Konami first half of year profits up 90 percent

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Legend11 said:

I can still remember people on this site claiming that Konami was going to lose its shirt over Metal Gear Solid 4's development budget. It was one of their poster children for why companies should all be developing for the Wii instead of HD consoles.  It's really nice to see such a great game do so well.

it did almost kill them. And only a company like Konami can afford this. any other japanese developers (except for capcom and S-E), cant afford to do these kinds of things.