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Konami's new CEO: Mobile is the future of gaming, is Konami's main platform
- Thread starter HGH
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It's crazy how people just want to say Konami is dead. He just confirmed console games will continue to be developed yet everyone is saying they are dead.
The Kojima-Konami feud is a different matter. They cancelled Silent Hills because was so involved it was impossible to continue a game without the original creator.
The Kojima-Konami feud is a different matter. They cancelled Silent Hills because was so involved it was impossible to continue a game without the original creator.
SpaceDrake
Member
This is incredibly telling and the first I've seen a Japanese C-level admit it publicly, FWIW: AAA HD titles are being produced almost exclusively for export right now. There's no real base to sell PS4 titles to in Japan, so anything made has to be made with an eye toward export to be profitable. If it's domestic-oriented, it's going to mobile devices.
Really, as angry as I know people are at Konami (and as shitty as they've been to some of their former developers), he's just stating the market reality in Japan. If you want to make enough money to prosper, you develop for mobile or maybe the 3DS. Very little else makes sense right now. It's a grim, grim reality that has a lot of us in the loc biz setting our jaws, but it's there.
Admiral Woofington
Member
Standing on the edge of the crater
Like the prophet once said.
And the ashes are all cold now. No more bullets, and the embers are dead.
Like the prophet once said.
And the ashes are all cold now. No more bullets, and the embers are dead.
TheExecutive
Member
Is this what we call an overreaction to market trends?
Stone Ocean
Member
They could probably leave gaming altogether and they'd still be fine.
Zombie James
Banned
RIP Konami.
ElRenoRaven
Member
Sums up my thoughts perfectly. Fuck mobile gaming and fuck Konami.
Eolz
Member
Yeah that's what I meant. Could have been others doing that, not the end from what I'm reading.
I think this kind of logic (but Kojima and PT) doesn't work though. It's a big restructuration, doesn't mean they'll do only that from now on. At least from this document.
Broken Joystick
At least you can talk. Who are you?
Touchscreen Espionage Action
MGSV and PES aren't out yet.
Read it again, he's saying that they are always thinking of how to push those franchises on to mobile too.
What is wrong about that? They are trying to expand their market. As long as console games are still there, i don't care.
The Omega Man
Member
Well, you either die young or live long enough to become the bad guy.
Se7enSword
Banned
There are, but not by Konami.
They're actually pretty behind by a few years now as far as market trends go. And mobile is a booming market in Japan, but the saying "Don't put all your eggs in one basket" comes to mind.
But conceptually, yes, you would be correct.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Nope.
Capcom at least has:
Monster Hunter 4/5
Street Fighter 5
Resident Evil 7
Dragons Dogma Online
Devil May Cry 4SE/5
Square Enix have even more and seem to b investing more into PS4 than PS3. Konami seems to be going all into mobile if rumours are true.
LeoDiBlack
Neo Member
Well... damn, I dunno what to say...
Konami is just... aaagh
Konami is just... aaagh
Interfectum
Member
Wow, he doesn't mince words does he.
Boombox On
Member
Obviously a company wants the projects it is currently creating to sell well. That in itself doesn't mean much.
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
Well. Bye Konami. And so long Metal Gear...
flashtitan
Banned
Sad Konami T^T you are but a remnant of your old self. Good luck with that F2P market on mobiles in the US if you plan to move that over here. Nobody pays for mobiles games.
Applesauce
Boom! Bitch-slapped!
Lightning_Roller
Banned
Konami was already dead to me, this just further proves it. Bye Konami.
He isn't saying that, he just said thery want to put their franchises on mobile too.
That is different from saying:" We will bring our games only to mobile"
Chilled_Eskim01
Member
Damn. We all knew it was coming, we all saw this a mile away, but it still sucks to hear. I love the Silent Hill series, the Metal Gear series and some other Konami IPs... I don't want to see them turn into freemium App Store shovelware 
They confirm that those two games will be released but not more than that.
TheSlySoul
Member
Yeah, I don't see Konami failing like Capcom did.
Will they be as successful as Sega though is the main question.
Tizoc
Member
...but is it available worldwide or is it Japan only?
dugdug
Banned
They have one console game coming out in 2015.
Seriously though. Fuck this company. Vote with your wallets people. Don't buy MGSV. Don't give these greedy bastards another cent, because they obviously don't care about you, and they obviously never want to make another proper Metal Gear game again. So don't reward them and fund their slot machine addiction traps.
The Praiseworthy
Member
OMG every time I hear this line ( Mobile is the future of gaming ) I feel so angry because this is just PLAIN STUPID!!
Goodbye Konami.. hope MGS5 do so good and you fail so hard on mobile.
Goodbye Konami.. hope MGS5 do so good and you fail so hard on mobile.
Interfectum
Member
That's not how I read that statement. They hope MGS5 does well while they figure out how to make the series work on mobile. I doubt we see a MGS6 and if we do it wont have near the budget of MGS5.
Stone Ocean
Member
With Kojipro gone most of the talent left in the company will also be gone.
You can probably expect console titles like shitty PES games and Silent Hill games made by D-tier western studios. That sounds like death to me.
Great post.
Capcom is doing a dual transition to mobile/online and digital (note all the online, episodic, download, and heavy DLC games) with a couple of big retail games, often as bases for selling lots of DLC later.