- after reports from The New Yorker which claimed an inside source told of Kojima having a farewell party to both Konami and Kojima Productions, Konami has denied the report.
- Konami said that Hideo Kojima is still an employee and is currently “on vacation.”
- a spokesperson at Konami’s Tokyo headquarters said to Tokyo Sports
“Currently, Kojima is a listed as a company employee [at Konami].”
“Currently, Kojima and the development team are finished developing Metal Gear Solid V and are taking a long time off from work.”
- On the farewell party Konami said:
“We’re not sure what kind of thing this was.”
- On making sense out of Kojima's vacation Konami said:
“Because the development time for console games is so long and fatigues builds up, it’s common for employees to take extended periods of time of when development is finished.”
http://kotaku.com/konami-denies-hideo-kojima-has-left-says-hes-on-vacat-1737501388
Do you think Konami may be trying to give Kojima an "eternal vacation" away from Konami?
Nintendo is selling their IPs to Microsoft and this is true because:
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=221391&page=1
