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GameSpot: Kojima to leave Konami after MGSV, power struggle, communications embargo

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Averon

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FinalStageBoss said:
I guess this means silent hills is dead. Del toro is no game maker.
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Yup. And even if it will still be made, I bet it won't look nothing like the concept Del Toro and Kojima was working on. I expect SH to be outsourced to some cheap, shitty western dev and be given a shoe string budget. Without Kojima on board, I don't think Del Toro or Reedus will be nearly as enthused to work on the game, at it will show.

Konami will try to sell on the Del Toro and Norman Reedus names, but it will fail.
 
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Interface23

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I always will find it weird that companies like Konami & Capcom don't sell IPs they obviously aren't going to do anything with like Castlevania/Contra/Maximo/ the Hudson stuff/ Dino Crisis etc etc to a company that will utilize them.
 
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Omikaru

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I was ready for MGS to end after 3. But I love (most of) Kojima's games so I was always pulled back in.

He has said that he wants to keep making games until he dies. I hope that he carries on and we get some new IP from him.

Also, fuck Konami.
 
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Snuggles

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Kojima seems to have a strong interest in the mobile gaming industry. I can see him heading in that direction with a small, independant studio like a lot of vets.
 
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Chilled_Eskim01

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Well damn... come back from lunch to read this...

Well, it looks like MGSV will be my last Metal Gear too (unless platinum keeps up the Rising games).

Stupid Konami...
 
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EmCeeGramr

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So I'm thinking about what the smartphone Metal Gear will be like and it'll probably be pretty cool! You can make it grid based, sort of like Hitman Go, but instead of a premium product they may go with an energy thing so missions and being spotted will drain your lifebar (rations restore it but cost extra). Collecting cards of MGS characters, weapons, and vehicles and using them AC!D style will be a hoot too, and they can have special monthly events so you have a chance at "capturing" special characters like Tuxedo Snake or Pliskin with their own unique attributes.

They'll probably be able to pump it out pretty quick, too, what with Kojima not being able to stop it. A win-win situation all around.
 
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Stanng243

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This is Konami shooting itself in the foot, right? How are they going to get anyone to seriously consider working for them when they pull things like this with their top talent?
 
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GCX

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This all reminds me, I wonder when we start to hear about Koji Igarashi's new studio he formed last year after leaving Konami.
 
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UrbanDandy

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Like everyone here, I'm shocked. I am concerned with KojiPro LA; it was basically established for MGS V. The reality is that Konami is living because of Kojima; obviously the MGS series is what kept them afloat all these years.
 
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random25

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ShockingAlberto said:
With multiple producer departures from Konami this week, I don't think this is solely about Kojima and Konami having a spat.

I think Konami is making a major structural change that takes them away from video games outside of one or two series. Kojima, whose position as an executive had him overseeing all video game development, clearly wasn't happy about this.

Though I also wouldn't be too quick to completely blame either party. There have always been rumors about Kojima being infamously difficult to work with as an employee. Things about him promising milestones to higher ups with no realistic way to hit them. The most repeated rumor I've heard is that he assumed MGS4 would be done long before the time they were actually trending toward and Konami had to basically shut down all other aspects of video game development to get all hands on deck to finish MGS4.

Who knows, I'd probably blame Konami way, way more than anyone else here. But I think it's clear they just want out of the video game rat race. I don't immediately want to blame them, either, because the video game rat race must suck for a Japanese third party right now. They probably pushed extra hard on Metal Gear to the exclusion of all else and that wasn't making anyone involved happy.
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I think this is really Konami's reason for the departure of its game devs these days. Aside from Metal Gear and some sports games, they haven't been investing on other gaming franchises they have or making something new that isn't a form of imitation. They have been doing well in other business areas, so they are really prepared to throw away their video gaming business. The only question now is what will they do with their gaming IPs especially now that the main guys behind those IPs have left.
 
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Indrid Cold

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Not really a fan of kojima's work from the little I've played but he seemed like a nice dude and Konami is dumb for doing this. Metal gear is all they have besides that soccer game. RIP silent hill.
 
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AkuMifune

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Crazy. We need this story. Unless Kojima did something really terrible I can only imagine Konami is acting like a brainless soulless corporate giant with no understanding of it's employees value. Cause he's the best/only thing they had.
 
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Willy Wanka

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Apart from the one decent PES game they manage to make every three years or so, Kojima is Konami to me. Really disappointing news.
 
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BocoDragon

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CTLance said:
Heh, now all we need is a stealthily taken photo of a secret meeting between Iwata and Kojima for maximum meltdowns.
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"We need you to make mobile games..."

Nowhere is safe... What happened to this industry....
 
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firelogic

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Kojima will setup his own development studio. I don't think he wants to join anyone else and certainly doesn't want to answer to anyone.
 
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Alienous

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EmCeeGramr said:
So I'm thinking about what the smartphone Metal Gear will be like and it'll probably be pretty cool! You can make it grid based, sort of like Hitman Go, but instead of a premium product they may go with an energy thing so missions and being spotted will drain your lifebar (rations restore it but cost extra). Collecting cards of MGS characters, weapons, and vehicles and using them AC!D style will be a hoot too, and they can have special monthly events so you have a chance at "capturing" special characters like Tuxedo Snake or Pliskin with their own unique attributes.

They'll probably be able to pump it out pretty quick, too, what with Kojima not being able to stop it. A win-win situation all around.
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lol.

Now is no time for jokes.
 
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Bedameister

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AkuMifune said:
Crazy. We need this story. Unless Kojima did something really terrible I can only imagine Konami is acting like a brainless soulless corporate giant with no understanding of it's employees value. Cause he's the best/only thing they had.
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Were the MGS games that profitable?
 
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Gamer @ Heart

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Its weird.

In my head, konami leadership were totally weak and shortsighted in letting this man basically form and control an entire section of the company to do as he pleases, but I never thought they would have the balls to stand up to him. But apparently they finally realized how stupid they were.
 
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DNAbro

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EmCeeGramr said:
So I'm thinking about what the smartphone Metal Gear will be like and it'll probably be pretty cool! You can make it grid based, sort of like Hitman Go, but instead of a premium product they may go with an energy thing so missions and being spotted will drain your lifebar (rations restore it but cost extra). Collecting cards of MGS characters, weapons, and vehicles and using them AC!D style will be a hoot too, and they can have special monthly events so you have a chance at "capturing" special characters like Tuxedo Snake or Pliskin with their own unique attributes.

They'll probably be able to pump it out pretty quick, too, what with Kojima not being able to stop it. A win-win situation all around.
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ShockingAlberto

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Remember when Tak Fujii left and he has to repeatedly reassure us it wasn't for health reasons?

He must have had a project get cancelled and then was told there likely won't be another project to take its place.
 
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Jawmuncher

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EmCeeGramr said:
So I'm thinking about what the smartphone Metal Gear will be like and it'll probably be pretty cool! You can make it grid based, sort of like Hitman Go, but instead of a premium product they may go with an energy thing so missions and being spotted will drain your lifebar (rations restore it but cost extra). Collecting cards of MGS characters, weapons, and vehicles and using them AC!D style will be a hoot too, and they can have special monthly events so you have a chance at "capturing" special characters like Tuxedo Snake or Pliskin with their own unique attributes.

They'll probably be able to pump it out pretty quick, too, what with Kojima not being able to stop it. A win-win situation all around.
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I would seriously take this since acid3 is never goingt to happen.
 
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Hibiki Kurosawa

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Damn, Silent Hills though! I just played P.T. for the first time the other day and as a big Silent Hill fan I was convinced the franchise was in good hands. This is nuts.
 
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