Turkish said: Never trust any western started rumour about Japanese games especially not those that look like they came from 4chan. |
For what is worth, he was acknowledged in youtube comments by both Jim Sterling and TotalBiscuit
We get that it is a rumour, but it looks like plausible one. Not the transcript word by word, but Konami other bussiness indicate a company averse to risk, huge upfront budgets and big development cycles. Even Ground Zeroes makes more sense in this scenario, as a way to "kickstart" the real game with a $30 demo.
Obviously we will never know for sure, but the guy was more informative than most gaming press about the case.