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Alexander Cope

Konami had Metal Gear Solid 4 running on Xbox, but it was held back for one reason

In-game screenshot of Metal Gear Solid 4

What you need to know

  • The assistant producer for Metal Gear Solid 4, Ryan Payton, has recently revealed through an excerpt in "The Ultimate History of Video Games Vol 2" that the PlayStation 3 title was also being developed for the Xbox 360.
  • Konami, however, canceled the Xbox 360 of Metal Gear Solid 4 as it reasoned it was physically unviable to produce and ship a game that would've required multiple Xbox 360 DVD discs as opposed to the PlayStation 3 version which each copy only had a single Blu-ray disc.
  • Metal Gear Solid 4 is the fourth major in the Metal Gear Solid series and was the grand finale of Solid Snake's adventures in the franchise.
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