Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-50.189.240.162-20140807193139/@comment-1672596-20140808214543

Jim Logan wrote: Didn't Hideo say he made every MGS game with the idea it was the last? [Excluding PW and GZ and 4 of course). Make that PW and GZ. MGS4 was definitely intended to be the last. And yes he did say that about pretty much every Metal Gear game (yes, he even tried to stop with the first Metal Gear).

That being said, though, his twitter conflicts with his claim for MGS, since he specifically mentioned in his twitter account that he named Solidus specifically because he intended for him to be MGS2's main villain, meaning he was planning a sequel there.