Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-50.189.240.162-20140807193139/@comment-1504072-20140808213346

Weedle McHairybug wrote: The open-ended ending would actually suggest a sequel to be made. Otherwise, he would have made sure it was closed ended, left absolutely no room for a sequel. In other words, Ocelot would NOT identify the president as being Solidus. Even Kojima mentioned that he already had planned Solidus for an eventual sequel (hence his name). That's not exactly true. Open endings are sometimes deliberate, and MGS2's is proof of that. Solidus was likely created as a backdoor for a sequel if the first game was successful enough to warrant it, but Kojima clearly hadn't planned out an entire saga from the get go.