Konami says PS3 not viable market, they wish it were...

Joystiq is reporting that an executive at Konami has stated that the PS3 user base does not justify exclusivity of MGS4, especially when considering the cost of development these days. Kitaue says, "Since Metal Gear Solid was born for the PlayStation, we would like to keep it a PlayStation game. But we might have to take some steps."

Let the speculation begin...

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PS3 dies as MGS4 makes it's way to the 360, wii?

Pascuzzi try to be strong. Destructoid is reporting that Konami will be bringing the PS3's biggest exclusive to the 360, but also might be planning a Metal Gear game for Wii. Could my dream game: Raiden as Ninja on Wii, actually be coming? they'd be smart if it did. Hit the link, I'm pretty sure Ron Workman (writter of the original post) Works at microsoft (gaming division) so his seems pretty reliable, but no major news outlets are covering it. We'll probably have to wait for e3 to learn anything factual, that is if Kojima doesn't outright deny this tomorrow morning. Sorry if I scared you Pascuzzi, but would you really be surprised?

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PS3 cost Sony 2 billion in profit.

This is pretty cut and dry; The PS3 has cost Sony 1.9 billion US dollars in profit. Kotaku reports,

While last year Sony Corp as a whole raked in 226.42 billion yen (USD$1.88 billion) in operating profits, this year, they could only scrape together 71.8 billion (USD$596 million). That's a drop-off of USD$1.28 billion dollars. Think that was because of the PS3? You bet it was.

Ouch...

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SEGA's Gamers Day unleashes Wii goodness, amongst other things. UPDATED

Rather long title no? Anyways, lets jump right into it. Kotaku is live blogging the event and there were a few announcements regarding Sega's upcoming titles like the Marvel IPs they have acquired (Iron Man, and Hulk) as well as a shooter and RPG for the PC, and a sequel to some 360 game. However what most people seem to be excited for (which Matt Cassamassina alluded too in IGNs latest 'wii-k in review') is a new FPS for the Wii which apparently uses a light gun? I'm hoping they mean Wii remote but...I don't know. The game is called 'Ghost Squad' which sounds like a pretty lame name if you ask me. It will be playable at the event and if we don't hear more about the title today, look forward to their hands on impressions tomorrow.

My two cents? If it uses a light gun now, by release it will use the wii remote with a gun peripheral.

Hit the jump for the update!

IGN pulled through with some more details. Apparently the game is based of an older(2005) Arcade game of the same name. The game WILL use the Wii remote of course, and the graphics are pretty clean (though not 'next gen' looking). The game promises to have loads of hidden content and a wide array of weapons. It supports up to four players at once as well, which is a definite plus.

With the wake of Umbrella Chronicles and now Ghost Squad, is the 'on-rails shooter' going to be the new 'mini-game compilation' for the Wii? Step up if you ask me, but we aren't quite out of this 'gimmick phase' just yet.

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Spider-Man 3 Game Trailer in 'HD'

So after seeing this game in motion with the absence of that god awful youTube compression I have to say it looks good, but not great. Spidey is a bit toyish, very shiny plastic sort of look, and the animation is a bit disappointing. Of course I still think it looks good, the in game cutscenes (car jumping) look great! but I can't help but notice that some animation transitions are a bit jumpy. Mind you there is probably a lot of development to be done still.

As a man who was dangerously obsessed with Spider-man for a good portion of his high school career I can say that I'll play anything with 'Spider-Man' in the title, but I'm not blind to faults. The game will be a blast despite what it looks like - hey thats why I have a Wii after all.

I'm picky.

It'll be a great game I just hope they fix up the character model a bit, even explosions...Red Steel had better explosions than this... anyways, I'm rambling.

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Spider-Man 3 info finally released

After what has been a long, hard year of waiting Treyarch has finally pried the lid off their biggest project to date. Spider-Man 3 is coming to basically every platform imaginable so everybody has the right to be excited. While The spider-man model may be a bit 'wonky' it still looks really good, and I can only speculate that the animation is even better than that of Spider-Man 2. Mind you the screens shown are from Ps3, and/or the Xbox360.

There are some pretty interesting details such as the fact that the city will actually feel either happy with you or hate you, based on your actions. The symbiote gameplay sounds really cool too, take a look!

Heres the full overview via Gamespot

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