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Kojima was 'fired' by Konami, says Metal Gear Solid voice actress
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MrCunningham
Member
Well, he links to a news story about del Toro remaking the Disney movie Haunted House with Ryan Gosling as the main star. But I think he makes a joke about del Toro and Gosling doing a Drive sequel collaboration together (at least I think this is what I got out of it).
It makes me wonder if there is some hidden context in the "collaboration" comment, or if he is drawing a parallel to Silent Hills?
I am very apprehensive about purchasing MGSV. They really lost me when they charged for the demo as they have. Whether Kojima is with Konami or not doesn't influence a purchase if I think it's a good one.
Having said that, I don't blame people who want to cancel their preorder or just not buy it at all in light of Kojima being fired. I for one am happy that he is no longer with them, maybe now he can be free to do other games that will be just as good. I mean, ZOE was only a small side thing for him and I'm a huge fan of it (hence my username! Jehuty was taken tho).
Also, this whole thing has led me to discovering Donna Burke. I never connected the dots with the works she's been in -- Glass Sky from Tokyo Ghoul, "Wondering" from Haibane Renmei -- among others. I didn't know she was even in Bloody Roar. She seems to be in a lot of anime/ games that I've really, truly enjoyed. Now that she's in my radar, I look forward to seeing what else she comes up with. What a fantastic singer.
Having said that, I don't blame people who want to cancel their preorder or just not buy it at all in light of Kojima being fired. I for one am happy that he is no longer with them, maybe now he can be free to do other games that will be just as good. I mean, ZOE was only a small side thing for him and I'm a huge fan of it (hence my username! Jehuty was taken tho).
Also, this whole thing has led me to discovering Donna Burke. I never connected the dots with the works she's been in -- Glass Sky from Tokyo Ghoul, "Wondering" from Haibane Renmei -- among others. I didn't know she was even in Bloody Roar. She seems to be in a lot of anime/ games that I've really, truly enjoyed. Now that she's in my radar, I look forward to seeing what else she comes up with. What a fantastic singer.
neoism
Member
Yup gamestop will enjoy my 60
I don't understand these people saying Kojima with Sony is bad. For a long time MGS was synonymous with the Playstation platforms. Although I highly doubt Sony will court Kojima and make a studio just for him. Best case scenario is with Kojima founding his independent studio much like Sakaguchi.
Edit: Next Metal Gear story will be as deep as CoD's story telling.
Edit: Next Metal Gear story will be as deep as CoD's story telling.
RipperGrim
Member
A new Bioshock made by Kojima? It would be very weird.
Thanks Toro....get some gold bond for that chafe though lol
Ingueferroque
Banned
The existence of FOX engine makes this entire situation so difficult, even though his team authored it I imagine he will not be able to take that with him.
Such a shame. The engine had so much potential and years of work must have gone in it..
Such a shame. The engine had so much potential and years of work must have gone in it..
I'm actually kind of glad he's no longer with Capcom :/ Inafune was a part of the problem
It sounds like any other generalized speculation we've been reading about for tha past couple weeks. Once contracts are up in December we'll most likely hear about what happened from Kojima-san himself.
Pyrrhus
Member
Do we have a clear understanding of what exactly happened to Sakaguchi or Itagaki or Inafune? I don't think we're ever going to get the real story.
stargateheaven
Member
This is donna burke..
She has songs in tons of konami games, including DDR, beatmania, winning eleven (PES), metal gear.. contra, the list goes on!
Regarding the removal of Kojima's name from the art and such, has anyone looked into the possibility that Kojima's contract prohibits Konami from using his name to advertise the games like that if he's no longer under contract to them? If I were him I certainly would have considered putting something like that in my contract, so they couldn't keep calling everything "Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear" or whatever after I was gone.
qualitydisc
Member
This actually makes a lot of sense to me. But who knows.
I second this notion that it WOULD make sense, but I feel Kojima would've spoken up about it already to put the flames down with everything going on. He hasn't done that...so it probably is Konami stripping it instead of their own accord.
Konami has handled this situation terribly. What a clusterfuck PR wise -- but what can you expect from such a dysfunctional company. Embarrassing.
As for Kojima, I hope that he continues on making great games in the future; if he wants to that is, as I don't think he'll have any problems finding a new home.
As for Kojima, I hope that he continues on making great games in the future; if he wants to that is, as I don't think he'll have any problems finding a new home.
GreyOcelot
Member
this defies the logic of konami removing his name though. he's still working on mgsv, and he worked on all those past games from which they are removing the name.
Define clear...
- Sakaguchi stepped down
- Itagaki resigned from Tecmo, and sued them for not getting paid.
- Infaune said he was starting his life over
Airing their most intimate thoughts/motivation/reasons behind leaving their former companies like a Jerry Springer episode? I'd have to agree with you there.
I simply meant that after Kojima's obligations with Konami are over in December - that would be the most likely time to hear non-speculation.
ShadowKingpin
Member
Donna has come out to clarify that he wasn't fired, but Kojima-san's contract was in fact changed.
https://www.facebook.com/donnaburkesinger?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/donnaburkesinger?fref=ts
Nuts.Pistachio_Nuts!
Member
Can kojima just work on a sequel to omega boost for sony? Then I could die happy. Or any mech game for any platform for that matter.
Dragon1893
Member
Come on, not this again, GZ is a stand alone game that is worth paying for, a demo is a piece of a game, GZ isn't a part of TPP, it's its own thing.
It might be short, but it's a stand alone game, with a beginning and an end, that sets up the events in TPP.
It's a small prequel if you will.
Is it worth what they were asking for initially? That's debatable.
Is it just a demo that should've been given away? Absolutely not.
That's incredibly shitty. I guess they forgot to gag her earlier.
Konami's damage control is in full force.
lol Konami. This company, haha.
ShadowKingpin
Member
Konami's damage control is in full force.
I highly doubt that was Konami. She doesn't work for Konami, so I doubt they have any power over her. She was contracted at a moment in time for music and it's long done.
Konami's damage control is in full force.
Or you know, she just wanted to clarify what she previous said since it gave the wrong impression.
lol
There is a reason why Kojima and his team can't talk freely about this whole situation, don't you think?
Sho_Nuff82
Member
"Clarified", days after someone explicitly asked her if her use of the word was spilling the beans on what actually happened, and she nonchalantly answered in the affirmative.
Clown shoes PR.
Clown shoes PR.
This.
She clarifies to konami explicitly (She got contacted).
This is the worst PR, it's like that one gif where a guy gradually has worse things happen to him on a streak (I'm sure someone can find it)
ShadowKingpin
Member
I know you're one for the conspiracy nonsense, so I'll stay off that train ride.
If she worked at Konami, then I would believe she was forced to write that (SPOILER ALERT:
She doesn't work there
Besides, what is Konami going to do to her? Bitch about her to death?
AlteredForms
Banned
A crappy move to make. They basically lost their second best IP due to petty conflicts.
KojiKnight
Member
Because she's a contractual worker she has to be even more careful... her future jobs are essentially based on past work experiences and word of mouth from previous clients. But by all means, continue to belittle and demean someone else.
CadetMahoney
Member
Isn't it like Hollywood where ppl can be black-ball / blacklisted you even if you're not directly employed?
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=152712380
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=152712380
SomedayTheFire
Member
Sue her for libel?I know you're one for the conspiracy nonsense, so I'll stay off that train ride.
If she worked at Konami, then I would believe she was forced to write that (SPOILER ALERT:), but for the sake of keeping her reputation in this matter, she had to fix her mess up and there is nothing else to this. I understand you want Chico to be Quiet and Hayter to secretly be Snake and Gray Fox to be a ham sandwich, but at some point, you should probably stop and think.She doesn't work there
Besides, what is Konami going to do to her? Bitch about her to death?
ShadowKingpin
Member
These grand conspiracies just drive me nuts. I understand Konami screwed Kojima-san over, but to think every post from everyone involved is controlled by a shadow government within Konami is getting obsessive.
Why would she go out of her way to confirm rumors if she didn't know anything, in spite of personally knowing those involved? Why is she specifically mentioning Konami in the Facebook post?
ShadowKingpin
Member
To save her reputation for incorrectly posting about Kojima-san being fired? She caused a shitstorm and probably wanted to calm people down before it got out of hand. Being fired and having your contract changed are two different scenarios in my book.
KojiKnight
Member
This isn't a grand conspiracy... This is simply PR. Konami contacted her, she makes that point VERY CLEAR in the exact post in question.
(edit) Or her agent. Either way, someone was contacted and she was told to make a statement.
ShadowKingpin
Member
Exactly. There is nothing more to it. She made a fuck-up in claiming he was fired and she had to fix it. End of story.
Ignoring the question. She didn't cause a shitstorm either. The major gaming sites took care of that, she just added what she personally knew.
Yeah there is nothing more to it.
I'm sure Kojima and his team are not allowed to talk about this freely is just because nothing bad happened at all, everything is sunshine and rainbows over there.
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