"Double its budget in revenue on the first day" would mean nothing, even of it was true, which it's not. The game most likely needed to earn Konami double its budget to break even. And publishers get half (or less then half) of game sales at retail.Gameplay is king and the gameplay in V is world class. No way anyone else at Konami can match it.
This was a nice argument pre-MGSV release. The game made double its budget in revenue on the first day. Whatever he spent was completely justified.
If MGSV actually did make any profit for Konami, it probably wasn't enough to actually justify the time and dedication of recources it took.