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[chadskin]

Sorry, this isn't true. Not sure where the rumor started but I don't want to mislead anyone.

https://twitter.com/XboxP3/status/604697441447731201

 

[Broken Joystick]

It's only 80% of the truth.

 

[DAREALGUMMY]

And there it is

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Well I for one am shocked that such a believable rumor turned out to be false.

 

[salromano]

No shit.

Edit: It's sad that there were major publications (*cough* IGN, Shacknews *cough*) completely gullible enough to think that there was even a hint of legitimacy in the rumor, thus reporting on it.

 

[Boke1879]

From the horses mouth. Thank you Phil

 

[Xater]

Anyone with a brain should know it's not true.

 

[Acquiescence]

Are you fucking kidding me?! I could've sworn it was legit.

 

[Tripon]

That was a stupid ass rumor. Konami it self is worth a couple billion at best. No way the Silent Hills IP is worth a fraction of that.

 

[Slowdive]

No shit.

 

[Prelude.]

I didn't even know it was supposed to be an actual rumor and not just like a neogaf joke.

 

[Prophet Steve]

I wasn't even aware there was a rumor like this.

 

[mrhej]

Well no shit.

 

[Nibel]

Of course they didn't.

They rather spend billions on a new Vodoo Vince

 

[The Flash]

Well. There goes my dreams of an epic meltdown thread.

 

[Alcoholikaust]

Anyone genuinely shocked here?

-Besides the creators of the 4 or 5 threads I mean?

 

[def sim]

I wasn't even aware there was a rumor like this.

Yeah, someone should have made a thread.

 

[Veritigo_X]

Obviously he isn't going to reveal anything before the E3 megaton.

 

[BiggNife]

I can't believe so many people fell for it honestly.

It was established beforehand that Silent Hills never made it past the prototype phase. Konami called it "embryonic." The rumor said it was 80% done. How did people believe a rumor that was factually inaccurate?

 

[kuroneko0509]

there goes the meltdown potential

 

[Suzushiiro]

Clearly he's just in on the Kojima troll to end all trolls.

 

[3rdamention]

Good on Phil to clear it up.. I think this is the first time I have ever heard him say no about something on Twitter..

 

[Eggbok]

I think he's lying, there was a slantly offscreen pic and those never lie.

 

[Man-is-Obsolete]

Smart of him to do this. It's dumb that he was forced to do this. iGN and other sites should be ashamed for picking up that story. It put MS in a weird spot where folks would incorrectly start expecting this to be true and let down if it wasn't shown at E3.

 

[jesu]

So is he saying it might happen?

 

[Mushroomer25]

My jaw has hit the floor.

I passed out because of how underwhelming this information is.

Seriously, the most blatantly false rumor I've ever heard.

 

[pswii60]

Good on Phil for setting the record straight.

We all thought it was happening. Heh.

 

[Nightengale]

No shit.

Anyone who reported on this rumour should be ashamed of their words and deeds.

 

[jayu26]

Do we really need a thread for this? I mean it's not like this going to shut those people.

 

[Dinjooh]

Not buying what this 'Phil' says 'till IGN reports on it.

 

[keit4]

Based Phil.

 

[kuYuri]

Well of course he would say that. #followthemoney

Spoiler

/s

 

[Acquiescence]

No shit.

Anyone who reported on this rumour should be ashamed of their words and deeds.

Remove their sausages immediately.

 

[Kenzodielocke]

Good on Phil for setting the record straight.

We all thought it was happening. Heh.

Yeah, first thing I thought when I saw the thread title.

 

[Xando]

Shocked. I don't know about you all but i'm deeply shocked.

IGN is such a joke.

 

[Wishmaster92]

Fuck!!!!

 

[Nightengale]

Not buying what this 'Phil' says 'till IGN reports on it.

Russian Insiders > Head of Company.

 

[Jimmyfenix]

No shit.

Anyone who reported on this rumour should be ashamed of their words and deeds.

I wonder if IGN will update their article

 

[Mask]

I'm surprised anyone even considered it to be true.

Konami is too focused on their weird campaign of trying to get back at Kojima to even consider selling any of their Ips or Games to other companies. Only way we'd get it is when it's picked from Konami's rotting corpse after their self-destruction.

 

[Gintoki]

We had to wait for the man himself to believe its not real

 

[FinalStageBoss]

Lol@ all the posters who got juniored because of this. 80% done!!!!!

 

[eFKac]

The price was actually in the thousands.

 

[DNAbro]

You mean the completely unbelievable, absolute bullshit "rumor" that was completely made up for clicks wasn't true?

how can that be?

 

[KefkaPalazzo]

You mean Microsoft isn't paying billions of dollars for a mildly popular IP?

Say it ain't so!

 

[RoyalLaFlame]

...I am shocked. Almost too shocked for words.

 

[Dizzy]

No surprise there. I can't believe IGN even bothered to post it.

In b4 trilology

 

[Ray Down]

Anyone with common sense knew it.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

I could easily see Microsoft saying "Hey, if you make a Silent Hill game, we'll pay for some of it/marketing/publish it." Or have an outside studio use the name or something.

The details as reported were moronic.

 

[dddooozzz9]

HAHA. I knew it!

 

[Finale Fireworker]

Obviously... This means Sony bought it!! Get IGN on the phone!