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[Yen]

*sniffs* Farewell…sausage

 

[Betty]

Is it just me that hopes MGS V is the last ever MGS game?


Im a huge fan and MGS is probably my favourite series, im just worried about Konami milking it

It IS the last MGS game.

Sure Konami will throw the franchise to some untalented dev that will create nothing but trash, but it doesn't matter because MGS ends with V.

 

[Neverforget]

No freaking way! Why? I was already thinking about their next game now that Kojima is free. My, it's an end of era indeed.

 

[Rajang]

It IS the last MGS game.

Sure Konami will throw the franchise to some untalented dev that will create nothing but trash, but it doesn't matter because MGS ends with V.

Well said.

This is the last real MGS game.

 

[Spaced33]

I thought I was kinda over this but nope..........still hurts : (

 

[Ridley327]

Snatcher/Policenauts spiritual successor Kickstarter incoming.

It's not like Konami would have grounds to halt those projects.

"Hey, you! Stop making blatant ripoffs of Blade Runner and Lethal Weapon again!"

 

[orthodoxy1095]

Snatcher/Policenauts spiritual successor Kickstarter incoming.

plz don't get my hopes going like that.

 

[Novum_Veritas]

So it confirms after MGS V, Konami will milk this franchise back and forth like they did with SH and after it is not selling anymore put it on hiatus like all their great games back in the days.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

hope they find work

 

[robb_w7]

https://youtu.be/wriaT32v2T0?t=286

 

[twobear]

i'm a little bummed that MGS is coming to an end, but i'm glad that kojima is free from the confines of this narrative and can bring his design genius to other genres and universes.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

i'm a little bummed that MGS is coming to an end, but i'm glad that kojima is free from the confines of this narrative and can bring his design genius to other genres and universes.

And he is free from death threats and peer pressure. For once he can't be blamed.

 

[Fuchs]

Nintendo should get Kojima to create the Waluigi single player experience we deserve.

 

[BadWolf]

Wonder if he will actually do something new or just make a not-MGS or not-ZOE like the others are doing.

 

[jwhit28]

I'm hoping he takes after Big Boss and just remakes the same organization until his protege kills him.

 

[Kazer]

Even though we knew this was coming, reading that still made me way more sad than I anticipated.

 

[JP]

He may prefer to stay independent rather than signing up with one of the big three, could quite see him enjoying working at somewhere like Platinum Games.

 

[Boke1879]

Someone is going to throw Kojima a lot of money to develop a game. I'm sure Shinkawa will follow Kojima wherever he goes though.

 

[SalvaPot]

??

What on earth would they do with him though? =/

Give him the Sakurai treatment, just give him money, let him form his own team and access to any I.P they want if he even wants to use them, if not just let him make their own games.

 

[Ridley327]

Someone is going to throw Kojima a lot of money to develop a game. I'm sure Shinkawa will follow Kojima wherever he goes though.

I imagine that a lot of senior staff will go where Kojima goes. He has one tightly-knit crew on his hands.

 

[Neiteio]

Kojima's ego will crave dat Kickstarter limelight.

 

[Azure J]

Hope the best for wherever KojiPro folk land. Eagerly await the Area of the Lasts kickstarter.

 

[7DollarHagane]

It's a good thing that his team won't be under the thumb of such ignorant management any longer.

 

[Love Deterrence]

My only hope is that Kojima-san is able to retain some of his top guys, like Shinkawa, Ken, Jackie, and so on. Who knows, though? He's a genius, and people would love to make a game under his direction, I'm sure.

 

[Jazz573]

How long has Kojima been with Konami? He was at least there in 1988 when Snatcher released, and Metal Gear released in 1987. Was he there before then?

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

Now the bidding war begins. Which lucky company gets he and his team's talent?

 

[Jazz573]

Now the bidding war begins. Which lucky company gets he and his team's talent?

Who's to say they won't create their own company?

 

[Ridley327]

How long has Kojima been with Konami? He was at least there in 1988 when Snatcher released, and Metal Gear released in 1987. Was he there before then?

Yep. He's been with Konami since 1986.

 

[Kriken]

*Sigh* Well there's always kickstarter for Alloy Apparatus Solid featuring Solid Serpant

 

[robotrock]

Who's to say they won't create their own company?

who gonna fund that tho

 

[orthodoxy1095]

How long has Kojima been with Konami? He was at least there in 1988 when Snatcher released, and Metal Gear released in 1987. Was he there before then?

The year before. 1986. That's when he joined the MSX division as some kind of designer/planner role.

 

[Jazz573]

Yep. He's been with Konami since 1986.

So almost 30 years.

 

[Shin-Ra]

This could be my last Konami game.

Unless there's a badass MGS or MGS3 remaster. Or Poy Poy.

 

[GifGafIsTheBestGaf]

this really sucks, i wish them the best of luck and i hope they fall on their feet

 

[ChaosXVI]

Kojima is going to be like a Disney princess. Every major publisher under the sun is going to line up to get him and any of his team members that he can keep together with him. I wouldn't be surprised if he is already taking meetings with them.

My money is on Sony though.

 

[NotLiquid]

I don't have any more tears to shed

Spoiler

Bad ending ;__;

 

[ponpo]

Unfortunate, but no generic Konami hate from me. Thank you for continued Bemani support, Konami!

metalgearforever

 

[J-Skee]

I imagine Shuhei gave Kojima a call the moment he heard about the news, not even on a business level but just on some "hey man, how are you holding up?". I can't picture him going anywhere else. It's either Sony or going completely independent.

 

[ilium]

Calling the italian doctor was a mistake.

 

[JehutyRunner]

A Kickstarter for either a Enders 3 or spiritual successor to Enders by 2018 at a Sony E3 press conference that'll also feature Agent and Half-Life 3.

Spoiler

Pouring one out for the game we nearly got, but never had :'(

 

[jroc74]

sony should hire kojima to head a new japanese studio.

Or Nintendo. God knows they need him more.

I would see him going to Sony before Nintendo. Just based on MGS to MGS 4. I would think if he wanted to do something he might go to the the console that would allow his vision to come through more.

Going to Nintendo would get me back as a big fan of theirs quick...depending on the type of games he do. I became a fan of Sony when I followed FF 7 and MGS to the PS 1.

I repeat that last line so much....its like a broken record.

 

[Black Pewter]

SCEJ presents...

A Studio Hideo production...

'Alloy Cog One'

I really like that name.

 

[The Silver]

Dammnit Kojima, why'd you have to bang the CEO's daughter?

 

[Xiraiya]

I wanted to make a thread but maybe it isn't warranted so I'll ask about it in here:

How will MGO function? Surely as an online pvp experience it'll need a good flow of patches coming out at the very least for the first 6/8 months. What about it now without a team to work on them? And who knows just how much or how little DLC is done already and what are Konami's plans for that?

Do you guys think Metal Gear Online is basically dead already?

Nope, LA team were renamed to Konami LA, they're a separate bunch to the core Kojipro team.

 

[Mooreberg]

The only surprise is that Konami did not maintain the charade until September 1st. We all knew MGS V was the end of the line when Silent Hills got axed.

 

[blue_phazon]

Dammnit Kojima, why'd you have to bang the CEO's daughter?

I thought Kojima was gay?

At least I read that somewhere long ago

 

[Parakeetman]

I thought Kojima was gay?

At least I read that somewhere long ago

https://twitter.com/hideo_kojima_en/status/367894294322872320

 

[Betty]

I thought Kojima was gay?

At least I read that somewhere long ago

Many are gay for Kojima though, I know I am.

 

[Hank Scorpio]

Can't wait to hear from Koj once his contract is up. Really wanna know how it all ended like thIs.

 

[blue_phazon]

https://twitter.com/hideo_kojima_en/status/367894294322872320

Guess not then.

I had no idea where I got that from :/