RoyaleDuke
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I agree with this man entirely, perhaps everything is fine and we are overreacting and this is just a bad break up.
And Konami looses. I mean I don't know the outcome for sure, but man it would be interesting wouldn't it?
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Konami seeking new main staff members for development of new Metal Gear series
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I agree with this man entirely, perhaps everything is fine and we are overreacting and this is just a bad break up.
And Konami looses. I mean I don't know the outcome for sure, but man it would be interesting wouldn't it?
TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
Well I can guarantee Solid Snake will be back in a story that won't fit in the MGS universe.
Paradise Brunch
Member
Unless Swery or Suda in charge, I'm okay with this. But they're going to give MGS to a random western dev, just like SH and fuck this up.
RecursiveFault
Banned
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Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Its time for Spark Unlimited to shine
Baldwin_the_First
Member
I'm all for more stealth games, and more Metal Gears means I'm welcoming it with open arms.
texhnolyze
Banned
He kinda wanted more freedom in Konami but Konami won't allow it, so he had to leave.
So another case of cold hearted suits and profit driven share holders ruining a company by mistreating its actual talent, a company we grew to love during our childhoods no less? Where did I hear this before?
Soon we'll all be exclusively looking at the past with nostalgia for our traditional gaming needs instead of to the future with hype - which will be the moment in which we've officially become old and outdated...
Soon we'll all be exclusively looking at the past with nostalgia for our traditional gaming needs instead of to the future with hype - which will be the moment in which we've officially become old and outdated...
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Deleted member 30609
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Wow, unexpected.
eyeball_kid
Member
If they're really going to jettison KojiPro, I'm curious who is going to handle Metal Gear Online post-launch. I can't imagine many would want to stay on as contractors after Kojima is gone.
As someone who played their first MG game on the NES as a kid, this is a rather sad moment to me. Especially to treat a man who has given me such entertaining games over the course of my life with such disrespect. Konami has a lot to answer for, but regardless I can't imagine a scenario where I'd want to play their sham games.
As someone who played their first MG game on the NES as a kid, this is a rather sad moment to me. Especially to treat a man who has given me such entertaining games over the course of my life with such disrespect. Konami has a lot to answer for, but regardless I can't imagine a scenario where I'd want to play their sham games.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't MGO being handled by KojiPro LA? That might survive KojiPro JP's end.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Isn't Metal Gear Online handled solely by KojiPro LA?
Isn't MGO developed by Kojima Productions LA? The studio is still there, and they have renamed it Konami LA Studio. They're still hiring for it, so presumably it'll continue operating as a US Konami studio and supporting MGO post-launch.
Daffy Duck
Member
A MGS game without Kojima?
Always-honest
Banned
supernormal
Member
Well that's better than wishing it absolutely fails. But the chances of this happening are almost non-existent.
This is speculation. We don't know definitively what the reasons are.
I'm afraid you will be disappointed.
Of course it's all speculation but I think this most recent news implies, if anything, that Konami viewed Kojima as in their way regarding making the Metal Gear series.
Even if Kojima quit I'm sure that Konami would negotiate some way to continue paying him if he gave his blessing to future titles in the series. Again, speculation, but it seems like there was some disagreement regarding the future of the series. Metal Gear Solid V is probably an expensive prospect for Konami, maybe something on the scale of GTA V financially (MGS4 supposedly cost $70 million dollars to make, MGSV probably costs upwards of that).
From a Konami management point of view I could see how you'd make the choice to get another game out in a relatively short time-frame. "Can you do that Kojima?", "No", "Well then, we'll have to find someone who can".
flipswitch
Member
They should re-launch the franchise but this time you play as Johnny Sasaki for shit and giggles.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
It looks to me like Konami has unwittingly given Kojima all the cards he needs for a fan-favored, anti-authoritarian independent project. An evil impostor project giving a push to the ousted underdog ...
Your move Mr. Kojima. I hope you realize what an opportunity this is.
Your move Mr. Kojima. I hope you realize what an opportunity this is.
thunder_snail
Member
It's the quirky little things that make Kojima games so unique. And MGS is series known for that. RIP MGS and hope Kojima finds himself in another AAA studio to continue making games.
I just hope Kojima's staff stands behind him
and leaves Konami with him so they can see what a huge mistake it was to disband Kojima Productions. I also hope the new series fails miserable.
This is not how you treat someone who gave you so much.
Fuck Konami.
and leaves Konami with him so they can see what a huge mistake it was to disband Kojima Productions. I also hope the new series fails miserable.
This is not how you treat someone who gave you so much.
Fuck Konami.
Hopefully Kojima goes on to do his own thing which is amazing, and hopefully Konami reboot Metal Gear and it is good too. They are going to have a hot mess on their hands if they carry on in the current canon.
Even so, I don't like how this has gone down. Doesn't paint Konami in a particularly good light and in the end I'm following Kojima, not Metal Gear.
Even so, I don't like how this has gone down. Doesn't paint Konami in a particularly good light and in the end I'm following Kojima, not Metal Gear.
eyeball_kid
Member
Yes, Koji LA is being rebranded, but I just can't imagine many of those people would want to stay on, working on MGO under such circumstances. Finishing up MGSV is one thing, but to support a game after your fearless leader has been canned. Well, I've been in such situations and the atmosphere is often toxic.
ChuChuRocket
Member
Snake ?
Snaaaaaaaaaaaakeeee !
Snaaaaaaaaaaaakeeee !
JimmyRustler
Gold Member
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Well, FUCK
April 1st is the start of a japanese business year
HORRORSHØW
Member
kojima should just kill off all the characters in TPP and bid adieu.
TatteredHat
Member
Metal Gear lives and dies with Kojima, if he's not involved the franchise may as well be gone.
hydrophilic attack
Member
Yeah, fuck you.
JimmyRustler
Gold Member
It wasn't always to this degree. Compare MGS1 to MGS4. That is like a whole new level. MGS4 was retardness deluxe and destroyed every love I had for the series. So don't take offense if I don't shed a single tear about Koji's departure. Hope whoever follows him does a better job.
ShogunDarius
Member
Just think, assuming splinter cell is still around when the next mg game comes out there's a decent chance it could be the better stealth series, not sure what to think on that
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
I hope you enjoy your Assassin's Creed or Splinter Cell style game.
Metal Gear without the story originality is generic stealth boredom.
Metal Gear has always had that bizarre nature. And it's part of what made it compelling.
And BTW, most MGS fans who appreciate the weirdness also have issues with MGS4. That is not the barometer for the series so don't act like it is.
AusRoachman
Member
Lol imagine if they secretly put in an ending where snake dies.
Check mate.
Check mate.
Charlouie Jonesman
Banned
I was ready to have the series end after MGS4. Then came Peace Walker and it was fun and MGSV looks to be great too, so it's not the "end of the series" thing that bothers me.
Trying to remove his name from the series up to now though is really scummy. And it was always his wish to have someone else continue his legacy and create Metal Gears without him in the director's chair but that was referring to the people he worked with on the previous games.
Now it appears they're creating an entirely new team to develop Metal Gear. I would've been interested in post-Kojima MG's with his old team, but now, I won't care one bit for anything after V.
Trying to remove his name from the series up to now though is really scummy. And it was always his wish to have someone else continue his legacy and create Metal Gears without him in the director's chair but that was referring to the people he worked with on the previous games.
Now it appears they're creating an entirely new team to develop Metal Gear. I would've been interested in post-Kojima MG's with his old team, but now, I won't care one bit for anything after V.