StrongBlackVine
Banned
Silent Hills had so much potential.
FOXDIE!!! #pentagonbastards
Silent Hills had so much potential.
It just seems a lot of Japanese companies are just having a hard time with the new gaming landscape.
This why I never understand the reasoning when posters argue that the PS4 will revitalize console development in Japan. That market has shifted drastically and with the aging population and low birth rates, Japanese gaming is in big trouble in the coming decades.
It's sad to me since Japanese companies--Konami, Capcom, Nintendo, Square, Enix, Namco, were so formative to my early gaming years.
I still enjoy gaming, but it's just been sad to see the decline in output with the majority of these companies. SNES to PS2 was just an amazing era of output and creativity from Japan.
OMG I laughed so hard at this
Silent Hills most likely dead if its true.
I am actually worried about MGSV itself now.There is a large chunk of development left and you can't expect them to finish up the game well when the team will likely be in bad spirits.
Holy shit this is terrible news on so many fronts.
Honestly have to wonder who's mother Kojima fucked? to get such disrespectful treatment. After all his years of services and the millions he has brought in, this is how it ends? MGSV may be the last Konami game I buy outside Silent Hills and MGR2, if they are even still coming.No, they are stripping his name from the box.
Either way, All of those loyal to Kojima will probably be leaving with him so anything after this will just be in name. Support after the release of MGSV will be lackluster at best, MGO is what worries me the most. That whole LA team was brought on just to develop it.
#SonysaveKojima
Personally I don't think this'll make a whole lot of difference. You're probably going to see more regular releases of games, with a minimal quality dip.
You might even get back David Hayter. Konami never had the Hollywood boner, that was Hideo.
Save him from what?
Silent Hills had so much potential.
Okay, so as far as I've been able to gather from news stories, I think it's pretty well established that he is leaving.
The question I have is WHY?
I know there have been reports of internal power struggles, but again, WHY? What are they fighting over? Sorry if it's been mentioned already, I didn't want to read through 24 pages.
I have to say I'm disappointed with Kojima's ambiguous tweets. I would have tweeted:
Save him from what?
Okay, here is the 3Q FY 2015 statement from Konami.
http://www.konami.co.jp/zaimu/2015/0205/en_7kgy7a.pdf
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There are explanations of these numbers below this in the PDF, but I'll summarize them real quick.
Basically, mobile games are making up the vast majority of Digital Entertainment sales. PES and Ground Zeroes are mentioned as "Hey, these are also doing well."
Konami isn't dying, they're reforming. But it's not as a video game company. They'll probably still release PES, but I imagine they're just going mobile primarily. They're also assuming expansion of Pachinko and Health & Fitness.
AAA Console games are more of a drag on potential profits than they are helping.
The man is finally free to do what he wants. Good news.
LOL, this is exactly what is transpiring!Cipher destroying MSF Mother Base=Konami cancelling Kojima Productions
Big Boss founding Diamond Dogs with Kaz=Kojima founding a new game studio with
Imaizumi=Kaz
Shinkawa=Ocelot
Murata=Gray Fox