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Guillermo del Toro confirms he will not be collaborating with Kojima on Silent Hills
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R10Neymarfan
Member
Why not both? You can get KojimaPro and Team Silent. Each to add their own unique spin to the game
kingofthedead45
Member
Hushed mounds
They're private. Thus the Inc.
sechsterangriff
Member
I remember some interview where it was mention that the "President of Konami" asked multiple times to Kojima to make a new Silent Hill, and now this happens.
Something resembling a coup d'état must've really happened at that company...
Something resembling a coup d'état must've really happened at that company...
Kenzodielocke
Banned
Sony should try to get the IP and let Miyazaki direct Silent Hills with del Toro, if Kojima doesnt want to.
#ThingsThatNeverWillHappen
#ThingsThatNeverWillHappen
Pitch Black Flint
Member
Goddamn it. I was so looking forward to this game and was hopeful that Silent Hill would be able to reclaim some of the magic it lost after the PS2 era. After the way they handled Castlevania I didn't think I could feel this let down anymore, but this hurts.
Konami, could you please sell your development teams and franchises to someone who gives a shit about them? K, thanks.
Konami, could you please sell your development teams and franchises to someone who gives a shit about them? K, thanks.
Why do that when Toyama is working with Sony?
Lightning_Roller
Banned
This is probably the next best thing if it happened.
MagnaderAlpha
Member
Hope Kojima gets picked up or starts his own studio(maybe tossing a bone to IGA). Maybe then he can make a "not-Metal Gear" game called Iron Sprocket.
brandonh83
Banned
If it makes you feel any better it was going to be 2017 at the earliest.
LOL nice completely not understanding.
It's not in development. That you are calling me naive when you do not understand that it is NOT A REAL GAME is mind boggling.
Northeastmonk
Gold Member
There should be an OT as a final goodbye. An OT to say, ''there once was a game that had so much promise".
test_account
XP-39C²
I hope thats the case because i cant see how a boycott is going to help anything at all. Definitelly sucks for those who wants a new Silent Hill game though, but i cant see how a boycott would help.
A Link to the Past
Banned
So is it correct to say that the likely cause was Kojima's departure?
So Sony, how about you get in touch with Kojima and Del Toro (and Reedus, though he can be more of an after thought since he's "only" starring in the game) and give those guys some funding to finish this project they wanted to make?
You quite obviously already had some sort of involvement (be it just marketing) in the original project, so why not just continue it under a different name? You've seen the potential this has thanks to the immense success of PT.
As an added bonus you can even have the original creator of Silent Hill work on it as well.
And as a final fuck you to Konami you can call the game Quiet Mounts: A Hideo Kojima Game or something. After all what's Konami going to do, not like they have a lot of bargaining power at this point (if they're even mad about this).
You quite obviously already had some sort of involvement (be it just marketing) in the original project, so why not just continue it under a different name? You've seen the potential this has thanks to the immense success of PT.
As an added bonus you can even have the original creator of Silent Hill work on it as well.
And as a final fuck you to Konami you can call the game Quiet Mounts: A Hideo Kojima Game or something. After all what's Konami going to do, not like they have a lot of bargaining power at this point (if they're even mad about this).
Very very low volume plateaus.
Crimson_Gold
Member
I'd love to say that I'd boycott, but a Suikoden would change everything for me. Konami doesn't seem to be in the RPG business these days, so I guess we may never see if my resolve is put to the test
reynal1287
Member
What a fucking shame. I hope we find out what happened that lead to this mess.
thekiddfran
Member
Sony here?
Should I have said "Hi, this is Sony"?
Because the "team" has and always was mostly revolving members. People who are situated in different parts of the industry now. Hell. the creator of the series only worked on the first game.
More likeely than getting the "team" back together would be for Ito to be contracted for art design, Akira for music, and maybe Owaku as a story supervisor or writing contributor.
Hey as far as I know there are a couple Sony employees including Adam Boyes that have Gaf accounts.
I honestly think Miyazaki is like THE PRIME candidate for a Silent Hill director.
I don't think anyone could possible do it better.(Apart from Team Silent obviously)
But then again its nearly impossibly unlikely that such a thing might happen.
Comfort Jones
Banned
If you squint really close you can....see nothing.
User 479360
Banned
This makes me want to cry.
ShooterMcGavin
Member
Could have been the greatest horror game of all time. What a damn shame.
I don't know why that happened xD
I meant apart from Team Silent obviously...Their work is untouchable and we'll probably never again get the exact flavour they concocted with the first four games.
Stone Ocean
Member
You actually think Kojima has done anything with Silent Hills beyond PT so far? With how MGSV development has been?
lololololol
SolidusDave
Member
They managed to have the probably best marketing move for a horror game, ever, and now this.
At least we got P.T. out of it (if you downloaded it already )
Sony, snatch up Kojima and the hollywood contacts and make Sirens.
At least we got P.T. out of it (if you downloaded it already
)Sony, snatch up Kojima and the hollywood contacts and make Sirens.
artsi
Member
I don't know, that's a pretty tall order considering the original team is still alive and kicking.
Toyama who created the series is currently at Studio Japan and his Siren games have been very good, although the brand isn't as strong. If they got the IP and some key members like Yamaoka behind them some good things could happen.
It's incredibly easy to boycott a company if they don't make the games you want to play any more. Metal Gear Solid is going to die off without Kojima. It might hang around Weekend At Bernie's style, as a corpse puppet, but who wants to play that? They haven't made a decent Castlevania since the first Lords of the Fallen and they abandoned the classic Castlevania style ages ago. Silent Hill is probably dead now. None of their other classic franchises are around any more.
Unless you're really into PES or lame Japanese gambling, what do you even want to buy from Konami? Maybe Metal Gear Rising 2, assuming that isn't also dead without Kojima.
Unless you're really into PES or lame Japanese gambling, what do you even want to buy from Konami? Maybe Metal Gear Rising 2, assuming that isn't also dead without Kojima.
RoyaleDuke
Banned
Fuck you Konami. I have no words. Except those.
And well, genuine fucking outrage I mean fuck! This is disgusting, and Silent Hills needed to happen because well Silent Hill as a series has been in a huge fucking slump for years now and Kojima, Del Toro, and Reedus were going to save it.
You couldn't have that though, you just couldn't let it happen.
That's just too perfect