Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 Adds PS4 Version - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 21 August 2023 / 2,170 Views

Konami announced Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 will also be launching for the PlayStation 4, alongside the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam versions.

The PS4 version was not given a release date, however, it will launch for the PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, and PC on October 24.

『METAL GEAR SOLID: MASTER COLLECTION Vol.1』 PlayStation®4版（DL版）の追加発売決定！

多くのお客様から PlayStation®4での発売を求める声をいただき、この度新たに追加発売を決定しました。
発売日や価格等の詳細は後日お知らせいたします。#MetalGearSolid #メタルギアソリッド #MGSVol1 pic.twitter.com/7hnf5MvLFa
— メタルギア公式 (METAL GEAR) (@metalgear_jp) August 21, 2023

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15 Comments

kazuyamishima (on 21 August 2023)

PC/Xbox Series/PS5 versions are 720p/60 fps.

Switch version is 720p/30fps

Zkuq kazuyamishima (on 21 August 2023)

Utter nonsense, that's what it is. 1080p@60 is the minimum for such hardware, and it's not exactly great either. I'd expect what are essentially minimally upgraded PS2 games to run at either a much higher resolution (i.e. 4K) or a much higher framerate, or perhaps even both.

Kakadu18 Zkuq (on 21 August 2023)

MGS1 is the original PS1 version unchanged at the same resolution even, the other two are the exact same as the in the original HD collection on PS3 and X360. They even have 2012 on the home screen. The only change is that the Switch version has the frame rate halved despite the console being more powerful than either the PS3 or X360.

Zkuq Kakadu18 (on 21 August 2023)

Well, at least with MGS1, a simple resolution bump won't do miracles due to the game's old age. Personally I think I'd prefer it to look a bit pixelated, so at least it doesn't look that undetailed (many old games look really, really undetailed when resolution is bumped way beyond what they were originally designed for).

The 2012 part though... That's just incredibly lazy. I'm glad they're releasing this so people can actually play these once more, but this has to be one of the laziest ports in a long time. At least usually seemingly lazy ports clearly have some effort put into them, often it's just bugs and whatnot that plague them because not enough effort was put into them - not that that isn't bad, but at least some ambition was there, whereas here it's entirely lacking.