Not sure if it was posted already.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=40&v=iMK-kajdgMA

Transcripts: http://i.imgur.com/wZrhM7V.jpg

Well uh...that sucks for Kojima. Hopefully he can find a new home...sometime...perhaps Nintendo or something

If ever anything seemed too bad to be true, this is it.

Wow, this seems like Area 51 stuff, haha. If it's true, then it's a shame that Konami treats their employees like this. Hopefully they will find new and better jobs somewhere in the industry.

I don't think this is legit. The actual details may be true (Kojima is obviously out, Konami is probably merging teams and leaving the console market), but the report itself is most likely not. If they were just waiting out employees of Kojima's team like this, I'm sure a lawsuit would break out very quickly. Severance is a powerful motivator in an industry as volatile as gaming.

This is crazy if its true. All that is needed is Jerry Springer so everyone can chant 'Jerry! Jerry!' The funny thing is that I'd believe it. They could just as easily go with gambling like Sega Sammy does with pachinko machines.

There is so much lame involved in all of this.

Jesus... If its true, some serious shit went down in that company

Sad reality is that even if this one isn't true, the corporate atmosphere is very oppressive, almost toxic, in many game development companies it seems.  Restrictions, shaming for not working overtime, heavy deadlines, marketing groups having undue influence, extreme pressure to prioritize company business even over family and in some cases health.  Ubisoft has a whole "division" of their company where you are just sent to an empty office building without any resources provided for any kind of work, no provision for colaboration, nothing.  You just sit and languish in boredom until they have a team to move you to.  Some people will sit doing nothing in this "division" for months, some upwards of a year.  These policies are probably at the root of the growing inefficiency of many companies.  A toxic or oppressive work environment is known to hamstring creative endeavors.  This would be an extreme case though, if true.

Reads like fan fiction