COKTOE said:
That's not true. I mean, the budget for MGS V was 80 million and it made 179 million on it's opening day. MGS 4 sold 4 million copies. There's no way it lost Konami money. There's no proof anywhere that anything he did at Konami lost money. Not that I know of. Feel free to prove me wrong. |
By costs, I do not necessarily mean Metal Gear Solid V necessarily having loss, I mean the costs of all his projects and the cost of Kojima Production Studio, the dead ones included. Since the whole Kojima situation and fallout, the company has been making a higher profit for the company, even with revenue taking slight hit (gaming division becoming smaller, but margins being sooo much better) and are expected to earn more profit and return on investment in FY2018.
I imagine if Kojima could have been within budgets set aside for him, they would have been super happy with him, and would have never got rid of him.
Add: Plus 80 million (Development cost, not even counting Marketing costs) for game that still needed more money based on the results, most likely did not get costs back right away either, I am assuming 179 million is just revenue of sales(not counting the breakdown of what goes to developer, publisher, retail, console maker, transportation), but the point I am making is in terms of investment, I do not blame Konami, namely when projects like Horizon did more with half, it is all about the ROI!
However do not get me wrong, what they currently doing to Kojima is fucked up.
Mind grammar mistakes, I am also watching something live, and I for the love of me, cannot multitask.
