I hope that it's not a Metal Gear game and that franchise is laid to rest, the plot if far too convoluted to even follow now. Kojima is brilliant at what he does, I would love to see what he could do with a new IP

[dannius]

Originally Posted by monkey business

If the game is on 360 and PS3 then that's also bad news as the game has to be compressed and downscaled and that is not Kojima's way.

If that means less cut scenes then maybe that's a good thing?

[T800]

I think MGS4 could maybe run on a 360 if say for example two discs were loaded onto the HDD first with a 3rd control disc that sat in the drive or something similar.

[Fen Star]

Originally Posted by T800

I think MGS4 could maybe run on a 360 if say for example two discs were loaded onto the HDD first with a 3rd control disc that sat in the drive or something similar.

But what about those with an ''Arcade'' and no hard drive.?