Metal Gear Solid 5 Confirmed, MGS4 Not Coming to 360

The now-former Kojima Productions employee Ryan Payton has confirmed that Metal Gear Solid 5 is on the way.

In a recent interview with Kotaku, Payton stated, “It’ll be hard not being involved in MGS5, but I’ve got the utmost confidence that Hideo Kojima, Ken Imaizumi, and our amazing team will put together another blockbuster game,”

Series creator, Hideo Kojima, expressed his frustration with frequent inquires on a possible port of Metal Gear Solid 4 for the Xbox 360 and shared his views on multiplatform development.

In a recent interview with Eurogamer, Kojima said,

“Because MGS4 was optimized for the PS3 it is probably not possible [on Xbox 360]

“If the hardware technology rises then obviously, you know, [my future games] won’t be based on the hardware anymore,”

“Probably I will first create the software and then, um, it’s a strange word to say, but port to other hardware if that technological ability rises in all areas.”

“What kind of disturbs me sometimes, because a lot of people ask me about this PS3/360 question, is that it’s not about the hardware,”

“I want people to look at the game itself. Sometimes I even feel like it should be on a PC so that people don’t ask me about hardware and platforms.”