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Guillermo del Toro confirms he will not be collaborating with Kojima on Silent Hills
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CreeperBlocks
Banned
Fuck Off Konami.
Fuck Off.
Konami ruined everything by the span of a month. EA or Ubisoft couldn't do that.
Fuck Off.
Konami ruined everything by the span of a month. EA or Ubisoft couldn't do that.
GustyGardner
Member
This makes me sad. I was really looking forward to it after seeing what they had to offer with PT. Screw you Konami.
At this rate I'll just be happy if they even get MGSV out the door.
TheExecutive
Member
Fuck you Konami.
gbpackers25
Member
Man this sucks Silent Hills was probably going to be something incredible. I hope that Guillermo can put out at least one video game in his life
BibiMaghoo
Member
What are you doing Konami. I've never seen a publisher fuck themselves over so much in such a small amount of time. It's impressively stupid.
Dragonslayer_023
Banned
Well, I did call this immediately after hearing about del Toro's involvement.
But not like this, damn it.
But not like this, damn it.
Daffy Duck
Member
Fuck sake.
Honestly there really isnt much to boycott after MGS5
bananafactory
Banned
So does this mean just Del Toro/Kojima version of Silent Hill is dead - or there's no new Silent Hill game at all?
The way this reads to me is that Konami is just gonna go and make their own game the way they usually do. Will probably be shit I guess
The way this reads to me is that Konami is just gonna go and make their own game the way they usually do. Will probably be shit I guess
Will there even be anything to boycott after MGSV comes out?
Tesseract
Banned
it's been in the cards for a while. konami health clubs coming to america soon.
Ghost Slayer
Member
they can ask Kojima and Del Toro to revive Siren
Ban Puncher
Member
Remember the good times.
Pyramidbread
Neo Member
Tired of Konami's shit, they've been slowly getting worse, year by year.
Nightengale
Member
1. It's not their IP.
2. They already have a horror IP of their own unutilised. (Siren)
3. This game is probably so early in development that by picking it up, Sony's essentially paying almost all the bills for the game.
4. Who's going to make it? At this point, Konami clearly doesn't want to waste development resources on non-MGS stuff.
ranmafan
Member
Ok, reading that now, even though it's pretty much expected to happen given all the things going on behind the scenes, it's still probably one of the most dissapointing bit of video game news I've heard in quite a while. PT was such a remarkable demo, and brought such an excitement about what could happen in a full game that to hear it won't happen, is a real downer. There really needs to be some explaining going on now. I wish someone would get to the bottom of all this and get the real scoop about what's going on in konami.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
So, to put into perspective how terrible this is for everyone...
-Kojima, film aficionado, finally gets the chance to work with a well known actor (Norman Reedus) and film director (Del Toro). Basically a step up from simply hiring Kiefer to act in his game - this was going to be a real game/movie collaboration. Years after wanting to get into film and make games into their own art form, he finally got his chance to cross the streams - and it was pulled from under him.
-This is the second time Del Toro has had a game pulled out from under him. He is obviously bummed about it.
-Silent Hill fans had something to look forward to. They were going to get a mainline, console AAA title for the first time in a while. Not anymore.
-PT was hailed as one of PS4's greatest "games". Everyone was looking forward to it, and the teaser was a great use of marketing and a great way to give us a taste of what was to come. So, after having that carrot dangled in front of us, we are now forbidden from ever obtaining it.
-From a business perspective, this was likely going to make Konami a lot of money. I'm armchair analyzing here, but Del Toro + Kojima + Reedus + well known, established franchise seems like a very lucrative proposition to me. Konami likely shot themselves in the foot over an internal dispute.
This sucks. Plain and simple.
-Kojima, film aficionado, finally gets the chance to work with a well known actor (Norman Reedus) and film director (Del Toro). Basically a step up from simply hiring Kiefer to act in his game - this was going to be a real game/movie collaboration. Years after wanting to get into film and make games into their own art form, he finally got his chance to cross the streams - and it was pulled from under him.
-This is the second time Del Toro has had a game pulled out from under him. He is obviously bummed about it.
-Silent Hill fans had something to look forward to. They were going to get a mainline, console AAA title for the first time in a while. Not anymore.
-PT was hailed as one of PS4's greatest "games". Everyone was looking forward to it, and the teaser was a great use of marketing and a great way to give us a taste of what was to come. So, after having that carrot dangled in front of us, we are now forbidden from ever obtaining it.
-From a business perspective, this was likely going to make Konami a lot of money. I'm armchair analyzing here, but Del Toro + Kojima + Reedus + well known, established franchise seems like a very lucrative proposition to me. Konami likely shot themselves in the foot over an internal dispute.
This sucks. Plain and simple.
SkylineRKR
Member
This is the end for Konami as games producer then. MGSV was already far in development so we still get it, but after that I guess its done.
The Silver
Member
#FuckKonami
cripterion
Member
Pinko Marx
Banned
How could Sony possibly make this work? The team that made the project so interesting is now gone.
Tesseract
Banned
hahaha
Seven Force
Banned
Yeah, pretty much a given after all of the Kojima/Konami stuff went down.
Still a shame. At least we'll always have P.T. (Unless you haven't downloaded it yet, heh.)
Still a shame. At least we'll always have P.T. (Unless you haven't downloaded it yet, heh.)
GrantDaNasty
Member
I feel like Konami is done with video games in like 2 years or so. They threw the last ounces of anything regarding a following down the toilet with the rhythm game fans and the Kojima debacle.
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
This is what I'm thinking.
Miles Quaritch
Member
Maybe Sony realises there's better franchises to sink money into?
Like a reboot of Primal or Ghosthunter?
TheExecutive
Member
It's pretty much over for Konami after MGSV anyway... What are they producing besides that anyway?
IAmRandom31
Banned
After MGSV Konami is practically dead anyway.
A shame.
A shame.
Akiyama_AE
Member
Wow ); Fuck you Konami congratulations on being the biggest dicks