19-02-2026, 12:37 AM
(This post was last modified: 19-02-2026, 12:39 AM by starschwar.)
Steve's post also gave me some thoughts. I've taken MGS4 for granted. But in the 18 years(!) since its release, how many newer MGS fans have been denied a chance to play it due to not having PS3s? It's so weird that such an important part of the canon has been locked to one and only one platform - that none of its successors had backwards compatibility for - for as long as it has. If it were something like Mobile, I wouldn't mind. But having the ending trapped on hardware released in 2006 until 2026 is pretty nonsensical.
It'd be like if Return of the King had been exclusively released on HD-DVD.
Or if the theatrical cuts of the original Star Wars trilogy were never released in anything above Laserdisc quality until 2027. Wait - that one's true. Sorry.
It'd be like if Return of the King had been exclusively released on HD-DVD.
Or if the theatrical cuts of the original Star Wars trilogy were never released in anything above Laserdisc quality until 2027. Wait - that one's true. Sorry.



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