UK retailer HMV has conceeded that yesterday's pre-order listing for MGS 4 on the Xbox 360 was a 'mistake' by one of its online staff members. According to HMV, they were only supposed to ask customers whether they wished to receive an alert should the title ever come out for the Xbox 360.

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The listing caused a stir over the weekend, with websites and forums assuming it was evidence that the anticipated PlayStation 3 title was no longer a Sony exclusive.

"In his enthusiasm, one of our online games team indicated that hmv.co.uk would start taking pre-orders for MGS4 on Xbox 360, when, in fact, he simply meant to ask customers if they wished to receive an alert in the event of this title one day coming out on this platform," admitted the retailer to GamesIndustry.biz

"We're sorry to have caused such a stir - the oversight has now been corrected."