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[mtodavk]

Looks like modding will have to keep this game alive on pc.

 

[David___]

So on the topic of Japanese developers, does Capcom have any big games coming out in the foreseeable future?

SF5 early next year

 

[AusRoachman]

I am surprised they didn't try and say they are on vacation.

 

[LiK]

So on the topic of Japanese developers, does Capcom have any big games coming out in the foreseeable future?

SFV, another MH and Deep Down if that ever comes out.

 

[OverdriveOtaku]

The janitor

*Sanitation Engineer

 

[Stone Ocean]

?

if i recall correctly mgsv pc was handled in japan.

Pretty sure the port was done by Kojipro LA.

 

[B_Bech]

This is really going to put a damper on Kojima's vacation.

 

[Ridley327]

Pretty sure the port was done by Kojipro LA.

There was even a big article on how those guys had to forgo their summer vacation time just so they could get it out day-and-date with the console versions.

 

[Jarmel]

Well there it is.

 

[Geek]

There was even a big article on how those guys had to forgo their summer vacation time just so they could get it out day-and-date with the console versions.

And they were rewarded with a permanent vacation!

 

[Spaghetti]

Pretty sure the port was done by Kojipro LA.

nah.

https://twitter.com/ken1555/status/637902534074437632

i think there's further confirmation on it being done by the japan team, but this was easier to dig up.

kojipro LA was focussed exclusively on MGO apparently.

 

[Spaghetti]

There was even a big article on how those guys had to forgo their summer vacation time just so they could get it out day-and-date with the console versions.

that was about the japan team.

kojipro LA likely wouldn't have had a chunk of the dev team go on vacation when they were in crunch to launch MGO for october. parts of kojipro japan however would have been done with the game in time for a summer vacation before the sept 1st launch.

 

[Falk]

Can't wait for December when Kojima's noncompete expires and he can make another studio using his name.

Base it in LA, call it HideoUS.

 

[spookyfish]

They're just closing it until the vacation is over.

 

[KarmaCow]

that was about the japan team.

kojipro LA likely wouldn't have had a chunk of the dev team go on vacation when they were in crunch to launch MGO for october. parts of kojipro japan however would have been done with the game in time for a summer vacation before the sept 1st launch.

Ah okay, guess I misread that old thread.

 

[Spaghetti]

Ah okay, guess I misread that old thread.

it's an amazingly competent PC port out of a japanese studio so it's an easy mistake to make.

actually makes me a little sad that kojipro as we know it as no more and will likely suffer a braindrain of talent (it's already started actually, with julien merceron gone).

 

[akidnamededdy]

Maybe Konami will give them all jobs washing towels in Japan.

 

[Garlador]

Sure they're not just all "on vacation"?

Seriously, I hope they all land on their feet.

And Konami sucks...

 

[Spaghetti]

Maybe Konami will give them all jobs washing towels in Japan.

nah, those jobs are reserved for kojipro japan when konami eventually winds that studio down too

Spoiler

it's going to happen. the studio has been decapitated. no confirmation yet but i think a lot of senior staff are going with kojima. shinkawa, imaizumi at the very least.

 

[akidnamededdy]

nah, those jobs are reserved for kojipro japan when konami eventually winds that studio down too

I just assumed they already had. They just shut down the studio branch working on MGO and that's still two months from launch on PC, and MGSV proper certainly feels like Konami chased the developers out the door a long time ago.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Can we filter Konami to FucKonami? Thanks in advance.

 

[Ridley327]

nah, those jobs are reserved for kojipro japan when konami eventually winds that studio down too

Spoiler

it's going to happen. the studio has been decapitated. no confirmation yet but i think a lot of senior staff are going with kojima. shinkawa, imaizumi at the very least.

I can't even imagine Shinkawa even wanting to stay on board even if he and Kojima weren't BFFs. All they would have for him to do is design cabinet art for their pachislot machines, and he's already done some freelance work in the past, even going as far as helping design the main villain kaiju in Godzilla Final Wars.

 

[Spaghetti]

I just assumed they already had. They just shut down the studio branch working on MGO and that's still two months from launch on PC, and MGSV proper certainly feels like Konami chased the developers out the door a long time ago.

honestly it makes me very suspicious that they are indeed gearing up for a new metal gear when they're making vast cuts like this.

i went and took a look at the applications page in relation to that project, and unless i was a dummy and missed something very obvious, they aren't advertising for a particular job role. it's just an email inbox for applications.

that might lead me to believe that konami aren't being honest about wanting to make a new metal gear and they're creating a smokescreen to keep shareholders from bolting after learning their premier game series is rudderless, and by all intents dead.

 

[wheeplash]

Phantom Pain.

You feel it too, don't you?

 

[RiZ III]

Didn't they just open this studio like a year ago? I recall them saying it was going to be a major part of their development. Can't believe Konami execs went crazy out of nowhere.

 

[Shadow_Lord]

 

[Cynar]

So on the topic of Japanese developers, does Capcom have any big games coming out in the foreseeable future?

street fighter v which makes me happy but that it's the only game really

 

[Japanmanx3]

I literally hate them.

 

[FluxWaveZ]

street fighter v which makes me happy but that it's the only game really

I don't know what qualifies as "big," but Ace Attorney sells even more than Street Fighter games do in Japan these days, and AA6 is a thing.

 

[Purple Cheeto]

when Kojima opens a new studio, they'll all be back with him hopefully.

As I posted yesterday a cursory search of LinkedIn shows that the majority of the Senior level staff already moved on to new positions at Infinity Ward with a smaller portion going to Respawn and Sony Santa Monica.

There was even a big article on how those guys had to forgo their summer vacation time just so they could get it out day-and-date with the console versions.

American game studios don't have summer vacations.

 

[diamount]

Before it's even out on PC? How long is this game gonna be supported post-launch?

My guess they will hope we will forget about it, or contract Iron Galaxy to do it.

 

[ItIsOkBro]

Fuck K*****

 

[Kamina]

It seems their strategy will be the same for 2016

 

[mysteriousmage09]

Konami won't be satisfied unless their entire legacy is burned to the ground by years end.

 

[Einchy]

Can't wait for the next MGS game! Sweet!

 

[akidnamededdy]

Konami won't be satisfied unless their entire legacy is burned to the ground by years end.

I just don't understand why they're doing it like this. I understand bowing out to pursue greener pastures and all that but they are very thoroughly and quickly burning some bridges here, it appears reckless.

 

[SURGEdude]

I just don't understand why they're doing it like this. I understand bowing out to pursue greener pastures and all that but they are very thoroughly and quickly burning some bridges here, it appears reckless.

It's really strange. Like you said it's one thing to shift markets, but usually companies don't take a blowtorch to their former customers on the off chance the situation shifts again and need to backtrack on their strategy.

 

[Blader]

I just don't understand why they're doing it like this. I understand bowing out to pursue greener pastures and all that but they are very thoroughly and quickly burning some bridges here, it appears reckless.

Because the people making the decisions don't care unless you give a shit about pachinko.

 

[CupONoodos]

Everything is going according to plan...

 

[SirNinja]

Here's one for next year

 

[CambriaRising]

It's really strange. Like you said it's one thing to shift markets, but usually companies don't take a blowtorch to their former customers on the off chance the situation shifts again and need to backtrack on their strategy.

This is what happens when your business is a Yakuza gambling empire.

 

[OverdriveOtaku]

Here's one for next year

Holding my breath for Pachinko MGS VI: Erotic Espionage.

 

[LeonSPBR]

He's still on vacation though, right?

Is it possible to read that gif without George Takei voice???

Also I heard Konami has a japanese studio taking care of MGO and MGSV patchs and updates.

 

[Vinland]

Welp. I can't wait to play my Zone of the Enders pachinko extravaganza on android. Made by some faceless janitor with a phd in theoretical mathematics.

Fuck Konami.

 

[Darth Tastrophe]

I fucking knew it. Konami sure loves shooting itself in the foot lately.

Fuck Konami.

 

[Jhn]

Well, fuck.

Does anyone know what this means for the balance patch to MGO?

 

[BibiMaghoo]

 

[Kenzodielocke]

 

[GravityInsanity]

 

[Starbuck2907]

You guys ready for Metal Gear to be farmed out to the lowest bidding studio every year a la Silent Hill style?