Who gives a shit? Metal Gear has been complete shit for the last few games anyway.
MGS4 is the only bad one
MGS stories as a whole are convoluted and melodramatic as fuck, doesn't mean they aren't fun to follow or the themes/ideas aren't neatly executed.
A fallout between Kojima Productions and its owning publisher, Konami, has led to senior staff at the studio being restricted access to corporate internet, emails, and phone, GameSpot understands.
Along with the restricted communications, key developers at the studio, such as Hideo Kojima, will now have limited opportunities to lend their appearance to promotions of the studio’s upcoming game, Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain. Power struggles between Kojima Productions and Konami have led the publisher to make drastic changes, including the employee status of its Metal Gear team. Some senior staff at the studio, including Kojima, now essentially work as contractors, not permanent employees.
The extraordinary measures were revealed by a source within the studio, speaking to GameSpot on the condition of anonymity. The person explained that, once the Phantom Pain project is finished, in all likelihood the management at the studio will disband.
"After we finish MGSV, Mr. Kojima and upper management will leave Konami. They said their contract ends in December," the source claimed.
The person added: "At a team meeting, Mr Kojima explained that team have to be one and make a good game for fans."
Who gives a shit? Metal Gear has been complete shit for the last few games anyway.
they were raking in bank though along with PES (but that already seems dead) so it should be interesting to see this unfold
Sony will prob set him up
Kojima should join Platinum Games.
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Thank God Kojima is bouncing out. It's not up to him to prop up Konami.
Konami is officially a PES dispenser now
Konami, in it's current form, won't be around by 2017.
Konami, in it's current form, won't be around by 2017.
I would say so given that their current form is "that company who publishes Hideo's Metal Gear games."
Konami, in it's current form, won't be around by 2017.
Castlevania is deader than dead, you'd think they would release shitty mobile games, but they aren't doing that even. Lords of Shadow 2 killed their chubb completely.
Kojima should join Platinum Games.
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Doesn't Konami make bank via Yu Gi Oh cards?
Castlevania is deader than dead, you'd think they would release shitty mobile games, but they aren't doing that even. Lords of Shadow 2 killed their chubb completely.
Doesn't Konami make bank via Yu Gi Oh cards?
No matter where Kojima goes, MGS fans are sure to follow. Him going to Platinum means Platinum will get more console exclusive contracts up the ass potentially. Same goes for any studio that wants him/is willing to pay for him and his team.
"From the Creator of Metal Gear Solid" alone is enough for Sony/Microsoft to shit themselves with glee.
Yeah, I really think this is going to kill the new Silent Hill completely. Shame, as a fan of the series whose still sticking there through every new entry with a new developer that ends up being mediocre, was looking forward to a Japan develop SH again.
To be fair, while I have mad respect for the guy and he's probably my favorite game designer in the industry, "From the Creator of Metal Gear Solid" failed twice already with Boktai and ZoE. Not really sure how much weight his name will carry outside MGS.
Man, I forgot about ZoE3. That really sucked when he wanted to go forward with it and kept pushing but Konami wouldn't greenlight it.
Castlevania is deader than dead, you'd think they would release shitty mobile games, but they aren't doing that even. Lords of Shadow 2 killed their chubb completely.
Castlevania is deader than dead, you'd think they would release shitty mobile games, but they aren't doing that even. Lords of Shadow 2 killed their chubb completely.
Yeah, what are you talking about AIA? They haven't made an actual Metroidvania in like seven years now. :lol
true but they were the last staff that was working on games at Konami, right? they gonna exit the industry after this?
are they developed internally or contracted out?
even if Konami gives up on gaming, I really really hope they'll come up with a way to rerelease their older games. that have shittons of classics and it'd be nice to have an easy way to play them. even if my dream of a collection of all the old castlevania games will never happen.
Kojima strikes me as a very bad manager.
Like I was watching an interview about MGS 4 and he said that it was a 100+ person team but sometimes it felt like him against a 100+ person team.
When I heard that I was like "Oh, so that's why it went wrong. He can't manage. Makes sense"
Is there another Japanese company that has 'fallen' as hard as Konami has? It's like they literally have nothing but Metal Gear at this point.
Is there another Japanese company that has 'fallen' as hard as Konami has? It's like they literally have nothing but Metal Gear at this point.
Konami will be better without Kojima.
MGS4 is the only bad one
Is there another Japanese company that has 'fallen' as hard as Konami has? It's like they literally have nothing but Metal Gear at this point.
Konami will be better without Kojima.
Holy hell.Is there another Japanese company that has 'fallen' as hard as Konami has? It's like they literally have nothing but Metal Gear at this point.
Konami will be better without Kojima.
well you know, maybe Konami will actually try now and not have Kojima stick his nose in every konami game?Or exit console gaming altogether. If that's what you count as better off then fair enough.
well you know, maybe Konami will actually try now and not have Kojima stick his nose in every konami game?
well you know, maybe Konami will actually try now and not have Kojima stick his nose in every konami game?
or, you know, maybe konami will stop making console/handheld games entirely once kojima is gone
What else does konami Have that's equivalent?
Sticking his nose in Silent Hill? Yeah, because that series hasn't been dragged through pig shit. Konami will probably be better without him because they're bowing out of gaming, they'll become a health/gambling company completely. Lets not pretend though that Kojima and his colleuges haven't carried Konami's desolate ass when it comes to games.
Japanese development takes another loss.
non-indie game autership takes another loss.
Konami keeps finding new ways to screw the pooch.
this is all bad, even if you don't like Kojima. Konami just giving up as a traditional game maker is not good.
they're sitting on more IP than capcom. do they really just not have any good proposals/ideas for contra, castlevania, etc
This thing is fucked mostly because it seems like it basically happened overnight, or at least was in the works behind his back. Just last night Kojima was business as usual on his twitter account posting about the stuff he did regarding the game and retweeting Metal Gear stuff from both fans and the Konami twitter, I hope everything works out for the guy. :tocrythey're sitting on more IP than capcom. do they really just not have any good proposals/ideas for contra, castlevania, etc
They occasionally do good things, like when they outsourced to Arcsys to make Hard Corps: Uprising.
More often than that, they try to "reimagine" their franchises and we get Lords of Shadow, Silent Hill: Book of Memories and the Suikoden games that toss everything people liked about the original games out the window.
Iga is still locked somewhere in the company basement, forbidden from making more Castlevania.
Sony will prob set him up
Sticking his nose in Silent Hill? Yeah, because that series hasn't been dragged through pig shit. Konami will probably be better without him because they're bowing out of gaming, they'll become a health/gambling company completely. Lets not pretend though that Kojima and his colleuges haven't carried Konami's desolate ass when it comes to games.
And this is why I laugh at SantaC. Kojima is literally the only thing carrying Konami around and they knew it. Now they're going to go into death flailing eventually.
http://kotaku.com/konami-pledges-to-make-more-metal-gear-1692565617
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well you know, maybe Konami will actually try now and not have Kojima stick his nose in every konami game?
or, you know, maybe konami will stop making console/handheld games entirely once kojima is gone
I doubt it. What's so great about Kojima anyway? MGS4 was a massive disappointment.
so hire some actual talent? People in here give up way too easy.
People acknowledging SantaC's shit
:ufup
I was at a casino last weekend and about half of the slot machines I saw there were made by Konami.
A shame Konami is basically done with video games. I may play the Parodius games as a "pour a 40 out" moment.
I was at a casino last weekend and about half of the slot machines I saw there were made by Konami.
A shame Konami is basically done with video games. I may play the Parodius games as a "pour a 40 out" moment.