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GameSpot: Kojima to leave Konami after MGSV, power struggle, communications embargo
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GillianSeed79
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I am kind of coming to the realization that this will probably be my last console generation or at least consoles will no longer be my primary platform of choice going forward. Kojima leaving Konami just kind of cements it. All of the great Japanese gaming companies I grew up with since the 8 bit days are either dead, focused on mobile now or are shadows of their former selves. I find that 99.9 percent of games Im interested in now are also on PC which I've transitioned too mostly. The only first party stuff I care about from Sony is Naughty Dog properties and I don't really care much for Microsoft's first party IP outside of maybe Halo and it seems like with Windows 10 cross buy owning an Xbox console going forward will be even more pointless since I have a PC. Metal Gear games were console sellers for me but now you can even get MGSV on PC. I cant even get excited about Final Fantssy these days. I'm starting to fail to see the point of owning a console. God help me, I'm probably going to be one of those PC/Nintendo/retro gamers next gen. God speed Kojima.
I wonder how AC would have developed if Ubi left it in the hands of its creator.
moltonasty
Member
I wonder if releasing PT was Kojima's way of letting fans play Something rather than nothing. Maybe he already knew at that time that he wouldnt be at konami for long.
I'm not going to get into a debate about who should go to where and who gets who, and I can bet my left ass cheek that Nintendo doesn't care in any case, but I thought it's worth noting that Nintendo seem to be very open to letting devs do what they want, and believe in the creators artistic vision/integrity (Bayonetta 2 for example, Nintendo basically gave Platinum carte blanche, likewise with 101).
2015:
Nintendo announces partnership with DeNA.
Konami shutter Kojima Productions and Hideo Kojima leaves game development.
Capcom stops all business development in preparation for Nintendo acquisition.
2016:
Nintendo purchases Capcom, Capcom now the Monster Hunter mobile app development studio.
Nintendo merges with DeNA and Shigeru Miyamoto retires from games development to teach at Tokyo Polytechnic.
Reeling after ceasing development on Metal Gear Rising 2, Platinum works on licensed anime game with six month development cycle. Game sits at 61% on Metacritic.
2017:
Kadokawa Corporation pivots away from media to invest in burgeoning smart rice cooker market. Closes FROM. Hidetaka Miyazaki joins Miyamoto and Pac-Man creator Toru Iwatani at Tokyo Polytechnic.
Keita Takahashi makes F2P spiritual sequel to Noby Noby Boy. Now completely sex-negative North American indie community that once took Takahashi in shuns him due to implicit sexuality of game. Takahashi again leaves game development.
Platinum releases a sequel to licensed anime game. It has 55% Metacritic average.
2018:
Platinum closes its doors.
2019:
Keita Takahashi records album with Jim ORourke on which he makes barnyard animal noises while playing the spoons. Album is WIRE Magazines record of the year.
2020:
Treasure release Radiant Silvergun on Steam.
Nintendo announces partnership with DeNA.
Konami shutter Kojima Productions and Hideo Kojima leaves game development.
Capcom stops all business development in preparation for Nintendo acquisition.
2016:
Nintendo purchases Capcom, Capcom now the Monster Hunter mobile app development studio.
Nintendo merges with DeNA and Shigeru Miyamoto retires from games development to teach at Tokyo Polytechnic.
Reeling after ceasing development on Metal Gear Rising 2, Platinum works on licensed anime game with six month development cycle. Game sits at 61% on Metacritic.
2017:
Kadokawa Corporation pivots away from media to invest in burgeoning smart rice cooker market. Closes FROM. Hidetaka Miyazaki joins Miyamoto and Pac-Man creator Toru Iwatani at Tokyo Polytechnic.
Keita Takahashi makes F2P spiritual sequel to Noby Noby Boy. Now completely sex-negative North American indie community that once took Takahashi in shuns him due to implicit sexuality of game. Takahashi again leaves game development.
Platinum releases a sequel to licensed anime game. It has 55% Metacritic average.
2018:
Platinum closes its doors.
2019:
Keita Takahashi records album with Jim ORourke on which he makes barnyard animal noises while playing the spoons. Album is WIRE Magazines record of the year.
2020:
Treasure release Radiant Silvergun on Steam.
Good question, leave the engine take Kojima.
SerOnionKnight
Neo Member
Maybe Konami will makes some comprehensible MGS games now.
ShinobiMuramasa
Member
What does this mean for the Fox Engine?
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Oh I'm sure it will still happen. But Kojima's involvement in the game was what made that project hopeful.
I mean Guillermo del Toro? Norman Reedus? Without the Kojima factor, that just sounds like putting a Korn song in your crappy new SH in-name-only title.
Future PhaZe
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The inevitable Snatcher kickstarter is going to be insane
SamuelSupreme
Banned
Could it simply be that Konami is reconsidering their priorities? Is it possible that they would even consider selling the MGS IP and fully moving onto their Pachinko and Healthy living ventures?
Pretty much dead in the water. Maybe Silent Hill but that's it.
Edit: Oh and the football game too.
SolidSnakex
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Not much. Konami has already changed wording for the engine so that it says that it was developed by Konami rather than KojiPro. They'll still use it but won't mention which team created it.
After Metal Gear Rising, I'm more than okay with some different people at the helm of the franchise.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Kojima will now come to America to make independent movies with Hayter. He will finally do what he always wanted to do. Get ready Hollywood.
Corronchilejano
Member
Who's being pedantic?
Nintendo as a whole doesn't make story centric games, but they leave directors to do as they please. I don't think Kojima would ever get everything he could ever want from Nintendo (as in resources), but he would have all the creative freedom he could ever want.
That said, Nintendo would never approach him.
You realise that Ninendo has more story driven franchises than MS and Sony combined right?
PES/Winning Eleven will still use it until Konami decides to throw that IP under the bus.
hydragonwarrior
Member
I'm thinking Konami thinks they have a bunch of IP's now and can throw any dev at them to make them work - and probably wanting to focus more on the mobile industry than before.
The Konami Engine.
Ninja Scooter
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Is everyone so sure Silent Hills is dead? I mean PT generated a ton of buzz and interest you'd think Konami would want to capitalize on that with or without Hideo.
ZeroMaverick
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Moon_frogger
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I prefer them to be fun. To each his own though. Enjoy your souless cashgrab mgs games, cause that's what you're going to get.
CheesecakeRecipe
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Nintendo's other hallmark is extremely well designed and polished core gameplay systems with an extremely high level of ingenuity and creativity...which is also a pretty good description of Metal Gear.
Probably left to die after MGSV is over. Kojima and his colleagues will have to resort to licensing UE4 or something if they open a new studio.
Can't be much worse than MGS4!
You know, NeoGAF, this really is the last mgs...Damn, end of an era. This really is the last MGS
NoFaceNico
Member
*sigh*
With that other director leaving, Konami might be getting out of AAA games altogether. In which case, the Silent Hill game gets the axe.
Deckard Chapel
Banned
This.
I want to see what else he can create. I love the Metal Gear Saga - but I also love Snatcher and Policenauts. He is more than capable of doing other things [as evidenced by Silent Hills] so lets see what he can create next for a new publisher that maybe even tops the Metal Gear saga.
Krusenstern
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Femmeworth
Banned
I really don't think PlatinumGames could afford to drop a project like that.
WiiRevolution1
Member
Sad to see this happen, loved MGS 1,2,and 4. (Couldn't get into 3, need to try again and never played PW) Kojima is a legendary developer and hope he can finally do a game he wants on his own terms in the future.
I hope he just completely says "fuck off Konami" by partnering with someone or doing a kickstarter for Silent Hills without calling it Silent Hills. (Spiritual Sucessor) since that Teaser was so good. Whatever happens I hope he does what he wants weather its horror, steath, or otherwise.
I hope he just completely says "fuck off Konami" by partnering with someone or doing a kickstarter for Silent Hills without calling it Silent Hills. (Spiritual Sucessor) since that Teaser was so good. Whatever happens I hope he does what he wants weather its horror, steath, or otherwise.
Benzychenz
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Look at Takahasi and Monolith Soft, still making story heavy JRPGs since becoming a Nintendo first party.
Not that I'd really want Kojima to be at Nintendo. He should make an independent company like the Clover guys did in becoming Platinum.
Yoshi
Headmaster of Console Warrior Jugendstrafanstalt
Nintendo? What makes you think Kojima fits Nintendo? He would be way better fitting at Sony...
balladofwindfishes
Member
Monolith and Intelligent Systems? Not every Nintendo studio is EAD.
Kojima and his good buddy Sakurai can mope around talking about how they're miserable making the same games from their most famous series. It's the perfect match!
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
I really couldn't care less about the MGS series, but this I guess means Silent Hills is all but canned. I'd cry about Zone of the Enders, but a new one of those isn't any less likely today than it was yesterday.
Will be fascinating to see where he lands, though.
Will be fascinating to see where he lands, though.
Screaming Meat
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Man, it's like my favourite band split up.
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