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Kojima was 'fired' by Konami, says Metal Gear Solid voice actress
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Haha nice one.
spookyfish
Member
Tweet deleted because of a "typo."
Because they don't do anything with their other IP for the most part, and they definitely don't give the majority of projects the MGS level of care.
Kojima seemed to add quality to things he produced because he could probably talk them into loosening the purse-strings.
But it is silly, Konami have investments outside of gaming, so it's not like the company is going to die.
Huh, can you speculate on why this is the case? Is it just business culture, or something more decidedly so?
Yes. The end of an era that ended a while ago.
Because thinking Konami as a business should bend to an employee in the video game side of business doesnt make sense from a Konami perspective.
Meant to say "His job role has changed from employed to unemployed"
He was talking about the gaming industry and I totally agree, Konami has not much left besides MGS. The Metal Gear IP is probably their biggest flagship.
Conrad Link
Member
This Kojima/Konami thing is just a ruse, you know Kojima is behind it all - it shall be his greatest troll masterpiece!!
Konami will have an E3 conference, midway through the lights go out, and Kojima's entrance music hits, pyro going off everywhere as he comes through a crowd going nuts cheering. He hits the stage and Scorpion Death Drops the President of Konami, JR is in the front row losing his f**king mind.
He announces that he is the President of Konami now, and for his first order of business.... *holds a decapitated Kiefer Sutherland head up in the air* while Hayter and Tak Fujii appear from backstage doing crotch chops.
Next he gave Hudson to Nintendo in return for Snake coming back to Smash Bros. as free DLC. And you can go play as him and TG16 games right now.
Just then a life sized Metal Gear Rex crashes through the side wall, as Kojima jumps into the cockpit in all the madness a guy shouts, Mr. President, what does this all mean for the game you're making, what does this mean for The Phantom Pain? Kojima with a coy look on his face replied: "The what now?" and flies away from a now confused audience.
Konami will have an E3 conference, midway through the lights go out, and Kojima's entrance music hits, pyro going off everywhere as he comes through a crowd going nuts cheering. He hits the stage and Scorpion Death Drops the President of Konami, JR is in the front row losing his f**king mind.
He announces that he is the President of Konami now, and for his first order of business.... *holds a decapitated Kiefer Sutherland head up in the air* while Hayter and Tak Fujii appear from backstage doing crotch chops.
Next he gave Hudson to Nintendo in return for Snake coming back to Smash Bros. as free DLC. And you can go play as him and TG16 games right now.
Just then a life sized Metal Gear Rex crashes through the side wall, as Kojima jumps into the cockpit in all the madness a guy shouts, Mr. President, what does this all mean for the game you're making, what does this mean for The Phantom Pain? Kojima with a coy look on his face replied: "The what now?" and flies away from a now confused audience.
TheJollyCorner
Member
Konami: Work on the next Metal Gear
Kojima: No, I want to work on something new
Konami:
You know, this honestly wouldn't surprise me.
Seems to me Kojima has openly expressed other interests (possibly even a new Zone of Enders, as well as running with Silent Hill) and I could absolutely imagine Konami's daft upper-management cracking the whip with their "We need to be like Assassin's Creed and have a new MGS every year!" rhetoric.
I think we'll know eventually- especially with other individuals (like Burke), who seem fairly passionate about their respect for Kojima, starting to talk about it publicly. I doubt Burke will be the last one.
Darkangel
Member
Maybe he got in a fracas with a producer.
Seriously though, I wonder why Konami would ever fire him. Either he did something truly awful behind the scenes, or the higher ups at Konami were deluded enough to think they don't need him anymore. A lot of people think there might have been a creative dispute over the continuation of Metal Gear, but Konami would be much better off with Kojima not making Metal Gear than not making anything at all.
Seriously though, I wonder why Konami would ever fire him. Either he did something truly awful behind the scenes, or the higher ups at Konami were deluded enough to think they don't need him anymore. A lot of people think there might have been a creative dispute over the continuation of Metal Gear, but Konami would be much better off with Kojima not making Metal Gear than not making anything at all.
Yep trying to get that mobile money...
Hopefully kojima goes indie or starts his own company.
Yup, they can be making billions elsewhere but if they are irrelevant in the gaming space then they are irrelevant to gamers and this forum.
He also said they should let him do what he wants. As I said from Konami perspective why should they, when video games is low on the list? Thats what I was commenting on
Live Free or Die
Banned
I thought Twitter threads weren't allowed?
Hasn't Kojima already been paid by Konami to make the game? If that's the case, the amount of copies sold won't change anything for him .
semiconscious
Member
'donna burke'? 'rob crossley'? right! - just the people i go to when i wanna know what's really going on with kojima 
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this's all well past pathetic at this point. until we hear from kojima himself, i'm passing on this ever-more-depressing freak show...
keep on keeepin' on, man...
...this's all well past pathetic at this point. until we hear from kojima himself, i'm passing on this ever-more-depressing freak show...
keep on keeepin' on, man...
I think this was more about twitter posts who claim to be "insiders" and post some "insider" info about upcoming games.
yeah it's not like she's an accomplished singer or anything
This is my view on it too. Without him producing Silent Hills, I can't be excited for what Konami puts out anymore, and I love that series. But given their last attempts to farm out the series on the cheap, I just don't care enough.
GreyOcelot
Member
with future opportunity as a game developer? come on now. if the game bombs he's not going to get $100 million to make a new game. if it's wildly successful there's a good chance he will
"Well, we just moved him to the basement. These problems tend to take care of themselves"
ReturnOfTheRAT
Member
Come on Rob. I don't follow you on Twitter to read that kind of shit spin.
And thats a real fucking shame. Just when I thought this series was going to get a proper revival...
Mookie1515
Member
This might be the most insane shadowy bullshit I've ever seen from a modern game company. The fact they seemingly GAGGED Kojima from posting on his PERSONAL TWITTER is mind blowingly crazy.
The dude wasn't just an employee, he was an executive! And not just an exuctive, he was HIDEO KOJIMA.
I am certainly not going to cancel my TPP preorder, this game will still be his and his teams magnum opus, but after that, Konami is dead. Long Live Kojima.
The dude wasn't just an employee, he was an executive! And not just an exuctive, he was HIDEO KOJIMA.
I am certainly not going to cancel my TPP preorder, this game will still be his and his teams magnum opus, but after that, Konami is dead. Long Live Kojima.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
As I said before multiple times now which should also be highly obvious to those with any sort of cognitive thinking capability is that you do not do shit that will directly effect the company financials which this has seeing how the stocks started to drop since the whole mess first began.
TheJollyCorner
Member
She's also voiced characters for the Silent Hill games, Rumble Roses, and GAF fan-favorite Shenmue!
Konami was basically dead already as far as console games went anyway. Metal Gear was basically an iron lung.
oh, she is a singer?
okay, then I belive that she has inside to what happened at Konami.
yeah, I realy doub that she knows what realy happend.
Mookie1515
Member
Oh for sure. I think the last Konami game I bought that was new and not related to MGS in any way was Lords of Shadow. But, my meaning is, after TPP, its over. There is nothing else they can do. Everyone will be gone.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Konami to spin off every main character to milk franchise dry CONFIRMED.
MERYL GEAR SOLID incoming.
MERYL GEAR SOLID incoming.
gaming_noob
Member
I'd like to see his interpretation of Perfect Dark. I hope he lands a big contract soon.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
Yeah, people that have worked with KojiPro a lot in the past decade and most certainly would be friends with all those involved wouldn't know whats going on more intimately than some of the ostriches here on NeoGAF.
I wonder if people understand how the real world actually works sometimes in these sorts of threads. Yes, she's just a singer who lives in Singer Land and doesn't phase over into our dimension ever at all so how COULD she know anything?!
I don't agree with how this whole thing has been handled publically, but I just can't go after Konami or Kojima on this without knowing the full story. They may have had a very good reason to let Kojima and company go, but as of now we have no idea.
That doesn't mean what they did removing his names, etc. from games (now putting them back I guess?) as a good thing, just stating.
That doesn't mean what they did removing his names, etc. from games (now putting them back I guess?) as a good thing, just stating.
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
And yet I still think he's trolling us.
Also there's no need to be so condescending
That tweet is likely the biggest PR fail i've seen in my life: it didnt' just confirm that he was fired, but does so in the most corporate spiteful way it could short of just ending it with "also: fuck you, kojima and your damn fans". Well, gotta give it to Konami: coherently pathetic to the bitter end.
nobody cares that you believe in a meme this strongly
SomedayTheFire
Member
No he doesn't, and no you don't know that. KojiPro are more than likely a huge expense. Konami isn't just AAA gaming right now. They make a lot of money in different areas. More money than they're making from AAA gaming, Kojima or not.
Wouldn't cancelling your pre-order be an "FU" to Kojima as well as Konami? In spite of what looks to be some serious internal politics, it's still his creation. I doubt the cancellations will hurt sales in a significant way, but if sales come up short, it only justifies Konami's business actions.
Kojima should just pack his bags for America. There has to be a shitload of studios/publishers welcoming him and the KojiPro team with open arms.
Kojima should just pack his bags for America. There has to be a shitload of studios/publishers welcoming him and the KojiPro team with open arms.