3. It Will Show Us What Next-Gen Consoles Can Do
The next generation of gaming will mop the floor with their previous versions (Except for Nintendo's Wii U. That was barely an upgrade). In this
interview, Kojima stated that he isn't sure what platform
Metal Gear Solid V will appear on. However, it is currently being built on a PC processor. The Playstation 3 today uses the NVIDIA RSX 'Reality Synthesizer', which is slightly less than the PC equivalent of the NVIDIA 7800 which was released to PCs in 2006. The latest iteration of GPUs (that has been released) is the GeForce 7950 GX2 which has a slightly faster processing speed and greater memory. Nerdspeak aside, this (potentially) means larger landscapes with more detail and with a slightly faster response. In the hands of Kojima, who is as detail-oriented as possible, this can mean a non-linear, open world for the
Ground Zeroes mission. Crawl on your knees through air ducts the entire time? Why not? Mess with your console's information to bypass a fight? Sure! This is the producer who used a few small gimmicks to popularize breaking the fourth wall in video games. Needless to say, the bar is high for Kojima to use each possible capability of the PS4.