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There are always going to be those who believe that their console of choice is the greatest thing ever, and when their favorite exclusives go multiplatform, they act like they've been betrayed by a personal Judas. Ever since this generation's console wars started, I've heard a lot of complaint from people about their favorite franchises crossing over to other platforms, the most recent of these being the Metal Gear Solid: Rising controversy. Every PS3 owner has gathered up their torches and pitchforks and amassed in a riotous mob, crying foul to Konami and Kojima alike.
The fact that a once-exclusive franchise is branching out is not a bad thing. In the past, this hasn't had a vast effect on franchises. Resident Evil, Banjo Kazooie, and BioShock, are just some recent crossovers that haven't had any effect on overall quality of the series. All that this has done, as far as I can see anyway, is introduce the game to a new audience. Fans of a franchise should be happy to see said franchise spreading out to experience more success. As was the case with many others before it, the Metal Gear franchise is highly dedicated to quality and its own success, and will undoubtedly suffer no loss of quality by moving to other platforms.
I'm no Sony fanboy, but there are two things that you mislisted. First off, Banjo Kazooie is not a multiplatform game. Microsoft owns Rare and unless Rare leaves Microsoft, then Banjo Kazooie will never be seen on other consoles again. Secondly, fans are more mad at Konami than Hideo Kojima. When he finished MGS4, he said that he was done with the series and let Konami do whatever they wanted with it. Kojima always favored MGS on the PlayStation consoles and when he left, Konami decided, "Hey guys, since Kojima isn't holding us back anymore, lets put MGS on the 360 because we care more about making money than loyalty!" Afterwards, however, Kojima came back and decided to make MGS Peace Walker for the PSP, showing that he wasn't going to abandon the PlayStation brand that easily. Other than that, you have a good blog and I hope you keep up the good work. Peace.
Making games multi-platform is only going to increase sales. For instance, I was excited for Heavy Rain. I don't own a PS3 and your not going to get me to pay hundreds of dollars to play that game (and GoW III) It is thier loss that they are not going to have my buy that game, however, it technically isn't much of a loss because they didn't have to spend money crossing consoles. The problem that people have with it, however, is they feel betrayed in which the reason they have the console they have diminishes. That is, if every console plays every game, then what is the difference between a PS3 or Xbox 360? Besides a few perks of each, there isn't. So there HAS to be some exclusive rights or we all might as well just consolidate all platforms into one and let the maker of that platform monopolize. (That was sarcasm, monopolization of the gaming industry would not be good for the consumers)