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[LQX]

Good. Start your own Kojima as it is obvious they did think as highly of you as everyone else. Publishers like EA, Sony and Microsoft will be lining up to throw him cash. Also now that he is not tied to MGS we can finally see something fresh and new from him.

 

[ffdgh]

Damn...not like this...

 

[SlowRevolution]

Woah.

 

[Steroyd]

RIP in peace Konami.

 

[Skilletor]

GG Konami.

Seems to me like Kojima has wanted to move on from MGS for years. Now he'll finally be able to.

 

[Kama_1082]

What about Silent Hills?

LOL, that ship has sailed

 

[dragonfart28]

 

[thehillissilent]

You are dead to me, Konami. What is going to happen to Silent Hills? Hopefully, Kojima can form his own company and make a spiritual successor to Snatcher/Policenauts.

 

[Strike]

:O

Holy shit. It finally happened.

 

[The_Darkest_Red]

Konami's been transitioning out of video games for a while.

I don't expect that this is something they're going to be that broken up about.

Yep.

 

[BeatResetsTheWorld]

Took long enough for the exclusivity hounds to show up

NINTENDO, BUY EVERYTHING

"WHY ISN'T X GAME ON THE PS4?!"

Every fan group does it

 

[Mista]

This is the end of a beautiful amazing journey
Thank you Kojima and to all who worked on MGS
RIP MGS

Spoiler

Obviously after MGSV

 

[maquiladora]

So what dafuq happened?!

 

[Namikaze]

Bye Konami. Outside of MG, you were irrelevant to me anyways. Sucks that MGS5 may be the last game in the series, but Kojima will be fine and maybe we'll get some cool new ips from him in the future.

 

[Deleted member 80556]

I fucking knew a Silent Hill by Kojima was too good to be true.

Man, Konami is really full of fucking idiots then if they're letting Kojima go. Really idiots. End of an era.

 

[Captainbojanglesiii]

You messed up Konami. You messed up badly.

Also R.I.P. Silent Hills?

 

[butman]

Silent Hills Cancelled

 

[flkraven]

Wow. So now the Kojima sweepstakes begin? Or does he go indie?

 

[LegalEagleMike]

better soak up all the MGSV goodness you can because it will never be the same.

 

[EarsOfASnake]

If Kojipro is disbanding, I don't want anything to do with non-Kojima or non-Platinum Metal Gears

Yeah, Kojima is too essential to MGS for me to care after this.

 

[GregLombardi]

I'm unsurprised by this. Those who control equity will always get greedier and greedier until they let their best assets go.

Konami is a shadow of its former self.

 

[Xpliskin]

#ahideokojimagame needs to be trending IMO.


You can't erase the man's name after all he has done.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Oh well. Wonder what the future holds. Not like he'll have trouble getting to a new project.

 

[soultron]

Man, I wonder how long Konami will hold onto the IP for, post-KojiPro.

 

[strafer]

Playing TPP will be emotional.

 

[Emperor_EL]

MGR 2 can still happen right?... Right?!?

 

[BreezyLimbo]

God damn. I wonder if kojima takes fox engine with them. And what happens to PES if that happens.

If it's a standard contract, than Fox Engine was worked with Konamis equipment/on Konamis time, meaning they own it.

 

[SargerusBR]

What about Silent Hills?

Its dead.

 

[thefatness16]

Sorta of unrelated, but I wonder if this effects the possibility of MGRR 2. Crazy news.

 

[Slangblade]

Kojima going to Nintendo.

Spoiler

?!?!

I can see him working with Sony before Nintendo.

 

[robotzombie]

yeah, but how does david hayter fit into all of this

 

[RedAssedApe]

so konami has what now?

RIP Silent Hills

 

[Pharaoh 117]

Fuck, fuck ,fuck!!!

 

[Matt Attack]

On the plus side, provided he stays a part of the industry, I'm incredibly excited to see what Kojima does next.

 

[Majanew]

LOL, that ship has sailed

P.T. is amazing. Konami needs to let Kojima take it with him.

 

[dark10x]

Seriously, I really want to know why it is Konami thinks any of their actions make sense. Are they really making that much money from non-video game sources at this point that they can afford to spit on fans and employees like this?

 

[BeatResetsTheWorld]

Hopefully Kojima starts his own studio called Outer Heaven

He's become his own Big Boss

 

[so1337]

On the plus side, Kojima isn't a slave to his own creation anymore.

 

[Hero of Legend]

I always thought Konami would never live without Kojima, he's literally the face of the company and they depend on him more than anything.

Now we'll see what happens, I don't expect them to continue as is at the very least. I don't expect them to shut down, but certainly they lost their ace. Of course it also depends if Kojima will work with them still or if he's out for good.

Kojima though, is safe no matter what he does. He's a legend industry-wide. He'll never be without work and will still make great stuff. He ain't got nothing to worry about.

 

[Ushiwaka]

Fuck. Not like this.

RIP Silent Hills and MGR2. Go to fucking hell Konami.

 

[Skele7on]

OHHHHHHH MYYYYY GODDDDDDDDDD

 

[Intheflorsh]

He's dropping the dead weight. Good on him.

Edit: No MGR2? Go back Kojima, go back!

 

[duckroll]

I'm surprised we're actually getting some journalism work coming out of this story! No smoke without fire, etc. I wonder how many more Konami staff will leave by the end of this year. Oh wait, there's no one left!

 

[Palette Swap]

Along with the restricted communications, key developers at the studio, such as Hideo Kojima, will now have limited opportunities to lend their appearance to promotions of the studio’s upcoming game, Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain.

Isn't that cutting off your nose to spite your face?

 

[Curufinwe]

Kojima should do a kickstarter for his next game.

 

[wiibomb]

this is like... the ONLY actual franchise to give enough profits for Konami to still exists after abandoning Sillent Hill and Castlevania, how are they thinking they will exist???

 

[erpg]

What about Silent Hills?

There are going to be tears at my household tonight.

 

[Corpsepyre]

The most depressing news I've heard in a long time. Wish I really hadn't. Awful, just awful.

 

[Falifax]

so konami has what now?

RIP Silent Hills

Some soccer game and whatever.

 

[Fushichou187]

Re: Silent Hills... the Fox Engine was under KojiPro which was a subsidiary of Konami so it still stays in-house and doesn't leave with Kojima or anything, right?

Yeah, Kojima's involvement with SH had me super excited for the franchise and it will be interesting to see how Konami does damage control and salvages the project if Kojima does in fact cut all ties with Konami post-MGSV.