Konami Keeps the iPod Alive in Metal Gear Solid 4 Master Collection
The confirmation that a discontinued real-world product remains in the re-release signals Konami is preserving the original game's licensed content rather than stripping or replacing it.
Reporting from 1 sources: Game Spark.
During a May 24 livestream, Konami showed that the iPod item still appears in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots as part of METAL GEAR SOLID: MASTER COLLECTION Vol.2. The iPod was discontinued by Apple in 2022, but the game preserves the original collaboration. Konami previously stated it would keep period collaborations intact.
Konami showed gameplay of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots from the upcoming METAL GEAR SOLID: MASTER COLLECTION Vol.2 during the May 24 Washagana TV broadcast. Around the 44-minute mark, the player character picks up an iPod, the Apple music player discontinued in 2022. The game originally included the iPod as a promotional collaboration when it launched on PS3 in 2008.
Konami producer Yuji Korezumi told Game Spark in February that the company is keeping collaboration content from the original releases intact for the Master Collection. The iPod's appearance in the livestream backs that statement. The collection also includes Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, which had collaborations with Assassin's Creed, Monster Hunter, Mountain Dew, Walkman, and Vocaloid. It is not yet clear whether all of those will carry over.
METAL GEAR SOLID: MASTER COLLECTION Vol.2 launches August 27 on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and Switch 2.
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