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Kojima will no longer be a Konami executive from April 1st + KojiPro is no more?
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If they truly decided to fire Kojima, that's basically committing suicide. That would guarantee the death of Konami.
Give War A Chance
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RIP in piece MGS
Yea, it is. And that's why they want to change that? Just a theory.
MGS5 will most likely be the best selling MGS game in the series and gain a lot of exposure to the series and having it associated with Konami will allow them to make future entries without Kojima's name on it.
Maybe Kojima was serious about it being his last MGS game and this is all so it happens.
I heard they make good health products. Might go well with my Sony insurance.
Fox_Mulder
Rockefellers. Skull and Bones. Microsoft. Al Qaeda. A Cabal of Bankers. The melting point of steel. What do these things have in common? Wake up sheeple, the landfill wasn't even REAL!
I totally can see him starting a new first party sony studios.
Nintendojitsu
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The karma is due.
Doctor_Thomas
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When Konami told Kojima he was fired do you think he was all like [VIDEO LINK]?
You can't just do this shit without announcing it first. :/ Where are the so-called journalists? Busy scratching their balls I guess.
Scrub Mcgrubb
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April 1st would be the beginning of a new fiscal year for Konami... probably legit
YuriLowell
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This is huge.
The_Darkest_Red
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The Konami that relies on big games like MGS for survival is already dead.
Not really. They have all their health club stuff. Their gaming division doesn't really make much these days when you think about it. MGS, Silent Hills, Pro Evo, Tokimeki Memorial and iOS stuff. Kojima leaving would just signify that they've reached the point where they don't make AAA anymore, which they were heading towards for a while.
MGS fans aren't gonna buy MGS games not made by Kojima.
shinobi602
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Why? Not being an executive anymore doesn't he'll suddenly stop working on MGSV or Silent Hills...
Then again if he's going off it could be to do his own thing. I wish we had more info.Give War A Chance
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Personally, I think this is great news. Konami can do what they want to do without worrying about looking terrible for telling Kojima "no." Kojima can finally move on to do something that he actually wants to do.
I think in the end, the consumer wins because we're going to get a Kojima production with 100% of his heart behind it.
I think in the end, the consumer wins because we're going to get a Kojima production with 100% of his heart behind it.
RockTurtle
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oh oh
dancrane212
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I really hope P.T. isn't going to become the same as the ZOE3 art/models; a glimpse at what could have been.
Well that seems as likely as MGS going exclusivly to the Ouya.
Stone Ocean
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The Kojipro part of the title is your doing, isn't it?
Possible, but Koji_Pro site and logo disappearing, as well as MGSV being without "A Hideo Kojima game" seem signs of something more "radical" incoming.
Just updated the OP too. It's definitely thread worthy. Something is going on, and Konami's non-response and "wait for more announcements" is pretty telling.
gigantor21
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Man, the past couple of days have been ridiculous in terms of gaming news huh?
FranXico
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What if it was MS?
Welfare
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Ofc, him not being an executive means little. It's the whole thing of removing KojiPro from everywhere that scares me.
lmao
It was posted earlier, but still
Before
http://web.archive.org/web/20150223193621/http://www.konami.jp/mgs5/
Now
http://www.konami.jp/mgs5/
Look at what happened to that and the Kojima Production's logo in the current version of the website.
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