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[injurai]

This sounds like Kojima productions going second party or something similar to From Software doing Blodborne or the situation with Freedom Wars. Wich i'm super OK with it.

In the future Kojipro will be able to do games with other companies if they so desire, just like Insomniac.

Anyway this are great news all around, Kojima and co. are free to finally start developing wathever game they so desire.

It's likely KojiPro will be signing on for 3-4 games, just like the other second party studios.

 

[FootballFan]

Hey FF.
This is pretty great news isn't it. Our saviour, Kojima, doing his thing again.
After 9 months on ice, a console exclusive with PlayStation, should be the perfect warm up.

This is the weapon to surpass Metal Gear.

Brother.

I need scissors 61.

Super excited. Saviour, yes from this day forth he shall be known as Big Saviour.
City get MSN, we get Kojima game.

Excellent deal.

 

[Phased]

It's not like TotalBiscuit will be playing the game anyways no matter what platform it ends up on.

Brutal lol.

This is really cool news. We won't be seeing anything for 3-4 years, but locking down Kojima gets rid of him being a draw for someone else if nothing else.

 

[Mooreberg]

Dafuq? Didn't know about this. So Kojima had a huge flop due to marketing? Development? ???

If that is true it would leave this to a PR motion

There has been no huge flop. I am talking about the projected sales ceiling of how a game could perform vs. the reality of what the publisher was willing to do with it. Have you seen a TV ad for MGS V since september? I have not. TotalBiscuit can get mad all he wants, but the speculative lack of Kojima games on PC in the future is Konami's doing. They already have an engine in place, and it is now going to the digital dustbin alongside Renderware.

 

[DOWN]

Who is total biscuit and why should we care?

 

[zarmena]

Did Konami even notice Kojima depart? Probably not. Hiding behind their pachinko machines.

 

[PeregrinSe7en]

https://twitter.com/HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN/status/677031953422413824

sweet shirt

 

[GrantDaNasty]

So... what The Know people thinks about this?

 

[Valkyri von Thanatos]

Beautiful. Really.

house should be saying fuck microsoft. Then this will be perfect.

*sigh* Microsoft has nothing to do with this. Just because the two are rivals... This console war stuff has no place here.

Regardless, really glad for Kojima and co. I hope that they were able to snatch as many of the many talented folks of Kojima Productions OG as possible before exiting the front door of Konami. I've always been in support of the production company at large, and I hope as many got out of Konami's horrible environment as humanly possible. Kojima needs his people, and I think they'd want to go where he does!

Man, this is really the year of dreams. Just this week, System Shock 3, a completely unexpected holiday surprise in Jontron's most recent video (real spoilers

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Arin <3

), and Kojima forming Kojima Productions from the ashes is just too much. I really have big problems with MGSV, but I've come to the conclusion that 60% were Konami's rushing of development and directorial meddling, and 40% was Kojima's own fault with some wack-a-doo ideas and more crucially extreme MGS fatigue. I truly believe now that he is completely free from the MGS IP, that he can make a truly excellent game!

A happy creator is a good creator! Welcome back Kojima!

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PS: Seriously though Kojima, MGSV had some problems. I really wish you well though, and I hope your brain is now free to no longer be shackled to a canon you very clearly were tired of! I am excited for your new original IP!

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PPS: Obviously Kojima ain't reading this though. But still, wanted to get my thoughts out there.

What a glorious day!

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Really, that Jontron thing and this are incredible.

 

[Rajang]

I hope Hai lady is back at Koji Pro.

That's great unless you a MGS fan. As you would have liked Kojima to make another MGS again one day, but that will never happen now.

I'm a huge MGS fan and I'm very very happy. Kojima can finally make something else. He was pretty much done with the franchise after MGS2. It's been way too long. Let MGS die please, its over.

 

[Off-Kilter]

Gotta be honest, not really feeling the new logo.

Certainly not feeling the font

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

Did Konami even notice Kojima depart? Probably not. Hiding behind their pachinko machines.

Kojima obviously set up a decoy in his office.

 

[ShadowKhaN]

Because he is an insufferable asshole who will whine about anything.

Had to look into this to see what you meant.


ummmm......hes lying. yup

 

[TriAceJP]

I'm interested.

Let's see what you can do, Kojima.

 

[kurahador]

Good move by Sony. Hearing some China publisher interested to get Kojima got me worried at first.

 

[Swass]

Also MS on a roll lately.

Was this supposed to read Sony and not MS? Because I'm racking my brain trying to figure out what Microsoft has done lately to even be considered on a roll.

 

[Donthizz#]

if Sony owns the IP doubt it will come to pc, Sony is the publisher most likely.

we'll know for sure in the coming days.

 

[ElTorro]

It's not like TotalBiscuit will be playing the game anyways no matter what platform it ends up on.

... Eh ...

 

[Espada]

Yeah sounds about right.

Shinkawa will follow Kojima, I don't see him staying.

Yeah, the man's artwork is phenomenal. It'd be similar to what happened with the team behind FFXII. Many of them left SE but have since worked with each other on numerous titles.

 

[HouseDragon]

Ace in the hole for Sony and KojiPro. So sudden too, thought it was going to take more time for Kojima to establish a business partnership, but anyways, just excellent news all around.

Can't wait to see what will Kojima cook up next!

 

[pizzacat]

Who is this Total Biscuit guy? That meltdown is hilarious

The Cynical Brit™

 

[Denton]

Fuck PC exclusives?

Fuck exclusives in general and fuck excluding large portions of audience from being able to play the game. In an ideal world, one in which we are not living in, all games should be on all hardware that can support it, performance and control-wise.
I mean even if this game comes to PC, it is a shame Xbone owners who do not have PC or PS4 will not be able to play it.

It was super awesome when MGS5 was announced multiplatform, wish all Kojima's games going forward could stay that way.

 

[N.Domixis]

Is this real life?

No, now please go back to sleep.

 

[OccamsLightsaber]

It's not like TotalBiscuit will be playing the game anyways no matter what platform it ends up on.

Jesus

 

[Vena]

Doesn't matter.

With all the bullshit Konami pulled this year, everyone is rooting for Kojima.

People are fickle, and we won't see this for years.

 

[KZXcellent]

Who is this Total Biscuit guy? That meltdown is hilarious

One of the biggest YouTube gaming critics.

 

[PHOTOSHOP]

Call me Kojima

 

[paragonpro]

Holy shit its real! Awesome news! Suck ms that its exclysive though, hopefully sony gives him what he needs to make a helluva game.

 

[foxtrot3d]

I'm a huge MGS fan and I'm very very happy. Kojima can finally make something else. He was pretty much done with the franchise after MGS2. It's been way too long. Let MGS die please, its over.

A million times this. I've been waiting for a new Kojima title since MGS4.

 

[oti]

Sucks for XBO only players but I LOVE this. I love moves such as this one. Makes the whole industry more exciting.

 

[Blastoise]

He looks different. I hope they update his character model in MGSV.

 

[FootballFan]

I hope hai-lady is back at Koji Pro.



I'm a huge MGS fan and I'm very very happy. Kojima can finally make something else. He was pretty much done with the franchise after MGS2. It's been way too long.

Yes, I agree completely. MGS3 though. GOAT.

 

[Come to Butt-Head]

I'm just wondering if this new IP will be anything like his previous stuff.

Anyway, awesome news.

 

[M_A_C]

So great!

 

[Off-Kilter]

Call me Kojima

:lol

 

[ChosenPredator]

Im glad i have both consoles or i'd be super bitter lol

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

Why is Total Biscuit melting down when there is an article that says Kojima's games are coming to PC and PS4?

He believes the PC version will suffer cuz it'll be developed first on console which is weird cuz I could have sworn MGSV ran great if not better on PC.

 

[PeregrinSe7en]

Fuck exclusives in general and fuck excluding large portions of audience from being able to play the game. In an ideal world, one in which we are not living in, all games should be on all hardware that can support it, performance and control-wise.
I mean even if this game comes to PC, it is a shame Xbone owners who do not have PC or PS4 will not be able to play it.

there would be nothing to separate consoles then

sounds like stealth port begging (your post)

 

[FootballFan]

Any youtube personalities react to the news yet.

 

[jormungand]

I gotta imagine he has to completely start from scratch as anything he thought of previously is owned by Konami. Im sure that means he'll use UE4 or something, but yeah a couple years minimum before a game comes out

Not if Julien Merceron and the Fox Engine are on board too. They just need to change the name of the engine I guess.

 

[Keihart]

That's great unless you a MGS fan. As you would have liked Kojima to make another MGS again one day, but that will never happen now.

I'm a MGS fan, and hearing Kojima say over and over again that he was steping out of MGS since MGS2 makes me really be happy that he is out of that finally.

I have no expectations for Kojima Production's next game, just make it good and make it yours

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fuck focus testing.

Edit: BTW, that logo screams Yoji Shinkawa, are there any confirmation that they are still together? they are like a couple at this point...just like the best bromance, Otacon+Snake.

 

[NullPointer]

Give Kojima the Ready at Dawn engine and let him create something crazy.

 

[mikefrails]

Hopefully the logo changes.

 

[Thoraxes]

I love that it's only a console exclusive.

Hopefully that means he's cool PC too!

 

[BocoDragon]

Great news to come home to.

This feels right. All's right in the world.

 

[Vibranium]

He believes the PC version will suffer cuz it'll also be on console which is weird since I could have sworn he didn't have a problem with MGSV on PC.

That's the reason!? MGSV is amazing on PC!

 

[Devilgunman]

https://twitter.com/HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN/status/677031953422413824

Ayako-san follows Kojima to the bitter end!

 

[FF Seraphim]

Damn, beaten.

Oh god this is also amazing

 

[sora87]

Who is total biscuit and why should we care?

Some moron who needs to get his dick out of his pc

 

[nib95]

i see a microscope, a globe holding apparatus, and a knight's or spartan's helmet. With a homo sapien(maybe?) skull encased inside. Pretty cool.

I just see some sort of futuristic helmet. Quick mock up.