Well Metal Gear is also Konami IP yet, look what they made with it, without team that developed it and it's director. That's my point on it. You can own something and have rights to it, but without creative minds created it you can't just simply throw it at random folk and say "do it". Capcom also owns all Clover IPs, yet they barely done anything with them, because without minds who've done it, they are simply unable to maintain franchise feeling to it. Hell I can't believe I defend NT's credibility as creator
There is a major difference between the two: Metal Gear Solid's team is still at Konami. They still developed Metal Gear Survive. Kojima claims that he didn't develop Survive, or direct it, in any capacity. Survive was something that Konami has wanted for a very long time, he too wanted Survive, but in a different idea, though. Metal Gear Rising was supposed to have nanomachines with zombies. So, when Konami and Kojima had the falling out, they greenlit Survive without any creative problem or differences. Kojima even trained most of the younger folks after he's decided to leave. Kojima didn't want to do any more MGS, because he was worn out. Every time Konami asked Kojima to do a new MGS title, he said no each time. MGS5 was the one that broke the camel's back. And it shows. It was shipped unfinished. Survive sold less than
ANY of the recent releases, including Metal Gear Rising, which actually sold pretty well for a game that didn't have Kojima's touch or blessing.
With DmC, the project was developed with the original team, has been in there since the beginning. Oversaw by Itsuno. DmC sold quite well despite the controversy. Enough that a Definitive Edition was released. Though, with DMC, it's easy to market the product even though there's no one like Kojima on the project. Hideki Kamiya is not Kojima-caliber, nor is Shinji Mikami. Resident Evil, another Capcom property still has a cult following despite Shinji Mikami's departure.
Resident Evil 2 Remake has been making waves everywhere regardless of the director.
I am not discounting their work, I'm just saying the notion of the director being the importance does not always work. As shown with Survive.