Kojima, Konami, and the cancellation of Silent Hills -

DuskEngine

watermelon seller
True & Honest Fan
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I feel really bad for Guillermo del Toro. He tried making another survival horror game in 2012 and that was cancelled when THQ went under. I'd guess that eventually ended up becoming Silent Hills, and now that's cancelled too. His Mountains of Madness movie was axed as well. He's obviously a really talented filmmaker (Pan's Labyrinth proved that) and he's stuck doing stuff that's obviously outside the genre he wants to make.
 

Lucky Wildcard

Hollow shell
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I found this video yesterday. While these are rumors at the moment (Save for Silent Hills being cancelled, but this was confirmed hours after the video was uploaded), it's clear crazy things are happening at Konami.

Update: Konami filed a DMCA on the vid. Here's a mirrored variant.

Update 2: The original video is back.


From the same video, he provides an edited transcript of the conversation.

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Also, misc. stuff about some of Konami's actions in general with comments from that same video I linked:

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Quijibo69

Da Merge
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It really kinda sucks because this was one of the reasons why I bought a PS4 to being with.*sigh* Anymore new games are re-releases of games I can get cheaper on the last gen systems.

I'm glad I downloaded the demo when it was still up. Now my PS4 is worth more...
 

ATM

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Konami have been dead to me since they turned Parodius and Gradius into pachinko games and then quietly let both series die. I'm surprised it's taken this long for them to start fucking with MGS, I guess Kojima couldn't defend it any longer.
I can't really think of a company that's better at devaluing their own franchises. Not even Capcom.
 

Watcher

Cishet dudebro
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I'm going to play Devil's Advocate and assume the biggest reason why they're throwing Kojima under the bus is because MGS5 was costing way too much money. The game was being constantly delayed while Kojima tried to make his magnum opus more and more detailed.

Kojima mentioned during interviews that he fully intended Ground Zeroes to be included with The Phantom Pain but said it wasn't possible. Now I largely see why. Konami forced him to sell it separately pre release.
 

R.A.E.L.

Blind spider waifu
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At this point, I don't care anymore. The SH franchise has practically been dead to me since Team Silent left. I was looking forward to this, but now, I think it's best to just let Silent Hill rest in peace. Konami had their chance at redeeming the series and they wasted it; I doubt we'll get anything as eerily interesting as P.T. ever again.
 
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