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[Rumor] Chinese Company Tencent Planning to hire Kojima to develop new IP
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Came in here to see this and was not disappointed.
This is the picture they said it's Kojima coming to Tencent
Do you believe it?
No! That is NOT Hideo Kojima!
I also seriously doubt Sony is really itching to invest in another auteur that takes forever to make games.
In the chance that they did, I doubt they'd give him the level of freedom he was enjoying at Konami before things went down.
Mobile-focused weird ass augmented reality game incoming.
Very few companies have the capital to throw at an auteur like him who's notorious for throwing out large chunks of work that isn't up to his standards. His work ethic isn't exactly in line with most American publishers. I think whatever his next project is, it's not going to be the large budget IP everyone here wants.
Very few companies have the capital to throw at an auteur like him who's notorious for throwing out large chunks of work that isn't up to his standards. His work ethic isn't exactly in line with most American publishers. I think whatever his next project is, it's not going to be the large budget IP everyone here wants.
Could you IMAGINE. I would fucking love to see him reboot that series.
This is the picture they said it's Kojima coming to Tencent
Do you believe it?
That looks more like Dale North than Kojima.
Lol. Knew this was coming.
John Kowalski
Banned
american mcgee x kojima
the proof is in the pudding
the proof is in the pudding
Succinct Verbosity
Member
Why would he want to go to a studio that never gets anything made?
The question of artistic restrictions that'll be placed on Kojima because it's, you know, communist China, is a thing.
iirc pornography restrictions are very tight there, tight enough that Quiet 2.0 and other standard Kojima practices probably can't happen. Add that to Tencent's guaranteed need for microtransactions and well this relationship might not get that far off the ground.
iirc pornography restrictions are very tight there, tight enough that Quiet 2.0 and other standard Kojima practices probably can't happen. Add that to Tencent's guaranteed need for microtransactions and well this relationship might not get that far off the ground.
Valkerionseven
Member
SonyToo!™;175868529 said:
That's why you have never heard of them, they are the largest company... that owns other companies. Kinda like how there can be 1000+ channels on TV, a hundred networks and subchannels but they are all owned by 3 broadcasters.
Coffee Dog
Banned
i don't see any real reason for kojima to do this considering he very obviously loves running wild with the games he makes
That isn't kojimaThis is the picture they said it's Kojima coming to Tencent
Do you believe it?
Ingueferroque
Banned
This. An even bigger ball than letting go of Monster Hunter, or not bringing Demon's Souls to the US themselves.
uncredited male
Member
These rumors are going to be happening every other week until something is announced by Kojima.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
Gamefreak should hire Kojima to revitalize Pokemon.
Riposte
Member
Kojima has not made a single-player only game since... MGS2?
Snake eater
Imperfected
Member
You're assuming Tencent is making games for a Chinese market in specific.
As with the movie market, it's becoming increasingly clear that you can make games for a Western market primarily and still market them successfully in China with some forethought. You don't have to make the games explicitly for China. Kojima would probably make his game in Japanese initially, same as he's always done, for the same audience he's always done it for.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Shining Sunshine
Banned
With tencent's budget, Kojima can make a hundred hour long ending.
rootbeerafloat
Member
He's technically correct. Subsistence had multiplayer. Snake Eater did not.
chicagocubsfan
Member
Hold the 3DS under water to get water pokes.
RobertMuldoon
Neo Member
Kojima will either stay with Konami or start his own studio. He's too big a personality to become someone else's employee
Why not Tencent? Didn't seem to hurt Riot, Actiblizz or Epic.
A couple would probably take the plunge, but I think this is underestimating how much his history is likely to scare a lot of those publishers off.
Kojima might make games that sell well, but he's still not the person to go to if you are wanting, say, the next AssCreed or CoD.
Love all the knee jerk reactions going around here.
They probably want to give him his own studio and reap the rewards. Like with many things that are financed or made in ChIna, you probably won't even notice. I won't guess if this rumor is legitimate or not, but it's not like they're going to force Kojima to crank out mobile games. I doubt he'd be in a worse situation than at Konami.
They probably want to give him his own studio and reap the rewards. Like with many things that are financed or made in ChIna, you probably won't even notice. I won't guess if this rumor is legitimate or not, but it's not like they're going to force Kojima to crank out mobile games. I doubt he'd be in a worse situation than at Konami.
down 2 orth
Member
You would think after everything he's been through he would have decided by now that being a boss of his own fully independent studio is the only way to go.
Yeah, he'd be hard pressed to find a publisher that'd be willing to give him the sort of freedom he enjoyed at Sony before thing went sour.
Sure as shit isn't going to be Sony.
minameissteve
Banned
Are they funding the studio with the philosopher's legacy?
Eva did work for the Chinese...
Should have been the first post. Kojima needs to go somewhere with a huge budget that will let him out-Kojima himself.
So exactly this company?