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It’s, what, 25 years old? There have been many sequels, prequels, remastering. The economic benefits of this IP are largely exhausted; that it is now leaked to

It’s, what, 25 years old? There have been many sequels, prequels, remastering. The economic benefits of this IP are largely exhausted; that it is now leaked to the commons isn’t an alarming thing.

charcircuit 5mo ago
The game just had an update to support the Switch 2 only 2 months ago. It is still being used commercially.
- bigyabai 5mo ago
  Konami willing, they'll drag the IP to their grave. Lest we forget MGS3's first remaster... for Pachinko parlors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsJ4QgBpQN8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsJ4QgBpQN8 Recompilation efforts raise the bar for future re-releases, and incentivize proper remaster efforts like MGS Delta instead of the half-assed Master collection. I would love to see Konami thrive as a company and get more people interested in MGS, but their recent re-releases don't deserve to be priced at $60. Their monopoly of the source code feels like an existential threat to both future preservation and high-quality MGS remakes, it's healthier for Konami to simply let it go at this point.
- newdee 5mo ago
  Do you think this leak will harm sales of the Switch 2 version?
  - charcircuit 5mo ago
    Yes I do think it will harm the sales, but it doesn't matter if it does or doesn't as releasing this goes against the wishes of the copyright owner.
- AngryData 5mo ago
  It is also trivial to emulate these days, so to me I don't see any potential lost sales. Worst case it reveals some mostly already suspected story details that were cut or left unstated in the final versions. MGS4 might still have some value because you need expensive hardware to emulate decently and it isn't perfect still. But a 15 year old computer can emulate MGS2 better than it originally ran on the xbox.
  - justsomehnguy 5mo ago
    > But a 15 year old computer can emulate MGS2 better than it originally ran on the xbox. And you don't even need to emulate it because there was an official Windows port... well you probably need to emulate Windows XP to make it even run.

charcircuit 5mo ago

The game just had an update to support the Switch 2 only 2 months ago. It is still being used commercially.

bigyabai 5mo ago
Konami willing, they'll drag the IP to their grave. Lest we forget MGS3's first remaster... for Pachinko parlors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsJ4QgBpQN8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsJ4QgBpQN8 Recompilation efforts raise the bar for future re-releases, and incentivize proper remaster efforts like MGS Delta instead of the half-assed Master collection. I would love to see Konami thrive as a company and get more people interested in MGS, but their recent re-releases don't deserve to be priced at $60. Their monopoly of the source code feels like an existential threat to both future preservation and high-quality MGS remakes, it's healthier for Konami to simply let it go at this point.
newdee 5mo ago
Do you think this leak will harm sales of the Switch 2 version?
- charcircuit 5mo ago
  Yes I do think it will harm the sales, but it doesn't matter if it does or doesn't as releasing this goes against the wishes of the copyright owner.
AngryData 5mo ago
It is also trivial to emulate these days, so to me I don't see any potential lost sales. Worst case it reveals some mostly already suspected story details that were cut or left unstated in the final versions. MGS4 might still have some value because you need expensive hardware to emulate decently and it isn't perfect still. But a 15 year old computer can emulate MGS2 better than it originally ran on the xbox.
- justsomehnguy 5mo ago
  > But a 15 year old computer can emulate MGS2 better than it originally ran on the xbox. And you don't even need to emulate it because there was an official Windows port... well you probably need to emulate Windows XP to make it even run.