Blu-ray to small for Metal Gear Solid 4

Just as the format wars between Blu-ray and HD-DVD are starting to finally wind down, now news comes from Sony that even the larger capacity of the Blu-ray disc might not be enough to hold all the Metal Gear Solid 4 data.

In an interview with Japanese pub Famitsu, Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima spoke about having to hold back on some of the material he had envisioned for the upcoming Guns of Patriots, the forth and last in the Metal Gear saga. Kojima went on to say:

Kojima: For us, we’re still not satisfied with the quality we can do. You know, there’s not capacity space.

Famitsu: Wait, wait a sec. Saying there’s not enough capacity, are you talking about Blu-ray?

Kojima: That’s correct. There’s not enough space at all. (laughs) …There’s not enough space. We always talked about where to cut and what to compress.

For some tech experts who had been hailing the coming of the age of Blu-ray, which has a 50GB advantage over DVD, the most anticipated Playstation 3 game might not be giving gamers all they had been expecting.

So what can gamers expect to be sacrificed for space? As it stands right now, it may be the dialogs that suffers the most. Previous Metal Gear game had been heavy on the story and dialog (sometimes too heavy) and there is no doubt that Guns of Patriots won’t be any different. Metal Gear 4 producer Ryan Payton has already stated that the American and European version of the game will not carry the original Japanese voice tracks, because of the limited storage.

Even though there might be more that Kojima and the rest of the Metal Gear Solid 4 makers aren’t telling us, as to what might be hurt from the limited Blu-ray disc space, there is still no doubt in the minds of gamers that the last installment in one of gaming’s greatest franchises won’t equal, or surpass the expectations of millions of fans worldwide.

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of Patriots is due to be released June 12, 2008, as a PS3 exclusive title.

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