Sumio Mondo
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Hope he starts his own company and just does whatever the hell he wants.
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Hideo Kojima left Konami/KojiPro on October 9th, non-compete ends in December
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Alebrije
Member
The truth is that Kojima was sent to quarantine by Konami. The long vacation is just a cover in order to sell its tech codename Foxengine to the PIS aka Pachinko industry syndicate through a CTP and finally complete their main goal to take MGI.
Obviously that could not be possible without a TBP.
Well, they're probably technically correct.
If he had one month worth of vacation days, he'd still be a Konami employee until November 9th, even if October 9th was his last day of actually being at work.
It's a dumb distinction, but I'm guessing they want to assert it as it relates to how his non-compete works (if it's 30 days, if his employment ends on November 9th, then he can't sign with another publisher until December 9th).
akidnamededdy
Banned
Kojima branded line of frozen breakfast sandwiches ala Jimmy Dean. Comes in bacon and farewell sausage varieties. You will rike it.
Everybody just relax. Kojima simply went on vacation:
http://kotaku.com/konami-denies-hideo-kojima-has-left-says-hes-on-vacat-1737501388
You mean you don't believe Konami? lol
http://kotaku.com/konami-denies-hideo-kojima-has-left-says-hes-on-vacat-1737501388
You mean you don't believe Konami? lol
Would be a nice fit as I don't think he will get $80 mil for a game anytime soon. I'm sure he could still make a really good game with half that budget.
A multiplat pub would be best though.
Megalosaro
Banned
I hope Kojima ends up at Nintendo, where he makes a spiritual successor to Policenauts.
"Officer, this isn't a corpse in my trunk. He's just asleep, ok?"
Clear
CliffyB's Cock Holster
SCEJ.
* History: Long history of cooperation MGS2 as PS2 tech flagship, and active collaboration with things like Snake vs Ape Escape.
* Values: SCEJ stuck with TLG through a long and troubled development, for the "art". That's got to sit well with Kojima.
* Location: Perfect place for a Japanese creative with international aspirations.
* Corporate: Sony have shown a lot of commitment to console gaming by making it one of their core businesses. They might not be what they once were, but they are still a powerful organization with a lot of resources.
* Platform holder: Pretty much guarantees maximum promotion and "push" for a name creative like Kojima whilst avoiding the hassle of supporting/maintaining multiple sku's.
Doc Holliday
SPOILER: Columbus finds America
My prediction...
Kojima starts a studio in LA and someone ie EA, Ubisoft, Activions etc will give him lots of cash to start his own studio.
Kojima starts a studio in LA and someone ie EA, Ubisoft, Activions etc will give him lots of cash to start his own studio.
Hahaha. Well done.
Sorry sir, but here in Japan when we are on vacation, first thing we do is visiting our peers to have a glass of water with them. It's our culture
Please understand.
#Iheartkonami
From the Kotaku article:
http://kotaku.com/konami-denies-hid...m_source=Kotaku_Twitter&utm_medium=Socialflow
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
http://kotaku.com/konami-denies-hid...m_source=Kotaku_Twitter&utm_medium=Socialflow
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
FlyingSaucer
Banned
Konami is something straight out from a nightmare of Kafka.
Considering the situation, Orwell would be more appropriate. 2+2=5 and all that.
Storm Raider
Banned
I think Konami is keeping this under wraps because they think this will effect sales in some way during the holidays.
Re the whole "He's just on a vacation" claim... it's entirely plausible. People in my company do this all the time. I know people who have never used up their vacation days for the past few years, and although vacation days expire after two years, it's entirely possible that Kojima had 40 vacation days (the number of vacation days that the company is required to give him over two years, or 20 days a year) when he left on October 9th. If his last day at work is October 9th, and he has 40 vacation days left, his official end date would be on December 8th (there are two national holidays in November).
The non-compete clause isn't a non-compete clause. He literally is a Konami employee until December, and his employment contract most likely bars him from working in two places at once (this clause is very common for employment contracts).
The non-compete clause isn't a non-compete clause. He literally is a Konami employee until December, and his employment contract most likely bars him from working in two places at once (this clause is very common for employment contracts).
konami is one of those gov't controlling like "The Patriots" And Hideo Kojima is a prisoner. A highly Intel prisoner having an S rank in the MGSV TPP motherbase field.
Love Deterrence
Member
"You gonna extract him?"
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Deleted member 80556
Unconfirmed Member
"He's coming too? Roger that"
Best thing to come out of this thread.
eso76
Member
This.
His contract ends in Dec, he's using the days off he had left and is technically on vacation.
So in other words, he left.
CambriaRising
Member
He'll come back in for a hour or so to pick up his Gypsy Danger bobble-head and Drive posters.
eso76
Member
His contract was always supposed to end in dec, he's still konami employee until then.
He didn't take days off, so he's using them up now, which likely means he won't be seen at konami ever again.
Technically, though, he's konami employee on vacation, vacation that will last until his contract expires.
Oh alright, that's pretty dumb indeed. Thanks for the explaination however.
Everyone that went to that party are now janitors.
They were janitors the moment MGSV was wrapped up.
ArtHands
Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
Well that's most probably the case. He's still a Konami employee officially on paper, but he's on leaves till his contract expires now. So he won't be stepping into Konami building anymore despite his status.
His contract is still in effect though.
But what happened to the ones that were janitors prior? A promotion? Janception?
Newtype-001
Member
You can never have too many janitors when you gotta clean up Konamis shit everyday.
archangelmorph
Member
SCEJ....
Dark Cloud Solid: Resubsistentiance
Make it happen Sony...
Dark Cloud Solid: Resubsistentiance
Make it happen Sony...
Kojima is DONE with Konami!
Konami is just being 'really' technical about him not leaving.
Kojima IS on vacay, but it extends past the expiration of his contract, which ends in December - so essentially he isn't coming back, but technically he's still an employee...until December
Konami is just being 'really' technical about him not leaving.
Kojima IS on vacay, but it extends past the expiration of his contract, which ends in December - so essentially he isn't coming back, but technically he's still an employee...until December
I concur
(wanted to put Kojima's face replacing Mel and Shu's face replacing Homer but I fail in the gifs department..someone help me out)
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