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[BadWolf]

I do agree though that he'll take his senior staff from Kojipro and make his own studio and most likely do contract work.

He is good friends with Platinum Games so it would make sense for him to follow their model.

Though at the end of the day most of his fans are on Playstation.

 

[Myggen]

Yeah. Going back to the primary source is only good practice. It's also a great article, with some interesting perspectives on this from Japanese developers.

Yeah, the Gamespot article is just a rewrite of the New Yorker one without the interesting parts surrounding the news.

 

[2thepoint]

Sony your move!


New silent hill with a new name please

Noisy Meadows, coming exclusively to PS4 in Q4 17.

 

[Ridley327]

He could very well want to do smaller projects.

Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see him do a small scale VN project again, but I don't know if he would.

 

[Ouren]

Oh god the closing quote

Wow, fuck that guy

 

[Seth Balmore]

Selfishly, I want him to keep his promise that he will continue to make games until he dies. Well, not literally of course, but you know. He's my favorite game designer of all time, bar none.

 

[jett]

That's a fairly short non-compete clause.

Unlike the the contemptible pieces of shit at Ubisoft that made Desilets lose a year of his life. Twice.

 

[jelly]

Where did he put his stealth poo in Konami HQ. Will they ever find it.

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

Is Shinkawa still at Konami? Same with the technical staff?

We don't know, but most of the studio has been laid off and all the leads will probably end on some other place or as freelancers, unless they want to spend the rest of their careers making mobile games.

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

Yeah, the Gamespot article is just a rewrite of the New Yorker one without the interesting parts surrounding the news.

Well, I've added both to the OP for everyone, sorry about that fellas

 

[Nirolak]

Tak Fujii, a former senior producer at Konami, who left the company in 2014 because of ill health, sees no issue with this kind of radical reorganization. “I saw many colleagues unwillingly reassigned,” he said. “Most of them blamed everyone but themselves. But they were not willing to adapt. They were waiting for the golden days to return. All they had left were legendary stories of their products, which are no longer relevant for either the technology or the market.”

Tak Fujii really went all-in in The New Yorker piece.

 

[Boke1879]

He is good friends with Platinum Games so it would make sense for him to follow their model.

Though at the end of the day most of his fans are on Playstation.

Yea I can see him doing contract work with Sony. He's been spotted with Cerny and I'm sure he has a great relationship with the guys over at Playstation.

 

[Gully State]

Kojima to CDPR. I'd love to see him collaborate gameplay mechanics with CDPR's choice consequences characterization/storytelling on Cyberpunk 2077

 

[BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!]

Too bad he went out on a stinker.

Hope he gets his groove back with his next project.

 

[King_Moc]

Good on him. Best result for everyone is that he ends up with a semi-tight leash on him at a large publisher, making multi-platform games.

 

[Arttemis]

This FucKonami stuff is childish. Please let's grow up a touch - pretending that the big bad evil Publisher is abusing the angelic visionary is stupid.

It's not a bad thing. Assuming that Konami continue Metal Gear in the AAA space, it's probably good that someone else gets some fresh eyes and new blood on the series.

Edit: oh my days my phone went on a mad one with my grammar.

It's almost childish to think Konami has any interest in AAA space. They ditched Silent Hills. They pull the plug on development of MGS5 and drop the creator/VP. There are multiple reports of the company abandoning console games in favor of mobile development and slot machines.

For those who have grown up with Konami IPs, there's plenty of justification for uproar and disgust.

 

[DarkLordMalik]

Your move Kamiya.

Your move Nomura.

 

[Backfoggen]

Your move, Ouya

 

[Asd202]

Is Shinkawa still at Konami? Same with the technical staff?

If Shinkawa will stay at the Konami it will be such waste of talent, He's easily one of the best artists in the industry.

 

[Burt]

Brace for a new biggest Kickstarter next summer.

 

[Slowdive]

Oh god the closing quote

What the fuck.

 

[darkinstinct]

And the bidding for Kojima's services to produce 66% of a fully-realized game starts at $80 million. Any takers?

He's gonna end up with some Korean online company and make a spy MMO. Or kickstart a MGS spiritual successor, get 100 million and fail to deliver the game because he never learned how to work with a budget.

 

[Nightbird]

lol @ people saying Sony should get him.

With wich money? Let him go indie and ask for him on a project-to-project basis.

 

[FunkyPajamas]

Your move, Amazon Game Studios.

 

[DoktorEvil]

Your move Nomura.

 

[BankSly]

make a movie, take a break from games

 

[Garlador]

BELIEVE!!!

Finally!

Er, this off-topic, but this picture FINALLY made me realize why I felt Cerny looked so familiar.

I kept seeing Dana Carvey.

... Anyway, on-topic. The whole industry must be watching Kojima like a hawk right now. The man's a gaming legend. I imagine he's got no shortage of job offers.

 

[Rajang]

Is Shinkawa still at Konami? Same with the technical staff?

His Kojima Productions team are working as contractors until December.

 

[Ridley327]

If Shinkawa will stay at the Konami it will be such waste of talent, He's easily one of the best artists in the industry.

Gotta have someone around to make the art for the pachislot cabinets.

Oh god, I can actually see Konami doing that to him.

 

[Liquidsnake]

MS should snatch him up.

 

[Shinigami]

Here's to you Kojima, the best is yet to come. Shame about the sin's of the fathers (Konami) causing this heaven's divide.

(I don't know what I'm typing, I'm legit sad MGS is finished)

We just can't say goodbye to yesterday... (the days of Kojipro and Konami)

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

lol @ people saying Sony should get him.

With wich money? Let him go indie and ask for him on a project-to-project basis.

Going indie is like asking Ferrari to make utilitaries. Is not in their DNA, not in the products they want to make.

 

[xzeldax3]

End of an era.

 

[Boke1879]

lol @ people saying Sony should get him.

With wich money? Let him go indie and ask for him on a project-to-project basis.

What's so hard to believe about Sony snatching him up and integrating him with Japan Studios?

 

[RowdyReverb]

Your move, RETRO

 

[Battlechili]

On the bright side, this means that its entirely possible Kojima will be able to join Square Enix where he will work with Tetsuya Nomura and create a dream team for the most mindscrew video game ever devised.

 

[Robot Pants]

Hopefully this turns out better than when Itagaki left Team Ninja...

I feel like it's gonna be more or less the same

 

[Radec]

Your move Don.

 

[KainXVIII]

Your move Gaben.

 

[Scientist Supreme!]

Dude is awesome, there is no doubt in my mind that I will be happy no matter where he goes.

Tak Fujii really went all-in in The New Yorker piece.

Woof

 

[Quintin DM]

End of an era, looking forward to seeing what he does post Konami.

 

[Newtype-001]

lol @ people saying Sony should get him.

With wich money? Let him go indie and ask for him on a project-to-project basis.

The same money they use to fund their other games?

 

[0.1.1.2.3.5.8.13.21.34.55]

Hopefully that non-compete expires before PSX.

 

[akira28]

Well as long as they gave him an honourable exit....


this can just be a business disagreement instead of a centuries long blood feud.

 

[Primethius]

I hope he continues to make games. Been a fan of him for a long time and I loved MGSV. Would be sad to see him not make games.

 

[FunkyPajamas]

Oh god the closing quote

Oh man, haha, that's... that's just fucking harsh.

 

[Parsnip]

Your move Gaben.

Hahaha, perfect.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

He's friends with such and such so he should go to that company is kind of silly.

He's good friends with Sakurai. Guess he should go work for Nintendo, right?

 

[Morrigan Stark]

I could have sworn this was the case already. Huh. I was all "what month is this?". Guess it wasn't official yet.

Oh god the closing quote

Hahaha it's pretty funny but looking over at what that developer is doing, um, maybe he shouldn't talk... xD

Whoever gets him should probably try to rein him in as a producer and designer, but get a writer and an editor on the side. And a project manager.

Yes, very much this.

Sony, hire this man, hire his team, and give him unlimited monies. thanks.

And very much not this.

 

[CheesecakeRecipe]

I'm eager to see what he can do now that he's unchained from the massive albatross of Metal Gear and Konami's insistence that he do nothing else. Some smaller or more intimately designed projects that follow Policenauts, Snatcher or even Boktai would be a nice change of pace for him and his fans.