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GameSpot: Kojima to leave Konami after MGSV, power struggle, communications embargo
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Deckard Chapel
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A theory I have is that maybe Kojima will turn Kojima Productions into an independent studio and then just rebrand Silent Hills into a new IP [He could call it "Scary Town" for all I care]. Then, he would have a brand new horror franchise to foster.
The Lone Courier
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Never expected that.
They already were when they put IGA in the basement and took Castlevania away from him as far as I'm concerned.
FinalStageBoss
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Well Kojima can finally go make movies now.
LegendofDragoonLives
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How am I upset? I see a less than 1% chance of it happening. 90% that he either gets funded by a bigger studio like WB or contract job with one of the big 3 for one game or series like Bungie.
deadcelledo
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Personally, I am not the biggest fan of the Metal Gear Solid series at all (though I do own MGS1-3 on my Vita and MGS4 on my PS3), but I can't help but feel bad about how this whole deal turned out 
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At the very least though, MGS5 is NOT going to be another Sonic 06 (where a majority of the team leaves the company and the game is rushed out the door), with Kojima and his team still working on MGS5 till it is the masterpiece they want it to be.....for the fans of the MGS series and giving it the send off it rightfully desrives :').
Silent Hills being all but confirmed to be canned pissed me off X(....but at least we got a taste of what the game 'could' of been through the P.T. demo (that is a hell of a lot more then what happened with Mega Man Legends 3; only JP got the demo for that and even then, it got removed from the E-Shop and never got released outside of there).
I am very curious about what is going to happen next for Konami through....
MGS is really the only gaming franchise they still have at this point, they are doing nothing with the Huston Soft IP they bought, Castlevanna is dead thanks to LoS2 getting bad sales, MGS is going to be milked dry ala AC and CoD style now, classic Konami IP like Froger, Contra and others are still going to be forgotten, and project Kojima had in works with other developers are all but tarnished (no MGR sequel by Platium Games and Silent Hills is now going to be shit without Kojima's support).
So.....Konami Digital Entertainment might as well shut its doors down next year after MGS5 ships. Just hope all the people getting laid off when that happens land on their feet and find work; losing your job is horrible X(.
Overall, this is a sad conclusion for Konami and a number of upcoming games Kojima wanted to make (the MGS1 and 2 remakes, Silent Hills, Zone of the Enders 3, MGR 2) are either going to be scrapped or just ravaged by Konami's outsourcing......
But, this could very well be the 'Genie, you are free' moment another Gaffer mentioned before; he can have the freedom to make tons of new IP as either an independent developer or working under MS/Sony's Indie programs. Heck, I could also see many publishers going to war in trying to get Kojima and his team to work for them (this alone is going to make 2016.....quite the year XD!).
....By the end of this year, I plan to beat MGS1-3 for my first time to honor Kojima and his teams work and to look forward to what their future lies next year :').
.At the very least though, MGS5 is NOT going to be another Sonic 06 (where a majority of the team leaves the company and the game is rushed out the door), with Kojima and his team still working on MGS5 till it is the masterpiece they want it to be.....for the fans of the MGS series and giving it the send off it rightfully desrives :').
Silent Hills being all but confirmed to be canned pissed me off X(....but at least we got a taste of what the game 'could' of been through the P.T. demo (that is a hell of a lot more then what happened with Mega Man Legends 3; only JP got the demo for that and even then, it got removed from the E-Shop and never got released outside of there).
I am very curious about what is going to happen next for Konami through....
MGS is really the only gaming franchise they still have at this point, they are doing nothing with the Huston Soft IP they bought, Castlevanna is dead thanks to LoS2 getting bad sales, MGS is going to be milked dry ala AC and CoD style now, classic Konami IP like Froger, Contra and others are still going to be forgotten, and project Kojima had in works with other developers are all but tarnished (no MGR sequel by Platium Games and Silent Hills is now going to be shit without Kojima's support).
So.....Konami Digital Entertainment might as well shut its doors down next year after MGS5 ships
. Just hope all the people getting laid off when that happens land on their feet and find work; losing your job is horrible X(. Overall, this is a sad conclusion for Konami and a number of upcoming games Kojima wanted to make (the MGS1 and 2 remakes, Silent Hills, Zone of the Enders 3, MGR 2) are either going to be scrapped or just ravaged by Konami's outsourcing......
But, this could very well be the 'Genie, you are free' moment another Gaffer mentioned before; he can have the freedom to make tons of new IP as either an independent developer or working under MS/Sony's Indie programs
. Heck, I could also see many publishers going to war in trying to get Kojima and his team to work for them (this alone is going to make 2016.....quite the year XD!).....By the end of this year, I plan to beat MGS1-3 for my first time to honor Kojima and his teams work and to look forward to what their future lies next year :').
Suzushiiro
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Yeah, how many series (video game or otherwise) that have been strongly associated with a single creator have maintained their quality when said creator left the company?
NeoGeoOwner
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entremet
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I don't know about that. It would be a new IP and a huge gamble.
Publishers are becoming more and more conservative.
My guess-KickStarter and smaller projects on PC and maybe PS4/XB1.
NullPointer
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Ground Zeroes was no movie. It was a nice mix of cinematics with wide open gameplay possibilities, and in-game storytelling (the audio tapes, including the one tape giving clues to the next objective).
He does love his long movie bits, but he's also delivered on plenty of gameplay fronts.
Omnipunctual Godot
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I wonder if Konami's stock is taking a hit.
Razgriz-Specter
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Paracelsus
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So basically he'll do Alloy Machinery Consolidated with his new group, Painwalker, then disappear off the face of this earth to surf alongside Gooch.
TheSadRanger
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Really ballsy for Gamespot to run this with their source claiming anonymity. Gonna wait and see on this one.
KoopaTheCasual
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DeliciousDoc
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So they got rid of their love plus guys, got rid of Kojima who makes all their other games. Are they gonna fire the guys who make their sport games too or did this already happen since they are not famous? Of course they keep all their IPs.
megaman, castlevania and suikoden guys already got kicked to the curb. Hudson soft bought and then gutted.
So....business is evolving in patent trolling as their next move?
megaman, castlevania and suikoden guys already got kicked to the curb. Hudson soft bought and then gutted.
So....business is evolving in patent trolling as their next move?
Gormless Noodle
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Yeah, they're pretty much dead in the gutter without Kojima. They might have some tiny smudge of success in Japan itself, but internationally they are 100% deceased, buried and forgotten. None of their other IP are even remotely relevant with the exception of Pro Evo perhaps. If they're gonna pull this move, they might as well just disband that whole carcass of a company.
They really shot themselves in the foot ;D
LegendofDragoonLives
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It's Kojima. Hard to see anyone not take a gamble on him.
Freedom = $1.05
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If the source is vetted then i see no issue. What's the problem?
Purple Mug
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The gif. The confrontational tone.
I dunno, doesnt seem like the behavior of someone who isnt annoyed at what he considers less than 1% chance of a nintendo partnership
entremet
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Kojima's name didn't seem to help Boktai much.
Kojima being so tied to MGS really hurts him actually.
Killing_Joke
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On the positive side, this should have happened years ago. Konami has been dog shit for years.
On the sad note this really could be Kojima's last fucking MGS game. It hurts, like i never really thought this day would come till he was 6 feet under. Now it's here. They honestly shouldn't even bother with Online at this point. I know a lot of money went into the studio and shit, but Konami is going to cut the cord fast i think or force micro transactions up the ass. Either way i'm hoping his focus is making this the best god damn MGS ever.
*Big Boss salute* <3 u Kojima.
On the sad note this really could be Kojima's last fucking MGS game. It hurts, like i never really thought this day would come till he was 6 feet under. Now it's here. They honestly shouldn't even bother with Online at this point. I know a lot of money went into the studio and shit, but Konami is going to cut the cord fast i think or force micro transactions up the ass. Either way i'm hoping his focus is making this the best god damn MGS ever.
*Big Boss salute* <3 u Kojima.
Whoa damn, never thought I'd see the day.
I was looking forward to Silent Hills a lot.
I was looking forward to Silent Hills a lot.
Hopefully something like that if they own the assets of everything.
Purple Mug
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Silent hills is dead
Fml
Fml
kojirosasaki
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Yes but he is free for work in others games.
Remember when MGS 4 had the teaser footage with Snake vs Raiden? It was the one with the chair and a bunch of names of directors who were thought to be attached to the game until they fell off one by one to reveal Kojama's name?
Yeah, we need someone to redo that gif with his falling off too now.
Yeah, we need someone to redo that gif with his falling off too now.
Let me repost what i just said in the community thread.
It's not about that, the thing that gets me worked up is that MGSV is not a Kojima Productions game anymore, it's a Konami game.
All their hard work over 5 years, creating a brand new engine and then they don't even get mentioned. So fucking disrespectful.
Erasing Kojima's name of all past games and press releases and marketing stuff is a really aggressive move to get rid of someone who created this legendary series and basically feed their mouths.
Kojima and his Metal Gear series is what made Konami relevant in this industry, without KojiPro they would be NOTHING. And this is how they thank him for that? unfuckingbelievable.
Canceled my MGS5 pre-order. I'm not boycotting Konami or anything, it's just that I now have serious doubts about the integrity of the finished project. Employee morale must be in the toilet, and unhappy employees generally don't go above and beyond to satisfy their asshole managers.
It may not be apparent at first, but I'm being the quality of MGS5 is going to drop off a cliff at some point in the experience. I'll wait for the GAF concensus on this one.
It may not be apparent at first, but I'm being the quality of MGS5 is going to drop off a cliff at some point in the experience. I'll wait for the GAF concensus on this one.
Oh Snap!
XxSlasherMcGirkxX
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It's truly a sad but necessary day. It's honestly time to let Kojima go and retire "his" Metal Gear franchise. He's too good for Konami. It's been a beautiful ride.
Aww man what does this mean for post launch support for MGO?
Aww man what does this mean for post launch support for MGO?
LegendofDragoonLives
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It's not confrontational. I genuinely think it's naive and hilarious that people believe he would go Nintendo exclusive. If he picked any of the big 3 (nintendo, sony, ms), it's very likely he would choose Sony but I don't see that happening either.The gif. The confrontational tone.
I dunno, doesnt seem like the behavior of someone who isnt annoyed at what he considers less than 1% chance of a nintendo partnership
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