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[MistressMoitie]

I was so hoping to see more of Silent Hills at E3

 

[Kain]

This is Sakaguchi all over again, holy shit

 

[MDSLKTR]

Subtle port beg

lol "subtle"

 

[The_Darkest_Red]

So Konami has just committed suicide.

You can't kill what's already dead.

 

[Apathy]

Well, mgs5 is the last metal gear game I'm going to play.

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

Lets not panic.

It's not like The Phantom Pain just got a release date to relitively close to this drastic change in structure and non-perminant employment.

I mean, what are the odds that Konami cut short development and is pushing this out the door, I mean that would be crazy, no way that could be the power struggle between top execs and lead producer of a game.

Spoiler

I'm trying not to panic but I'm panic

 

[jmdajr]

 

[WhiskerFrisker]

What's happening!?!? This too sudden for me. I feel bad for KojiPro

 

[Poodlestrike]

Konami shot themselves in the foot, etc.

Seriously though, what do they have going for them besides KojiPro?

 

[komorebi]

Where's the Konami just shot themselves in the foot post. Come on guys, you're slacking.

 

[oti]

But what if all of this is part of the gehm?

 

[sjagolinzer]

Sony should send out an olive branch and offer to bring them in as a first or second party. Let them be autonomous and just throw money at the man. Then Sony can possibly leverage the silent Hill franchise or future mgs games from Konami.

 

[Slowdive]

.. but... what about Silent Hills?

Still getting made, apparently.

@PCBrown
In regards to the Kojima Productions news and Silent Hills: that game is part of a deal between Del Toro and Konami, not Kojima.

 

[viveks86]

This means Silent Hills is dead in the water right? Konami will still make it, but without Kojima? FUCK!!!

 

[ComputerBlue]

Crazy, the good I can see of this is that maybe we'll get something new and exciting from Kojima, but who knows when that will happen, IF that will even happen.

 

[Troubled Bat]

Guys. What if?

Goddamit! I was about to post this exact picture! Lol

I truly am a Gaffer!

 

[Mupod]

I never thought I'd see a company make a bigger fuckup than Capcom with Mikami, Kamiya and the rest of the Clover crew. But there it is.

 

[deeptech]

So this is Kojima's last MG?
End of a saga for sure.

At least they managed a full circle, took him 30 years and i bet he's proud.

Ending with (most likely) one of the best games ever made.

Why are they so mad at Kojima, though?

Because his games aren't as good as COD,Destiny,GTA or AssCreed....

 

[artsi]

As I expected from the info in the previous thread. Godspeed, Kojima. Go make more great games.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Wow, this is fucked up. Konami has officially signed their death warrant. Do you think the company will survive with Kojima?

 

[njean777]

Kojima is bigger than Konami at this point, their loss.

It will be great to see him work on something other than metal gear though. I love MGS but I have wanted to see him make something else also.

 

[Khrysler Jerikho]

I wonder if any Western outfit would want to acquire the Bemani IPs

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

What all is left to care about now at Konami? ToraShiro and Robert from KojiPro LA?

 

[Dynomutt]

Sony this is your chance. Fox Engine runs wonderfully on Sony hardware, take it in house. Approach Kojima-san and let him do what he does best no micromanagement.

 

[johnsavage]

Bye Kojima

I hope he wrapped up the metal gear solid universe in 5. Also I guess this means no Zone of the Enders 3.

 

[RedNumberFive]

Oh dear. First Iga and Castlevania, now this.

 

[Palette Swap]

this is like... the ONLY actual franchise to give enough profits for Konami to still exists after abandoning Sillent Hill and Castlevania, how are they thinking they will exist???

Where are you getting that from?
Konami could close its games division and still exist.

In 2014, games accounted for 15% of their revenue, while social games were 48%, health and fitness 35% and health and fitness 2%. Games showed growth YoY thanks to MGS but still, it's not their biggest business.
(See http://www.konami.co.jp/en/ir/ir-data/statements/2014_4q/html/006.html )

 

[EmCeeGramr]

So when do y'all think we'll read about the new studio, accompanied on its website by a countdown that will lead to a Kickstarter page for a not-Metal Gear or a not-Snatcher, that'll eventually get picked up and published by idk Ubisoft or Microsoft or somebody

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

Holy fuck. The end of an era for sure.

From Twitter:

https://twitter.com/nichronomicon/status/578617023854288896?lang=en



Sounds like this is part of a major shift with Konami to just bailout on consumer video games. Either that or their big wigs decided they don't like having their game directors speaking for themselves in public so they just canned them all. I think the first is more likely.

First they took our waifus and now they taking our husbandos

 

[Interface23]

Whelp, every time Del Toro gets involved in a game it dies...

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Still getting made, apparently.

No Kojima? Doomed to failure.

 

[oti]

Where's the Konami just shot themselves in the foot post. Come on guys, you're slacking.

Because they didn't, they blew their head off with a shotgun.

 

[KTallguy]

Kojima is bigger than Konami at this point, their loss.

Pretty much, or at least Kojipro is.

Basically this will allow him to keep his promise of never making a Metal Gear title again.

Wow, this is fucked up. Konami has officially signed their death warrant. Do you think the company will survive with Kojima?

All they really have is Winning Eleven as a popular brand.
They are diversified in Japan but not in games.
So yes they are fucked, most likely.

 

[Lingitiz]

I hope Shinkawa goes wherever Kojima does.

 

[A-V-B]

Well that's that then.

He would have to start his own independent studio (unless he wants to retire) I don't see anywhere else he could go that isn't a major step down from the position he's held for so long.

He should start his own new studio and invite EVERY alienated Konami dev to join and make games they wanna make in the kind of setting they want to develop in.

It'd be like his own Outer Heaven or something. The old school Silent Hill, Castlevania and Metal Gear guys, even the Love Plus guys, the Hudson Soft guys... everybody!

 

[piccio_ssl]

farewell konami
your turn sony, you know what you must do

 

[thekiddfran]

Konami just signed a death warrant firing Kojima productions

 

[GillianSeed79]

Damn it. I just realized that we will never see a Kojima-helmed Metal Gear 1 and Metal Gear 2 remake.

 

[Stone Ocean]

Still getting made, apparently.

Meaning Silent Hills will now get the same shitty treatment as Konami has given the franchise over the years.

That's a fate worse than death.

 

[Geg]

I was totally expecting this to be the last Metal Gear game regardless, but still. Silent Hills is looking pretty dead right now.

And removing his name from everyhthing is such awful bullshit

 

[Coffee Dog]

So Kojima's Metal Gear canon ends with TPP.

We'll have Konami's hot shit afterwards. It will suck to see the MGS legacy being ruined though.

We already have MGS4 and Peace Walker, I doubt Konami's games will be more damaging to the legacy than those.

 

[- J - D -]

I see this as a good thing in the long run. The marketing blitz for MGSV will feel hollow in the absence of Kojima, but at least in the future he'll get some freedom.

 

[strafer]

Guys. What if?

Who dis?

 

[Hidden One]

Sony would move heaven and Earth to pick Kojima up and give him a team. Microsoft too.

I want Sony to to this...it would be glorious.

 

[Gnome Scat]

Konami's gonna have a phantom pain in their wallets once he's gone.

 

[dancrane212]

I still don't think it will be his last Metal Gear.

Someday...

Just you wait...

 

[Randam]

Couldn't he just take everyone from KP with him?

 

[Parshias7]

At least Capcom still has Castlevania.

Spoiler

Am I doing it right?

 

[Keyser Soze]

You know, Ellie, we really are The Last MGS

 

[Cyber Caesar]

I hope this ends up in a flash sale of all the Konami IPs.