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Konami wasn't too happy with the time it took to develop Metal Gear Solid V or the amount it cost to make. Now it looks like the publisher is looking to ditch video games all together- well, for the most part. According to new reports, Konami has now ceased triple-A game development on all franchises, aside from Pro Evolution Soccer.
This means that Konami's owned franchises likely won't see any new releases. Additionally, Konami's Worldwide Technology Director, Julien Merceron, has left the company. He apparently left due to changes at Konami and the step away from console and PC game development.
Aside from Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 and the eventual launch of Metal Gear Online, Konami has no big releases planned for next year. Konami hasn't confirmed these reports itself but sources speaking with Gameblog and Eurogamer seem to confirm exactly what is happening over at the publisher right now.
Konami's step away from traditional games has been brewing for a while. Earlier this year Metal Gear creator, Hideo Kojima had a falling out with some of Konami's higher-ups and left the company. Kojima Productions has also been shut down and the Silent Hills reboot was cancelled despite fan excitement.
KitGuru Says: If Konami does intend to stop making Triple-A titles, then hopefully the company will sell the rights to some of its franchises, like Silent Hills or Castlevania so that studios can keep them alive.
I still really hope there is a mass exodus of people who go to form a new company….and leaves the upper management in the lurch
Good
Omg I loved playing Konami games since the mid 80’s it would be a huge loss.
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not really, its not hard to make pachinko machines and the same soccer game over and over.
konami are a bunch of fucking idiots, to loose hideo kojima, kojima productions, silent hills and pulling out of the triple a video games market.
they will loose billions
That’s what happens when you kick Hideo Kojima out you bastards!
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Nevermind selling Silent Hill or Castlevania. They should sell MGS to Hideo Kojima.
Did you read the first sentence in the article?
“Konami wasn’t too happy with the time it took to develop Metal Gear Solid V or the amount it cost to make.”
Kojima is a great game developer but a lousy businessman. No one cares if you make a 10/10 game that cost $80 million dollars that requires 5-6 million copies just to break even because in the end if a business cannot make $, the project has been a disaster/failure:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2015/09/06/metal-gear-solid-v-the-phantom-pain-sells-3-million-units-but-its-not-out-of-the-woods-yet/
I love MGS V but there are two sides of the story and there is definitely some truth to the idea that Kojima mismanaged the project which could cost Konami millions unless MGS V sells 5+ million copies. Even if it does sell 5-6 million, that’s only breaking even.
ahhh… no