but then we wouldn't have Death Stranding. one door closes another one opens.
but then we wouldn't have Death Stranding. one door closes another one opens.
Kojima wasted millions and many years making MGS5 for what is likely a small return.
Konami made a crap ton of money on cheap Pachinko games that probably required 1 programmer, 1 artist and 1 hardware designer.
You think they'd entertain the idea of another project from Kojima that could take untold years and be expensive as hell?
A famous director and actor aren't cheap.
People can be all #fuckkonami all day but that decision to dump the games is totally understandable.
Locking him in a cupboard for 6 months sounds pretty bad. But the guy was VP at Konami for years. He's bound to be a well off millionaire.
People hate on Konami but they did a good thing. If they hadn't ousted Kojima, he'd be locked in a dungeon at Konami HQ making another MGS game. Now he's free to do whatever he wants. You should all be thanking Konami. #ThankKonami
It's good that it worked out but that doesn't excuse their shitty behavior.
Kojima wasted millions and many years making MGS5 for what is likely a small return.
Konami made a crap ton of money on cheap Pachinko games that probably required 1 programmer, 1 artist and 1 hardware designer.
You think they'd entertain the idea of another project from Kojima that could take untold years and be expensive as hell?
A famous director and actor aren't cheap.
People can be all #fuckkonami all day but that decision to dump the games is totally understandable.
Locking him in a cupboard for 6 months sounds pretty bad. But the guy was VP at Konami for years. He's bound to be a well off millionaire.
It was the right move, they chose to focus on mobile so it makes sense to drop AAA development.Konami is doing fine business wise. I do not like it but getting out of the high risk AAA game business was a shrewd move. I hope they'll do IP licensing in the future to leverage some of their old strength. Even if Konami turned around tomorrow and did "right by gamers" they would already have bleed too much talent.
Yeah I wasn't being serious
Well maybe Kojima shouldn't have crippled the company with ludicrous budgets for his weird wannabe-hollywood projects. The Fuck Konami bandwagon (probably coming mostly from Kojima fanboys rather than old Konami fans anyway) has gotten way out of control. God forbid a company wants to avoid bankruptcy by leaving a non-profital branch. It sucked for the lost IPs, but that's just reality and we already saw this coming at the beginning of the decade.
Why does PES have to be so good? I hate Konami, but nowhere near enough to play FIFA ever again
As long as they keep producing arcade bemani tites, #KonamiDefenseBrigade
You should finish your post with excuses for how they treated their other employees. Poor, misunderstood Konami.Well maybe Kojima shouldn't have crippled the company with ludicrous budgets for his projects. The Fuck Konami bandwagon has gotten way out of control. God forbid a company wants to avoid bankruptcy by leaving a non-profital branch.
Didn't Konami make back their money in the first couple of days MGS5 was out?
You should finish your post with excuses for how they treated their other employees. Poor, misunderstood Konami.
Well maybe Kojima shouldn't have crippled the company with ludicrous budgets for his weird wannabe-hollywood projects. The Fuck Konami bandwagon (probably coming mostly from Kojima fanboys rather than old Konami fans anyway) has gotten way out of control. God forbid a company wants to avoid bankruptcy by leaving a non-profital branch. It sucked for the lost IPs, but that's just reality and we already saw this coming at the beginning of the decade.
Oh right, all these reports about the torture chamber Konami, which barely had any serious sources backing it up.
Kojima wasted millions and many years making MGS5 for what is likely a small return.
Konami made a crap ton of money on cheap Pachinko games that probably required 1 programmer, 1 artist and 1 hardware designer.
You think they'd entertain the idea of another project from Kojima that could take untold years and be expensive as hell?
A famous director and actor aren't cheap.
People can be all #fuckkonami all day but that decision to dump the games is totally understandable.
Locking him in a cupboard for 6 months sounds pretty bad. But the guy was VP at Konami for years. He's bound to be a well off millionaire.
"Fuck Konami" goes way beyond "poor Kojima"
Look up how they treat their employees some time, in particular creative staff that made them one of the biggest names in gaming. And to cut off a potential response, no, that's not normal, even for Japanese companies.
Yeah, no serious sources. Not like Kojima himself just last night admitted that he had been locked in a room on a different floor than the rest of his team for the last six months of MGS V development while the only communication he was allowed to have was through a mediator in the building. Oh yeah, then there was the whole gag order Konami forced on him that prevented him from even being able to turn up at a damn awards show last year.Oh right, all these reports about the torture chamber Konami, which barely had any serious sources backing it up (if any at all).
The problem is that a man was locked in a fucking room for six months and not allowed contact with his own team. Fuck the games for just a second, Konami's treatment of this man as an employee was fucking sickening and inexcusable.Oh Jesus please stop. As much as I like Silent Hill, Konami have all the rights to do whatever they want with their IPs. If they want to bail out the AAA business, so be it. It's actually understandable, given the direction the industry has taken.
Shall we throw more #fuckthis #fuckthat around for every canceled game? Where's #FuckMicrosoft for Fable or #FuckRockstar for Agent? What about #FuckSony for EightDays? Come on, get over it. The real problem here is the AAA industry itself.
People hate on Konami but they did a good thing. If they hadn't ousted Kojima, he'd be locked in a dungeon at Konami HQ making another MGS game. Now he's free to do whatever he wants. You should all be thanking Konami. #ThankKonami
Oh Jesus please stop. As much as I like Silent Hill, Konami have all the rights to do whatever they want with their IPs. If they want to bail out the AAA business, so be it. It's actually understandable, given the direction the industry has taken.
Shall we throw more #fuckthis #fuckthat around for every canceled game? Where's #FuckMicrosoft for Fable or #FuckRockstar for Agent? What about #FuckSony for EightDays? Come on, get over it. The real problem here is the AAA industry itself.
Not in this tweet.
All the reports were conflicting, I have yet to see confirmation of these things. All of it seemed like overblown fantasy to keep the hate train rolling.