I can see the upside which is just $$$ and guaranteed marketing but it feels like unlikely honestlyI just really dont see what upside konami has getting rid of the ip, even if its for a specific medium (but thats the only thing that makes sense if there where a deal), just feel that there is so many strange rumours, like the sega buyout rumour that was utterly stupid.
Andrew House was the one that brought Kojima to Sony.Friendship with Jim has ended. Now Phil is his best friend
honestly no one give a fuck about it , we all know those games will arrive and will have something better on xbox when they will release (you can bet on it). they were just old contractsDefinitely not console sellers at all. But the very first games from 1st party Xbox being exclusive to PS5 isn't a good look, at least compensate for the exclusivity and make it a multiplat especially that the console launched with no next gen first party games at all until now.
Konami weren't happy with the return they got with mgsv. Cut out the massive sales the series gets on PlayStation the numbers will look ugly.Losing money? You got an explanation for this?
Lmao no that was gears 3. At least do your research.
^To make money from the sale to reinvest back in the mobile games that is currently making them profits.It doesn't make sense.
As I remember Konami was doing great with their financials in the recent years. Why would they want to sell IPs when they don't need to do it?
Not necessarily. This thing would move units like whoa.Konami weren't happy with the return they got with mgsv. Cut out the massive sales the series gets on PlayStation the numbers will look ugly.
I agree, keeping them even though they don't even do anything with it, is what keeps them alive. If they sold Metal Gear Solid would kill the company.I don't see Konami sell their IPs. Make a deal to publish some exclusives but sell everything to MS? Japaneses to a western company? Mmm. They are not even in bad waters to justify it
I can see Sony moneyhatting a MGS1 remake with Bluepoint to ask for console (timed?) exclusivity. Safe, not too expensive bet for Sony, and something Konami could accept because they wouldn't need to do anything other than to accept free money and publish the game, that someone else would do.The rumor that blue point might make a remake of metal gear 1 seems way more believable because Konami has a deeper relationship with Sony and that would just be a licensing deal for one of the games in the series that probably isn’t making them money right now anyway.
I agree, keeping them even though they don't even do anything with it, is what keeps them alive. If they sold Metal Gear Solid would kill the company.
What kind of numbers? Because it didn't sell like crazy when it was on all platforms.Not necessarily. This thing would move units like whoa.
Have you forgot about Gamepass? This would drive subscribers, that's all Microsoft want at this point.Konami weren't happy with the return they got with mgsv. Cut out the massive sales the series gets on PlayStation the numbers will look ugly.
You could have just admitted you've not played them.And 4, and 5. Calm down.
Yes, stop trying to be edgy my boy, because I'll clap back at you. Without those games, Konami is dead even though their already dead. I said what I said. I have spoken. Goodbye, this conversation is over.
OK so MS spend a fortune for an ip not really popular on Xbox. Then a fortune to get kojima to develop a game he doesn't want on a platform he never really liked.Have you forgot about Gamepass? This would drive subscribers, that's all Microsoft want at this point.
In my point of view the jedi are evil...Microsoft is gonna ruin gaming.
They’ve been doing it since the OG Xbox. Selling mediocre games on hype alone (LOL at all the hype around Fable and Sudeki) and buying everything in sight has been there MO for years. Running Rare into the ground to the point you have another studio making Perfect Dark just shows you how they think.Microsoft is gonna ruin gaming.
If anything they showed what they came for with the always online, DRM en Kinect listening on consumers. Now because they offer a cheap subscription service they somehow are pro consumer. People do have a short memory.They’ve been doing it since the OG Xbox. Selling mediocre games on hype alone (LOL at all the hype around Fable and Sudeki) and buying everything in sight has been there MO for years. Running rate into the ground to the point you have another studio making Perfect Dark just shows you how they think.
how?Microsoft is gonna ruin gaming.
Microsoft is gonna ruin gaming.
Yes, stop trying to be edgy my boy, because I'll clap back at you. Without those games, Konami is dead even though their already dead. I said what I said. I have spoken. Goodbye, this conversation is over.
Nah, they going to lose interest within a couple of years like they always do.
Neither Spencer nor Nadella is going to be around forever and chances are their successors will have to demonstrate that their multi-billion dollar outlay is a good use of funds.
The gaming market is too fragmented by interest and historic loyalty to ever have a Netflix-style service with that many active subscribers. Growth will slow and the running costs will continue to climb, at which point MS will be forced to actually charge what the service is worth and recurrence will falter.
People forget how long dev-cycles are these days and as a result, the sheer amount of time costs will need to be absorbed for before any return is generated. Mitigations strategies for this will start to become apparent pretty soon because the brutal truth is that all games are putatively of equal value as a component of GP. Its a system based on churn, a constant refresh of product to keep peoples interest.
A cheaply made breakout hit like say, Fall Guys is actually more valuable as a sales driver than some AAAA blockbuster because in terms of engagement to outlay the ratio skews hard towards the low-end. This will inevitably shape the product and the line-up.
Yes, stop trying to be edgy my boy, because I'll clap back at you. Without those games, Konami is dead even though their already dead. I said what I said. I have spoken. Goodbye, this conversation is over.
On the money 8 for 8 apparently
This is big if true.
May be part of the deal between Microsoft and Kojima Prod.
From ACG:
Also (1h10m10s):
"Who owns the IP for Metal Gear ? Konami does right ? Yeah, APPARENTLY they are..."
And now the finish move:
Best case is Microsoft get the licence, and give it to Kojima for an exclusive game. I guess fan can only be happy (rather than watching Konami destroying the saga)
Source
They don't need all of the console market because Gamepass is also on PC. Top that with xcloud which will be on Android and iOS and they have a huge market full of potential players.but I simply don't see GP ever reaching the 200m+ numbers that Netflix is at because that's basically the entirety of the console market and then some!
I mean, they are steamrolling to 30 million subs and don't even have a single next-gen exclusive first party offering yet. They are literally at the starting line with tens of millions of subs. Game Pass is as surefire of a success as you can get in gaming.Prove me wrong.
Its just speculation on my part but its based on historic trends, and I'm sorry but I simply don't see GP ever reaching the 200m+ numbers that Netflix is at because that's basically the entirety of the console market and then some!
Factoring in that prediction in conjunction with the known costs of content acquisition and "stickyness" of most gaming content and it looks a damn long way off of being surefire success.
Its not like MS never change tack when an enterprise isn't hitting its targets!
Just to be absolutely clear because monopoly is one of those words that people love to toss around despite not knowing what one is;Because Sony does not go out and outright buy large 3rd party developers like MS has done and is continually trying to do, Sony is nowhere close to becoming a monopoly because "timed exclusive" is not monopolizing anything as compared to outright buying the company.
This is big if true.
May be part of the deal between Microsoft and Kojima Prod.
From ACG:
Also (1h10m10s):
"Who owns the IP for Metal Gear ? Konami does right ? Yeah, APPARENTLY they are..."
And now the finish move:
Best case is Microsoft get the licence, and give it to Kojima for an exclusive game. I guess fan can only be happy (rather than watching Konami destroying the saga)
Source
They should get it, do a Metal Gear Solid remake with the graphic of Metal Gear Solid 5 and then put it on PC
Theyre not steam rolling anything. Games pass is almost 4 years old. 22 Million in 4 years isnt that great. As far as first party goes Halo isnt going to move the needle, assuming it even lives up to the hype. What halo fan or die hard xbox fan doesnt either already have an xbox or gamepass?I mean, they are steamrolling to 30 million subs and don't even have a single next-gen exclusive first party offering yet. They are literally at the starting line with tens of millions of subs. Game Pass is as surefire of a success as you can get in gaming.