bobawesome
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Get trucked, Konami.
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Metal Gear Solid V final box art (A Hideo Kojima Game/Kojima Productions removed)
- Thread starter Love Deterrence
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MGS5 is a AAA release in 2015. Welcome to video games.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Man, Kojima must have unleashed his Big Boss on the owner of Konami's daughters or got them hopped up on the coco for such hatred and trying to wipe out that name from Konami's history.
This is like same major "dishonorment" shit.
Dr Amazon MD
Member
Fucking Konami... I'm not surprised.
Edit: I was secretly hoping there was some Shinkawa art cover for the day one or any edition, but I knew that was way too much to ask from Konami.
Edit: I was secretly hoping there was some Shinkawa art cover for the day one or any edition, but I knew that was way too much to ask from Konami.
Print an alternate cover. Lots will be available upon release, I'm sure.
Spoiler:
you won't actually do it.
Of course, those who wouldn't notice the absence never noticed the presence.
Firelord Chargrilled
Banned
lol "trucked"
ugh_the_boot
Banned
I'm not buying shit lol, i'm was over metal gear years ago. But still you can't even ask Konami any questions about Hideo without them having a hissy (see Angry Joe), i'm sure it would piss them off a bit. This doesn't bother me in the slightest but it's still a dick move by Konami so whatever peepz (not me) can do to piss them off lol.
loaf of bread
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The worst part is that no one can really do anything against Konami because after this they'll pretty much be leaving the console game business. They give no shits.
Ninja Scooter
Member
I don't think they would give a shit.
zerokoolpsx
Member
That's pretty low Konami. Not much is included in the Day One edition compared to the standard. Crappy banner too.
You better hope that MGO and the main game comes out perfect because hoping for patches at this point...
That's why they said "certain" people.
Still, if one is only willing to go so far as the boxart to see if Kojima is invovled, how much could his involvement factor towards their purchasing decision to begin with? Must be an awfully small lot such as that.
ugh_the_boot
Banned
Sorry didn't realise you worked for Konami and have already had your annual 'fucks were given?' meeting.
Love Deterrence
Member
That's what I meant. I say "him," I meant his team, though.
This guy is throwing elbows. Get down, everyone.
LocknessMobster
Member
I REALLY hope Kojima snuck an F U to Konami somewhere in the game.
skLaFarebear
Member
Hope it has the shinkawa art on the reverse like GZ did. Its a pretty awful cover compared to most other MGS covers, even without the Kojima Game/KojiPro logo.
Krusenstern
Banned
The one thing that worries me more than the absence of Kojima's name on the box is whether or not Konami censored the game in any way.
I really like to play the game the way it was envisioned by him, no cuts or compromises of some sorts which Konami might have demanded.
Do we have any info related to that? I haven't really followed the development of this game as of lately.
I really like to play the game the way it was envisioned by him, no cuts or compromises of some sorts which Konami might have demanded.
Do we have any info related to that? I haven't really followed the development of this game as of lately.
Love Deterrence
Member
Probably gonna do what he did in Ground Zeroes. Create a gun that erases markings from objects. Place a Konami marking in the environment. When the player erases the marking, Kaz says "It's nothing special."
The earliest we may know anything of that nature is December, when Kojima is expected to leave. I don't expect it in the BTS Blu-ray, but someone will probably come out and have something to say about it sooner or later.
Wheresmycoffee
Member
Maybe it's on the back? MGS4 didn't have Kojima's name on the front either, but it's all on the back.
No idea but Kojima did say at some point something along the lines of "if previous MGS games were movies, then MGSV is more like a TV show". I would imagine the episodic structure of the game was decided upon way before any of this shit started going down, so I wouldn't be surprised if it was done purely out of commitment to that analogy/format.
secretanchitman
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Maybe it's on the back? MGS4 didn't have Kojima's name on the front either, but it's all on the back.
That's a good point - didn't think about that.
Worst case, I'm sure custom covers will come out putting his name back on.
Doctor_Thomas
Member
Maybe it's on the back? MGS4 didn't have Kojima's name on the front either, but it's all on the back.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
In MGS4 he cast himself as "the voice of god." He's pretty narcissistic. I can understand removing the kojipro logo from the cover since they technically don't exist anymore according to Snake's VA, but the hideo name seems to be out of spite.
This is about when I stop playing videogames. Wow.
That was perfect.
LocknessMobster
Member
I was hoping more for something like a codec conversation stating something like Konami are some fucking bitches.
andrerobot
Member
Can't we just boycott Konami by not buying the game?
Guys? Hello? Anyone?
Guys? Hello? Anyone?
Someone post the CODMW2 Steam boycott group image.
Miss out on the last Metal Gear Solid game worth a damn? You fucking crazy?
Love Deterrence
Member
Yeah, man, it's sad. It would be nice if a man's philosophy dictated things rather the market, but that's just the time we live in, I guess. I think people get caught up way too much with "bad practices," too, though. At the end of the day, the games are made by people who have poured huge chunks of their lives into them - Kojima, for instance, sleeps four hours a day. Games aren't made by these giant corporations, they're made by people who want us to have fun and experience something that they feel only they can deliver. So, for me, that outweighs any sort of "bad practice" that may be part of a game's life cycle.
Lol, if they hid something like that in the base game I may have to go out and buy a console copy just for posterity, as Konami would no doubt demand Valve patch the title & wipe the originals (ala San Andreas).
Rendering all the years of hard work and passion done by Kojima and his team as meaningless? No thanks.
Better to show them what a good thing they had with Kojima when it sells gangbusters and the next iteration tanks spectacularly.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Just looked at my MGS HD Collection on the Vita which came out after MGS4 and it was on there.
SJRB
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NexusGamer
Member
Didn't they already do this earlier with all the promo stuff and website? Guess box art was last to be updated
Love Deterrence
Member
No way. That doesn't really help Kojima and his team, honestly. Won't support Konami's future releases of Metal Gear, though, no matter how good it may be. (That's just me, though.)
Correct.
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