Dargor
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Money wouldn't be a problem then, but I would like to see him working at a third party studio. Having him making games for just one of the Big 3 would be a bummer.
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Kojima will no longer be a Konami executive from April 1st + KojiPro is no more?
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Money wouldn't be a problem then, but I would like to see him working at a third party studio. Having him making games for just one of the Big 3 would be a bummer.
Palette Swap
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Confirmed: the Patriots are Konami's board and they've been around for millennia:
Twitter is crazy town now.
COME ON TEAM, LET'S WIN ONE FOR DEMOCRACY.
Matsuno stepped down for health reasons and still works on projects with various companies, kind of bouncing around from project to project.
I think it was mainly stress and he can't handle being the head of a AAA game. I personally think that's fine and even if not on a huge scale I'm glad he's creating new works. He's a brilliant designer and his strongest games are timeless classics.
GillianSeed79
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The bolded screams mobile games to me. Does Konami even make a majority of its money from games today? Don't they own gyms or love hotels or something?
Haunted
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PES sales have seen a real catastrophic collapse in the last couple iterations. That's why they pulled Seabass, who headed up the series for over a decade in 2012.
Iga left last year as they shifted CV to western devs and into Kojima's responsibility.
As I said, they're pulling a Capcom here. The senior talent is getting marginalised or driven out.
Chaos2Frozen
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This is probably his revenge... with a vengeance.
dragonfart28
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So what does this mean for future MGS titles?
"What goes around comes around."
FFXV is playable
AlphaQuack
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Actually they will. If he is leaving then you need to start showing the game tied to Konami not to Kojima for the future games
CambriaRising
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Might be part of the deal, so they can start the process of selling MGS games without his namesake.
SolidSnakeUS
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Kojima does own the Metal Gear IP though right?
They should do that after MGSV releases.
CosmicGroinPull
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Welp. This is too sudden if true. MGSV might be my last MG.
Led_Zeppelin
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Well the demo is out, so that has to count. I mean it is the final prof that the game isn't vaporware anymore. I knew that will disbalance the universe somehow and that strange things would happen to correct that.
The Last Guar- I can't even say it with a straight face.
How and why would Kojima own the Metal Gear IP?
Catalix
And on the sixth day the LORD David Bowie created man and woman in His image. And he saw that it was good. On the seventh day the LORD created videogames so that He might take the bloody day off for once.
Holy shit, I always wondered what would happen to the KojiPro brand if Kojima decided to leave or step down from his executive position. Guess this is it.
MGSV should still be on track, but I just hope this ordeal doesn't effect their plans for Silent Hills... Or more importantly RISING 2! Now that would be devastating.
MGSV should still be on track, but I just hope this ordeal doesn't effect their plans for Silent Hills... Or more importantly RISING 2! Now that would be devastating.
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Miyamoto retires. Kojima takes his place.
ArchedThunder
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Seriously, if Kojima isn't leaving I can't possible imagine why Konami thinks this is a good idea. They have to know that the "A Hideo Kojima game" and "Kojima Productions" lables carry far more weight than the "Konami" label these days. At the very least they should have kept the "A Hideo Kojima game" label.
aGuyInaBearSuit
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I told a friend about this and he's adamant that it's another Kojima publicity stunt.
Denial is a hell of a thing.
Denial is a hell of a thing.
GillianSeed79
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The story behind the original Metal Gear game on the MSX is that Konami wanted an action game (think something like Ikari Warriors), but the hardware was only powerful enough to allow a few characters on screen at once making an action-heavy game with a lot of sprite-based characters on screen too hard or impossible. Instead, Kojima made the game more stealth focused, allowing for fewer characters on screen at one time. It's in one of the history of Metal Gear documentaries. So technically the game may have been in development before Kojima, he certainly made it his own game.
Haunted
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CambriaRising
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Why start after your flagship product ships? That wouldn't benefit them in any way.
AuthenticM
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I knew this was going ot happen someday. Konami is scared that Kojima has become more powerful than them. By that, I mean that his name as a "brand", if you will, is stronger and catches people's attention more than "Konami". Konami probably thinks that if they let things be and Kojima ever decides to jump ship and make his own company, their shares would plumet. And they probably would.
That is precisely why they are changing things: to reverse this scenario.
That is precisely why they are changing things: to reverse this scenario.
Spaced Harrier
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This is ...terrible. for the Industry as a whole.
We need more auteur lead games, not less.
On any given list of the greatest he ranks up there with Miyamoto and Suzuki. A fundamental understanding of games few possess.
It will be interesting(read: tragic) to see how this plays out.
We need more auteur lead games, not less.
On any given list of the greatest he ranks up there with Miyamoto and Suzuki. A fundamental understanding of games few possess.
It will be interesting(read: tragic) to see how this plays out.
Like what would he say that would add anything to this?
jackissocool
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Yeah, I don't think there's a single company that wouldn't hire him. I'd say he's second only to Miyamato as far as game creators go in terms of influence.
The guy invented stealth games and is the greatest creator of cinematic games, hands down.
The Horror the horror
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Palette Swap
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Like Siegel and Shuster owned Superman, yeah.
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The higher ups at big publishers disagree, and they're the ones calling the shots.
The divide between "indie" and big triple-A games/mobile blockbusters is only gonna become wider and wider. It looks like there's no place for something in-between.
benicillin
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Druckmann strikes again.
Shalashaska
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Konami just shot themselves in the foot.
I don't know how much the rest of you know about Japanese culture (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in America where you can become successful by being an asshole. If you screw someone over in Japan, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.
What this means is the japanese public, after hearing about this, is not going to want to purchase MGS V for either system, nor will they purchase any of Konami's games. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but Konami has alienated an entire market with this move.
Konami, publicly apologize and put back 'A Hideo Kojima Game' for PS4/XB1 or you can kiss your business goodbye.
I don't know how much the rest of you know about Japanese culture (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in America where you can become successful by being an asshole. If you screw someone over in Japan, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.
What this means is the japanese public, after hearing about this, is not going to want to purchase MGS V for either system, nor will they purchase any of Konami's games. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but Konami has alienated an entire market with this move.
Konami, publicly apologize and put back 'A Hideo Kojima Game' for PS4/XB1 or you can kiss your business goodbye.
boy.
I don't see proof that he's leaving; I just see clear evidence of a reorganization.
Even if he were to leave, Konami would be fine. I know most people in here only pay attention to Konami's games (and even then, mostly just their console games), but Konami has diversified very successfully. Yes, Metal Gear is now a huge portion of Konami's console gaming business, but the console gaming business is only a fraction of their overall business at this point.
Even if he were to leave, Konami would be fine. I know most people in here only pay attention to Konami's games (and even then, mostly just their console games), but Konami has diversified very successfully. Yes, Metal Gear is now a huge portion of Konami's console gaming business, but the console gaming business is only a fraction of their overall business at this point.
Led_Zeppelin
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Well they have taken advantage of that better brand recognition for years. I mean giving the man LoS and then the Sillent Hills teaser, sure give both IPs a new fresh air (as a Castlevania fan I hated LoS, but I doubt a traditional one without Kojima would have perform better sales wise). I think that the name Kojima as brand and recognition have already surpassed Konami years ago. I mean the only big franchise Konami had left to give it the Kojima treatment was PES, and even that got some of that with the Fox Engine.
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