MGS4: Kojima says "50GB BD Not Enough For MGS4"

[ZeroTolerance]

http://n4g.com/tech/NewsPending-117932.aspx

hai giys:

In an exclusive interview with Hideo Kojima, the creator of Metal Gear Solid series, has made complains about 50GB BD not been sufficient. The Metal Gear Solid producer considers the Blu Ray disc too small and that they had to make compromises in order to put the game on the 50GB BD. According to Hideo, the programmers had to compress some parts of the game game to save space.

Kojima : I am not satisfied with the quality yet, however...there isn't enough space.

Interviewer: Not enough space..on..Blu-ray..?

Kojima: Yes.(laughs). Not enough space.

Anyone can help with the translation, google did it's part.

 

[Yoshichan]

Didn't Kojima say this... like a year ago?

 

[Brandon F]

Quick someone post the 360 MGS4 megabox pic!

 

[DevilWillcry]

We have known this forever.

 

[harSon]

It's probably because of sound.

 

[ZeroTolerance]

Quick someone post the 360 MGS4 megabox pic!

This ?

 

[StuBurns]

He wants triple layer Blu-Ray then? There is no such thing. The idea of developers already burning threw 50gb is scary.

 

[~Devil Trigger~]

It's probably because of sound.

.

 

[batbeg]

Sweet Mary mother of Jesus this guy needs to show some restraint :lol That's insane if it's really true.

 

[jet1911]

Will the US release will only have English VA? If they fill the disc with just that then holy shit.

 

[SolidSnakex]

Didn't Kojima say this... like a year ago?

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=137996&highlight=kojima

 

[bjork]

Jesus christ. That's nuts, but also cool.

 

[ZeroTolerance]

We have known this forever.

This is a new interview. He says, he is till not satisfied with the quality yet. But compromises had to be made because of the disc space.

 

[MutFox]

Isn't the theoretical limit for blu-ray 250GB's?

 

[tha_con]

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

Quick someone post the 360 MGS4 megabox pic!

Thats only THE FIRST DISC of the PS3 version!!!!

 

[Wollan]

My ears will cum. My eyes tear.

Edit: I guess this means they will unlock the 200GB BD limit for PS4.

 

[Kuroyume]

The game better be 80 hours long.

 

[Siltis]

If Lost Odyssey had so much trouble with 4 discs, I'd hate to see the packjob this gets.

 

[CrushDance]

This just makes me want the game more. Smart decision by Sony.

 

[StuBurns]

The game better be 80 hours long.

You'll be lucky for 8 hours.

 

[NolbertoS]

I'll post this b4 anybody has any bright idea to derail the thread "Xbox360 am NOT confirmed"..Sorry 360 fans, either shell out on a PS3 or you'll miss out. Regarding the thread, that's insane, not even 50GB is enough for Kojima, should've released MGS4 on 2 BD discs than.

 

[ZeroTolerance]

The game better be 800 hours long.

Fixed. Game of the forever remember that, son.

 

[Chemo]

He wants triple layer Blu-Ray then? There is no such thing. The idea of developers already burning threw 50gb is scary.

And by scary you mean awesome? Because that's why it's fucking there.

 

[Narag]

My ears will cum. My eyes tear.

Edit: I guess this means they will unlock the 200GB BD limit for PS4.

Or 2nd BD that's an install disc to accompany the game disc.

 

[Ashhong]

oh man, gaf will explode if reports come out of someone finishing the game in about 10 maybe 15 hours.

 

[WickedLaharl]

even with uncompressed sound the fact that mgs4 only supports one language track per region makes this very hard to believe.

 

[StuBurns]

And by scary you mean awesome? Because that's why it's fucking there.

Yeah but doesn't it worry you that a $600-400 console is already basically out of date? If Kojima-san is compromising MGS4 because of the PS3 limitations how long can you see the console lasting?

MGS3 took me 30 hours the first time.

Whoa that is surprising, it took me about 8 to 10 first run if I remember right. Had you played MGS2?

 

[Formless]

You'll be lucky for 8 hours.

You're playing MGS games on something below Hard, aren't you

 

[Siltis]

wtf, why do people correlate disc space with game length?

 

[MisterHero]

coming to Arcade machines with 1TB hard drives confirmed

 

[SRG01]

Your link doesn't work!!

 

[Loudninja]

MGS games were never short

Your link doesn't work!!

http://hatimaki.blog110.fc2.com/blog-entry-376.html

 

[soultron]

Thats only THE FIRST DISC of the PS3 version!!!!

The fictionalolol box wouldn't even be that nice. We'd get a bunch of DVDs in sleeves bundled up with an elastic. ):

 

[n1n9tean]

He wants triple layer Blu-Ray then? There is no such thing. The idea of developers already burning threw 50gb is scary.

I don'tknow about triple; but, I do know that BD company successfully tested either a 4-layer (100GB) or 8-layer disc (200GB) a long time ago. I don't remember which size but I remember keeping up with all the news back then. I'm actually thinking it was the 8-layer. I need to look this up again.

 

[Snaku]

That is utterly ridiculous to the point where I refuse to believe it.

Unless the whole game is a 1080p FMV.

 

[SolidSnakex]

oh man, gaf will explode if reports come out of someone finishing the game in about 10 maybe 15 hours.

Well not unless people realize that size has nothing to do with how long a game will be.

 

[Yoshichan]

oh man, gaf will explode if reports come out of someone finishing the game in about 10 maybe 15 hours.

The game will have 10-15 hours just CODEC.

 

[dark steve]

Kojima really needs to learn to live in reality.

 

[Metalmurphy]

We don't know for sure he's talking about BD50 though. It could be BD25.

And this very believable, specially if you take into account all the voice acting in MGS games.

 

[DevilWillcry]

This is a new interview. He says, he is till not satisfied with the quality yet. But compromises had to be made because of the disc space.

Yeah I guess we didn't know he had to make compromises but we had known that MGS4 would be on a 50GB BD-R for a while. I am guessing that with HD FMVs of MGS's length on top of those massive audio files the game was always destined to be too big even for a dual-layered Blu-ray disc.

 

[CrushDance]

You'll be lucky for 8 hours.

Right. Even though it's the "last" MG game huh? MGS4 and FF13 along with some others have long been confirmed to use 50GB discs. They are pushing a lot of content, not just audio.

 

[Siltis]

Kojima really needs to learn to live in reality.

I reject your reality and substitute my own.

 

[KyanMehwulfe]

You're playing MGS games on something below Hard, aren't you

Even on normal, I think I spent 20 or 25 hours my first time through Snake Eater. Maybe 17 or 18 in the very least. Obviously I took my time and didn't hestitate to mess around in various combat or encounters areas, but it was what I felt the gameplay naturally made me incline to enjoy.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

If Lost Odyssey had so much trouble with 4 discs, I'd hate to see the packjob this gets.

Get that outa here.

 

[StuBurns]

You're playing MGS games on something below Hard, aren't you

I've done them all on pretty much everything.
None of them take longer then 6 hours on european extreme if you play fairly fast paced. I can't see MGS4 being any different.

 

[Evolved1]

Codec conversations.

 

[CrushDance]

Yeah but doesn't it worry you that a $600-400 console is already basically out of date? If Kojima-san is compromising MGS4 because of the PS3 limitations how long can you see the console lasting?


Whoa that is surprising, it took me about 8 to 10 first run if I remember right. Had you played MGS2?

So if that makes the PS3 out of date, what about the other two competitors? :lol

 

[ZeroTolerance]

erm...need more translation ....

 

[-Rogue5-]

Sweet glory. From what I've played the sound is exceptional. Does anyone know what exactly they're going for in the audio department? 7.1 uncompressed or something?