Metal Gear Solid 4 is expected to be released a month away. The Konami team had held a press conference to announce the completion of the game. The conference was held at Toho Cinemas Roppongi Hills Cineplex. The guests were treated to the updated trailers and gameplay on the big screen. Konami has tried to make the situation as similar to a movie seeing experience as possible. The trailers started off with four fake commercials which were based on the MGS 4 world. Once the commercials and the game’s opening sequence were done with, Konami’s President Fumiaki Tanaka too to the stage in order to make the opening announcement. He stated MGS4 surpasses it’s predecessors in terms of gameplay and visuals. PS3’s immense gaming capabilities have allowed the developers make a huge impact with the newest game. PS3 is a console which still has some untapped hidden capabilities which many developers overlook. Tanaka vowed that Konami will come up with games which will stretch the console’s capabilities to limits. MGS4 was an extremely difficult project for Konami, at one point the game felt like it would never get completed. The major challenges included making the game in a cell-processor operated PS3, developing high definition graphics and rendering the support for the 5.1 channel sound so that the game would be up there in the league of the movies. The game is packed with content, the most ever a MS game has, so it had to have a large number of developers working on it. Another challenge was to release it worldwide on the same day. The game is said to be the last in the MG saga and Konami is determined to make a grand finale.
Casual games which don’t require expensive development is the latest trend in the Japanese market, the phenomenon is slowly spreading worldwide. New markets and possibilities are opening up everyday for casual games. However Konami is determined not to let the other half, the hardcore gamers whose lives are centered on videogames. The ones who consider games as a sub-culture. With this game Konami hopes to target these serious gamers by reminding them not to lose hope. Thy have been going against trend but they are confident of hitting it big. The game industry is a business, so certain difficult situations are imperative, but when considering the good of the video games, you need to take some serious risks in order to move forward. Once you stop on your track, it is really difficult to turn back Konami admitted that overseas developers with the increased funding and extremely skills have managed to surpass them. It was once believed that Japan is responsible for molding the video game industry, sadly it’s becoming a thing of the past.MSG4 was created to for gamers who love Metal Gear series, but more importantly it was created with an intention of reviving the non-casual videogames. Konami will collaborate with Sony to market the game on the Playstation Network.
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