This means that Snake might die in this game =O

I love games like MGS but I am worried that many of these great games are pushed past their use by date in order to make a quick buck. For this reason I admire Kojima for being strong enough to stand up to both Konami & Sony and say enough is enough! I really hope MGS 4 is a goodbye we wont ever forget.

Somewhat hard to imagine a creator wanting to kill off a character like this, but it does make sense.

@Triple DK :I think you're right. The chances of him dying in this instalment are high

I honestly think the big twist at the end will be that he won't die..cause everyone is expecting him to !! I expecting that scene with the gun in his mouth..then Meryl or Otacon runs in and stops him...though maybe he dies "naturally" from the foxdie "X" years after the end of the game..so then it sort of give the ending Kojima wants were people think he is dead but if he wanted to in the future he could make more games taking place between the end of MGS4 and his death..

Whereas this makes me sad, to tell the truth the Metal Gear Universe has become bigger than Solid Snake, introducing a ton of characters who are cool in their own right.  I mean, sometimes it seems (when I read MGS fan posts) that Big Boss is more popular than Solid Snake!  Anyway, I think the MGSU(niverse) can go on without snake.  There will always be war (and you can always clone more, lol).

for me mgs 4 will be the best of the serie, i can't imagine another mgs not being made by kojima

Let Snake R.I.P.........let Kojima rest!

Snake has gone through a lot.....and so has Kojima!

I think this may be the greatest MGS story ever told and will have the most incredible visuals ever seen....for MGS.

A change of character would bring some new life in to this well aged series, Snake is bad @55 and it will be h311 hard to top him but just maybe they will be able to create another character on par with him.

Snake is a clone..... is there really a point of us discussing his death? I am sure the project that made hime still has big bosses genes in a lockup somewhere. I wouldn't be surprised if snake dies and we get to play another type of solid snake.

Tears well up im my eyes everytime I hear that snake might die. I can't and won't believe it until it happens. 

I think that's the best route to go on. End the story and all of the questions, and just leave it to other deveopers to come up with stories and whatnot. I mean, I'm sure we all want more MGS.

Let's all say it together:

"Snake!?  What's happening?! Snake?  Snaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake!

ah kojima you lovable pushover, "snake?, snake?, SNNAAAAKKKKEEE!!"

"chubacca - I love games like MGS but I am worried that many of these great games are pushed past their use by date in order to make a quick buck. For this reason I admire Kojima for being strong enough to stand up to both Konami & Sony and say enough is enough! I really hope MGS 4 is a goodbye we wont ever forget."

funny thing is i dont think kojima needs to stand up to sony or konami at all...

its the crazed fanboys and fangirls out there that preasure him to constantly make a new mgs game... i remeber this artical that said kojima recived death threats from fans if he wasnt involved with mgs4... so if you wanna blame someone  blame the fans....

If this new badass Raiden shown in MGS 4 trailers is not playable I surely want a game with him in the lead .

I will stay away from all reviews and such until I start playing the game myself 

TO O G H; Isnt Big Boss actually the original snake?Yeah I think so he is named big boss after he defeats boss in Snake Eater.

this is probably the last greatest game of this year and the future. I don' think we will get any good game wih good storyline

@ Deusthousand

Yes, you are correct, MGS3's Naked Snake = Big Boss.  But the article addresses the fate of SOLID Snake, the hero of the missions in MG, MG2: Solid Snake, MGS, and the "Tanker Mission" in MGS2.  I was just stating that many old fans of the series really took a liking to Naked Snake's (Big Boss's) story from MGS3 and MGS: Portable Ops (PSP), and that the Metal Gear World may be bigger than just Solid Snake. 

"snake? SNAKE? SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE !!!??......wait, he is actually dead this time !!? My bad"

Lol

@sevket: An MGS game in control of one of the ninja characters would completely ruin the feel of it.. I actually hate Raiden even more now..cause he is a gay character that is suddenly stronger than the badass that is solid snake..they better have another crotch grab to him again in this to make fun of him and I also want to see scene were he ABSOLUTELY NEEDs to be rescued by snake !! Can't have him being stronger now can we !!?? lol

Man, Kojima doesn't want to let him go! :D

I just love the way that sounds, "Exclusively on PLAYSTATION 3" !!!

psn id: gingo.... so really this is the confirmation of Snakes death but as long as he completes his mission it will be a satisfying end

Man, Hideo just can't say good-bye to his creation. I don't blame him. If I created a game title from scratch and see it build up and be successful, it would be hard for me to let go. But, Hideo is right, he probably wont be able to move on from the series unless he kills off Snake in the main story. I would hate to see Solid Snake die, but something is telling me that in MGS4 Snake will die.

But, if Snake dies, I would like to see MGS series continued with Raiden. Raiden has been shrouded in a lot of mystery since he first appeared in MGS2 and I would like to him in a Metal Gear Solid game as the main character.

Well, Raiden has to grow up sometime.  In the game Metal Gear, the was Snake's first mission.  Everyone has to start somewhere.

Wow thanks for the spoiler! Now I don't need to play it!

snake will die but he will return >:)

Egh, I hope they don't pull that Halo 3 ending crap.

Oh come on! He just gave away the ending!

Well expect Snake to die

He can always bring him back to life, Its like Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthtur Conan Doyal killed Sherlock because he was tiered of writting about him but brought him back to life later because people wanted more, I could see this happaning to Snake, you never know.

Snake can be killed but the mass market demand will revive him, its not hard sinse as he is a clone well use your imagination.

why does kojima hate the game that made him who he is. i mean sh!t come on this game has gave him so much fame as the creator of one of the biggest franchises in gaming history and he wants to kill it off?

Hideo Kojima-san...you are a god in the gaming community. Dont ever leave us

"Well, Raiden has to grow up sometime.  In the game Metal Gear, the was Snake's first mission.  Everyone has to start somewhere."

i think the real question here is not when raiden grows up

cause lets face it unless the stupid snake fanboys growup from loving snake only

raiden will always be a sissy in their eyes...

@darklsins

I'm not gonna lie, you have a point.  Shoot, I'd also be lying if I said Raiden couldn't use a nice gruff beard or something, lol!  You know, toughen up the look of his design...