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Kojima Station Officially Suspended/Konami Apologizes For Concerns
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Jazzkokehead
Member
Wow. Did Kojima sleep with some exec's wife or something?
I'm really curious as to what's going on. Unfortunately, Konami's policy thus far seems to be to ignore the controversy and hope it goes away.
I'm really curious as to what's going on. Unfortunately, Konami's policy thus far seems to be to ignore the controversy and hope it goes away.
ShadowKingpin
Member
With Konami's recent actions, it's pretty safe to say it's over completely.
efyu_lemonardo
May I have a cookie?
Did I miss a hundred million dollar flop metal gear movie?
"Why does this all feel familiar?" Sakaguchi thinks to himself.
Sidewinder
Member
No way, how about legal repercussions? Konami is a publicly traded company.
FlashbladeGAF
Member
All the big old japanese game companies other than Nintendo have shitted on their developers, which is why they've all fallen from grace.
Konami is making it very easy to not want to support The Phantom Pain. I want to, because I prefer the story of Big Boss and I really want to see what Kojima does, but I'm wondering now if the final product we get is the one he wanted to deliver in full.
Taking his name off and pretending like he's not important to the creative direction of the series is pretty insulting.
Taking his name off and pretending like he's not important to the creative direction of the series is pretty insulting.
Dragonborn
Member
Man, if we don't find out what happened soon I'm canceling my MGSV preorder and picking it up used. they better have a damn good reason for doing this, otherwise Konami can go right down the crapper
SerTapTap
Member
Even Square wouldn't piss off their fans this much for this long just for shits and giggles
"Why does this all feel familiar?" Sakaguchi thinks to himself.
Did Kojima almost ruin Konami?
Seriously after MGSV I'm done with these people.
Like many posters on here, Kojima thought he WAS Konami, and started making demands. Konamani wanted to show him who is boss.
Actually I wonder what happen also.....
I know, but I thought the tweet said that it was just done for this week.. I agree with Horse that there might be a rebranding though.
Eh, fuck this either way, lol.
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
it's going to be hard to play MGSV and not take it all as some sort of commentary on kojima's time with konami.
Veritigo_X
Member
Jeez, I'm feeling nervous about even getting MGSV now. Everything from Konami since this happened, especially that BS quote from "Kojima", reeks of damage control. KojiPro probably aren't even working on it anymore.
Graphics Horse
Member
I don't know but I don't think the reasons were as sudden as it seemed. Kojima's last own tweet (not retweet) was on the same day as a huge executive restructure happened, which was announced weeks earlier.
Well KojiPro won't exist from April, if not already, so you're sort of right.
"WE BUILT IT, DAMN IT!"
You know this game seems more and more prescient now.
It's ironic how the whole Ground Zero narrative fits his current situation.
Garou
Member
Uh, that Tweet in the OP has nothing to do with the topic on hand, it just says that Kojima and the staff are busy playtesting and completing such a huge game/Open-world.
The correct tweet is this one: https://twitter.com/metalgear_jp/status/580656383026065409
And it says that they suspend it, but they will announce the next episode when it is ready. So not completely cancelled or something like that. Sounds like crunch-time with not time for fancy videos.
The correct tweet is this one: https://twitter.com/metalgear_jp/status/580656383026065409
And it says that they suspend it, but they will announce the next episode when it is ready. So not completely cancelled or something like that. Sounds like crunch-time with not time for fancy videos.
Yeah me too I really hope Konami doesn't meddle with the games story...
So Kojima will found his Diamond Dawgs.
ShadowKingpin
Member
This is my biggest concern over anything -- the quality of MGSV being affected by Konami while Kojima-san is no longer there.
Fixed. Thanks!
I'm actually in this boat. Past Kojima trolling was epic. I think this is the next level.
Vallen Valiant
Banned
Repost from the other thread as this seems more appropriate for it
At this point Konami is losing points from me for every action they take. They are just digging deeper into the pit. I just want some honesty from them, we already know what is going on.
Here is my suspicion; Konami naively think they can keep Kojima's exit low key enough as to not kick up a fuss. The idea being they need as many people ignorant of the team change as possible, which means they want to minimise media discussions on the fact that Kojima has disappeared. This is why they removed A Kojima Game from the boxes quietly. This is why they don't cancel Kojima Station until the last possible moment. This is all because Konami want to phase Kojima out of the company stealthily to maximise the number of uninformed gamers who would buy MGS6 without knowing changes had occurred.
In short, Konami is blatantly trying to trick the uninformed, into buying what they know will likely be a bad product in the future.
By extension, this also means Konami has no faith in MGS6, and know they can't count on good reviews to sustain sales.
This means they already know MGS6 is going to be bad. Or expect it to be.
They are going to make a bad game intentionally. Just like SimCity2013.
Yes, this is rather extreme extrapolation. But this is the only logical explanation I could come up with.
At this point Konami is losing points from me for every action they take. They are just digging deeper into the pit. I just want some honesty from them, we already know what is going on.
Here is my suspicion; Konami naively think they can keep Kojima's exit low key enough as to not kick up a fuss. The idea being they need as many people ignorant of the team change as possible, which means they want to minimise media discussions on the fact that Kojima has disappeared. This is why they removed A Kojima Game from the boxes quietly. This is why they don't cancel Kojima Station until the last possible moment. This is all because Konami want to phase Kojima out of the company stealthily to maximise the number of uninformed gamers who would buy MGS6 without knowing changes had occurred.
In short, Konami is blatantly trying to trick the uninformed, into buying what they know will likely be a bad product in the future.
By extension, this also means Konami has no faith in MGS6, and know they can't count on good reviews to sustain sales.
This means they already know MGS6 is going to be bad. Or expect it to be.
They are going to make a bad game intentionally. Just like SimCity2013.
Yes, this is rather extreme extrapolation. But this is the only logical explanation I could come up with.
SliceSabre
Banned
Damn it feels like they are running Kojima out on a rail now.
pauljeremiah
Gold Member
I didn't think I'd have another use for this after I made it but here we are.
wait a sec, who's the girl?
It's really scary and the whole logos erasing stuff in Ground Zeroes.
or the Kojima rescue mission.
Coincidence?
I still have a hard time believing all this.
Haunted
Member
Here's the thing, and I know that this isn't what most people want to hear, but I think it's what's going to be the case.
If you buy Metal Gear Solid V, you send the message to Konami that it's ok to do this. You might think you're honouring Kojipro's hard work by buying their last game - but Konami will interpret it as tacit agreement with how they handled this situation and that they were right to basically publically sack Kojima and his team towards the end of development because it didn't have any negative consequences on the sales of MGSV.
Veritigo_X
Member
I meant the actual people at KojiPro. Even if they are still working on it, I can't imagine the work environment is very nice these days. There's no way we're getting the same MGSV as before.
Hai
Sidewinder
Member
Damn, MGSV was one of the rare games I was certain to buy day1...now I think I'll just get a used copy ;(
MrCunningham
Member
I'm sure Sony Pictures are still looking for the right people to screw it up.
Vallen Valiant
Banned
They aren't going to get bad sales for MGS5, that just is an impossibility. What we need is bad sales for MGS6. Kojima isn't going to be un-sacked, that ship has sailed. Konami needs to get burned by making sure as many people as possible, especially the ignorant masses, understand ahead of time that MGS6 will suck really bad. And this means letting people know how important Kojima is, no matter how hard Konami tried to erase him.
King Tubby
Member
I have to think something ugly's happened behind the scenes for it to go down like this.
#TeamCG
#TeamCG
Graphics Horse
Member
That's Kobayashi, more commonly known as Hai Lady.
Mr. Nice_Guy
Member
Geez, this is some kind of disaster on Konami's part. I really don't want an "Eyes Wide Shut" scenario with MGSV and be left wondering what could have been.
Ban Puncher
Member
Konami doubling down on health clubs.
Lmao
ShadowKingpin
Member
It's really scary and the whole logos erasing stuff in Ground Zeroes.
or the Kojima rescue mission.
Coincidence?
I still have a hard time believing all this.
As already told to you in multiple threads, I believe you are really looking too much into this.
Yeah, totally honest mistake, haha.
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