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[Meier]

The removal of "A Hideo Kojima Game" is fairly shocking regardless of whatever is going down.

 

[DaBoss]

What do they have besides MGS?

Renaming the company to Kojima would make more sense really....

If they are only a console video game company, then yea. Outside of console video games (where Konami's main income lies), Kojima's name is worth nothing.

 

[Betty]

So it's just a rebranding then? Well phew.

I still want his name on the box though.

 

[SeanNoonan]

A shame.. I trusted the KojiPro branding more than just Konami.

There's a good reason why publishers very rarely attribute products or successes to individuals, groups or teams - with attribution comes some level of power and they begin to lose control.

¯\_(&#12484_/¯

It's the other side of my previous comment.

 

[OnionPowder]

People are honestly believing this is some sort of Kojima plot? Why?

People are conditioned to be skeptical over everything Kojima does at this point.

 

[params7]

People are honestly believing this is some sort of Kojima plot? Why?

Denial.

Its pretty obvious as to what's going on. Kojima has been fired. MGS is Konami's baby now, with many planned sequels.
edit: Not let go, but looks like has lost control over the MGS franchise at least.

 

[Haunted]

huh, weird

 

[malfcn]

Hopefully it's just a massive branding thing. Having Kojima over everything kind of overshadowed the brand of the actual company.

Now who's job will it be to scrub his name from game credits and cinematics?

 

[ZSeba]

What will happen to silent hills? ;_;

 

[ShockingAlberto]

What if it never existed in the first place?

This is one reason I'm not confident about seeing it again!

The TGS panel was just about PT and the concepts for it. Its connections to any game named Silent Hills were kept fairly quiet.

 

[_hekk05]

Rip MGS and Silent Hills


Inb4 Kojima starts an indie studio and makes Fiddle Playing Simulator 2015

 

[Damerman]

Getting rid of the kojima productions brand is a mistake... No doubt about it.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

So it's just a rebranding then? Well phew.

I still want his name on the box though.

It's a power play. Before Kojima had freedom of sorts-He had his own studio, he was an exec, and he was making moves to poise himself outside of Konami through Kojima Productions.

There is no doubt in my mind that Konami saw this as a threat and moved in to knock out Kojimas power. By effectively destroying KojiProd, they've accomplished one part of it. The other part is Koji not being an exec anymore. The worst part is if it effects MGSV.

 

[jett]

That's pretty good coverage for something that was clearly put together relatively quickly. It also brings up points which I don't think anyone mentioned in this thread yet. A bit of investigation shows that the logic matches up.

http://www.konami-digital-entertain...se/2015/0303/?cm_sp=01-_-release-_-20150303-e



Look at the date. That would mean that this organization restructure went into effect on Monday. This would also explain why Kojima Productions has been effective removed as a branding. The emphasis on KONAMI above all.

It's also worth looking at this press release announcing the release date of MGSV: http://www.konami-digital-entertain...se/2015/0305/?cm_sp=01-_-release-_-20150305-e

Notice that the entire press release doesn't mention Kojima's name once, nor does it mention Kojima Productions. It even says the Fox Engine is developed by KONAMI. Which lines up with the HQ-driven reorganization.

That press release is a totes HIDEOS VISAGE

 

[No_Style]

Getting rid of the kojima productions brand is a mistake... No doubt about it.

Only to the core audience. General populace don't give a damn.

 

[RK9039]

What will happen to silent hills? ;_;

A Hideo Konami Game.

 

[strafer]

Time to hold onto to the old games with the A Hideo Kojima Game... on them, before you know it they will be worth money.

 

[duckroll]

I found this pretty funny:

http://www.konami-digital-entertain...se/2013/1210/?cm_sp=01-_-release-_-20131210-e

This title, which is directed by METAL GEAR series creator Hideo Kojima*4,

*4 Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. Senior Corporate Officer (Fellow), Director of Kojima Productions

http://www.konami-digital-entertain...se/2014/0610/?cm_sp=01-_-release-_-20140610-e

"MGSV: TPP" is a title on which METAL GEAR series creator Hideo Kojima*3 is engaged in direction, writing, game design, and production.

*3 Senior Corporate Officer (fellow) of Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd., and Director of KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS.

http://www.konami-digital-entertain...se/2015/0305/?cm_sp=01-_-release-_-20150305-e

"MGSV:TPP" is the main game that follows on from prologue title "METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES," which was released in March 2014.

Additionally, players can expect more immersive and thrilling gameplay than ever before, as "MGSV:TPP" utilizes the next-generation FOX ENGINE game engine, developed by KONAMI, to render graphics so detailed and photorealistic that characters and environments are almost indistinguishable from the real thing.

Kojima who?

 

[nictron]

Kojima goes to Platinum Games

He teams up with Kamiya

They collaborate to make Metal Gear Rising 2

Only Nintendo wants to take the risk and publishes it

It becomes a launch title for the Nintendo NX

Neogaf rage ensues, death threats and shit posts of "they stole our game!" Posts clog the internet.

The neogaf thread becomes a graveyard of massive bannings for ridiculous over reactions.

The game goes on to sell 400k worldwide but win Neogaf GOTY 2016 with even more rage posts about how a nintendo game won GOTY.

Where do I purchase one of these Nintendo NXsss?

 

[SolidSnakex]

Maybe he saw sense and admitted that game development is a joint effort and plastering his name all over something might belittle the rest of the team's contributions?

¯\_(&#12484_/¯

He was the writer, director and producer of the games that the "A Hideo Kojima Game" tagged appeared on. It isn't a stretch to say it was his game.

It makes sense in order to strenghtening the Konami name again.

Wouldn't making high quality games that weren't MGS be the best way to achieve that? They're responsible for their name recognition dwindling over the years. They have a huge library of franchises that people love and yet they don't put them to use.

 

[Dragonborn]

Of Kojima is off SH then I guess I'm done with Konami after MGSV.

It'll be sad to see them run the franchise into the ground

 

[influentzar]

Silent Hills |OT| not a game by [deleted]

 

[iMax]

IGN's going all in.

 

[Moosehole]

I'm not sold that a rebranding is all this is, but if it's true I have no problem with it. Konami has not been reaping the full rewards of internally developing and publishing Metal Gear games for quite some time.

Kojima and KojiPro have been seen as separate entities from Konami, and tbh it isn't really fair to the people who are funding everything.

 

[Tanoooki]

Why would they do this when MGSV hasn't even released yet?

 

[Alienous]

IGN's going all in.

Jeez, they must have been saving that photo.

 

[RK9039]

IGN's going all in.

Damn, I can't read this article my screen is below 50 inches.

 

[DaBoss]

Why would they do this when MGSV hasn't even released yet?

So they get associated with MGSV and not just Kojima Productions.

 

[Wasp]

This reminds me of when a famous person is outed as a paedophile and all evidence of their existence is erased. I'm definitely not saying that's what's happened here. Definitely not. But Konami are sure acting like that.

Fucking weird.

 

[BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!]

I'm not sold that a rebranding is all this is, but if it's true I have no problem with it. Konami has not been reaping the full rewards of internally developing and publishing Metal Gear games for quite some time.

Kojima and KojiPro have been seen as separate entities from Konami, and tbh it isn't really fair to the people who are funding everything.

But it's fair to change history and remove his name from past products?

 

[GunBR]

People are honestly believing this is some sort of Kojima plot? Why?

Because Kojima

But I think this is real, he's really leaving Konami.

 

[Graphics Horse]

Please can I keep Kojima on my Mother Base staff Konami.

 

[freshVeggie]

So Kojima is not leaving just all departments and leaders getting new names?

Explain it to me like I am five.

 

[Betty]

Silent Hills |OT| not a game by [deleted]

Silent Hills |OT| There was a director here, he's gone now.

 

[The Horror the horror]

Well I'm not buying MGV unless it's confirmed Kojima oversaw every aspect of the game and gave the finalized product his approval.

 

[Klossen]

I feel day after day more convinced that this industry hates talented people and will actively try to reject them into obscurity. I guess Kojima got too popular and influential for his own good.

 

[braves01]

IGN's going all in.

Nintendo going mobile, Kojipro gone in the same week...coincidence? Or is Kojima making mobile games for Nintendo now?

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Kojima hasn't tweeted for a while, either. Which isn't like him. He usually tweets about food or about the day.

Something is going down...if this is an april fools, then it's one nobody asked for.

 

[ProfessorMoran]

Kojima goes to Platinum Games

He teams up with Kamiya

They collaborate to make Metal Gear Rising 2

Only Nintendo wants to take the risk and publishes it

It becomes a launch title for the Nintendo NX

Neogaf rage ensues, death threats and shit posts of "they stole our game!" Posts clog the internet.

The neogaf thread becomes a graveyard of massive bannings for ridiculous over reactions.

The game goes on to sell 400k worldwide but win Neogaf GOTY 2016 with even more rage posts about how a nintendo game won GOTY.

Platinum will probably go under before that ever happens.
Maybe Konami is going full mobile and Kojima productions is part of the casualty?

 

[_hekk05]

Time to turn off steam autoupdates for ground zeroes. I still want to be able to rescue kojima

 

[Moosehole]

But it's fair to change history and remove his name from past products?

Nope. That's why I don't think this is a simple rebranding.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

Why now? why so much drama now just a few months before MGSV comes out??

I'm sure this isn't healthy for the development process.

 

[Xpliskin]

IGN's going all in.

They posted that 3 minutes ago, only after GAF concluded it was a rebranding( last page).

Congratulate them for their journalism.

 

[SeanNoonan]

He was the writer, director and producer of the games that the "A Hideo Kojima Game" tagged appeared on. It isn't a stretch to say it was his game.

All achievements, no doubt. You just never know how much involvement can go into each role and how many people are involved in making those roles happen. Always differs between productions. I have no idea how many writers are actually onboard or how many directors are on the production for each department...

I was purely musing from a content creators point of view, I have no idea how that team or production is structured.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

IGN's going all in.

Looks like a Rolling Stone cover. I like it.

 

[Kyoufu]

Why now? why so much drama now just a few months before MGSV comes out??

I'm sure this isn't healthy for the development process.

All that's left is QA, playtesting and bug fixing. I don't see why you're concerned about a game that's content complete.

 

[EatChildren]

Why now? why so much drama now just a few months before MGSV comes out??

I'm sure this isn't healthy for the development process.

April 1st is the beginning of a fiscal year in Japan, suitable timing for major company changes.

 

[sechsterangriff]

I understand if they want to end KojoPro brand and reintegrate the studio as an internal team.

But why erase any references to Hideo himself? "A Hideo Kojima game" has been going on long before KojiPro was a thing.

 

[NintenDOMG]

They posted that 3 minutes ago, only after GAF concluded it was a rebranding( last page).

Congratulate them for their journalism.

This is exactly what I'm thinking.

 

[OnionPowder]

April 1st is the beginning of a fiscal year in Japan, suitable timing for major company changes.

Plus Kojimas part in the project is most likely done