Konami Might Not Be Dead After All

[WolfOD64]

Apparently, their "Mobile First" target is primarily focused on the Japanese market, not everyone else.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/05...i-issues-apology-explains-mobile-first-future

 

[Chancey289]

Konami is dead to me.

 

[xMobilemux]

They will be dead once Kojima is gone.

 

[DoomSlayer87_Sss]

They are dead from a mgs standpoint to me but I would play future castlevania games

 

[WolfOD64]

They are dead from a mgs standpoint to me but I would play future castlevania games

I'm only here for Castlevania...

....and my Berserk trading cards.

 

[Absent Nova]

So yay? But still no MGR2 tho

 

[Innsmouth]

Can't wait to see their grave stone with message "Kojima worked for them"

 

[The Good Gentleman]

They still have Yugioh. Kids buy that **** up like crazy.

 

[WolfOD64]

On the plus side, at least Kojima's gone. If it hadn't been for his contract as Konami Vice President expiring, I was afraid he'd never leave.

 

[Innsmouth]

I think there is only one side about Kojima's gone. Dead side. Basically their president already can write resumes in nearest McDonalds xD

 

[The Good Gentleman]

Again, Konami has plenty of stuff to live off of without Kojima for a long long while. =_=

Just think of it this way: Kojima is no longer bound by Metal Gear. This will let him make the kind of games he wants to make. You might be seeing games like Snatcher and Policenauts from now on.

Though to be perfectly honest, what bums me out most is that Zone of the Enders at this point is officially dead and gone.

 

[Absent Nova]

We should probably expect Kojima to make his own development company in the next few years.

 

[Innsmouth]

Well konami isn't bound by any main franchises anymore. They screwed them all xD

 

[WolfOD64]

Again, Konami has plenty of stuff to live off of without Kojima for a long long while. =_=

It may not seem like it, but their Pachinko machines are more popular than sugar-coated crack in Japan.

Just think of it this way: Kojima is no longer bound by Metal Gear. This will let him make the kind of games he wants to make. You might be seeing games like Snatcher and Policenauts from now on.

I think the reason he hasn't made a modern sequel to Snatcher is because Warner Bros. would sue his glasses off for making the game's premise a living, breathing rip-off of Blade Runner.

 

[WolfOD64]

Bad news for Metal Gear, not Konami.
That's practically all Kojima worked on in his time as Konami Vice President (outside of ZoE, and being a creative consultant for the first Lords of Shadow).

And Konami has stated that they will continue making Metal Gear...which is only bad or good news if you cared at all for Metal Gear, and the lack of "Kojima's signature quirkiness" in future entries.

 

[Quentarus]

The way they were going, I figured they were doing restructuring, and trying to do a different business remodel, and on the outside it looked like it was a dying company. Only time will tell though.

 

[Chancey289]

Kinda hard to imagine a Metal Gear without Kojima. I mean, they're the same thing.

 

[Demi-fiend]

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/art...ht-Introduced-Metroidvania-But-Not-True-Castl

 

[The Good Gentleman]

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/art...ht-Introduced-Metroidvania-But-Not-True-Castl

That is some of the dumbest bullshit I've read since.....since, well, since Nomura's interview from yesterday lol. But still. Definitely high up. Just some typical hipster dickstain vying for attention.

 

[Demi-fiend]

I guess. I'm not going to judge in this case.

While I personally consider SotN to be as much of a "true castlevania" as the classic games, I can see why they would take this particular stance on the matter.