Death Stranding coming to PC summer 2020

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DonFerrari said:

twintail said:

Sure, he could.

Were they? Did the heads have the same clout Kojima has with gamers in general at the time? I am willing to believe not even remotely close. And again, that is the issue. Ppl only care about Kojima Productions because of Kojima, and that is not something to bank on in the long term. Something happens to him, or the relationship with Sony goes awry, and that is it for the studio. 

With Kojima wanting to make Death Stranding sequels, and already having the Decima Engine running well and making a new IP in such a short time, I doubt Kojima just moves to someone else to make games. They have a solid foundation with the work they have done and it will just be easier from here on out with the same tools.

Why would they wait 10 years to buy it without Kojima? Because like you said the talent in the studio can grow. If Kojima Productions can critically and commercially viable games without direct input from Kojima, then the studio has transcended it's creator himself. Then the studio actually has long term viability. Until then it is just Kojima. And making deals with the studio makes more financial sense imo.

But hey, maybe they pick him up before the year is up. I'm good either way. 

Public may not know the heads of the studio (even though Druckman is somewhat famous nowadays), but Sony invested in the studio because of the heads and the content they were creating.

Buying (or making the studio for Kojima from the ground) Kojima Production would mostly be for the guy's name sure, but after the game release and it is well done and well received the studio is good, because Kojima don't do everything alone even if he touches everything. Besides buying a studio that can have his steering for 10 years is basically assuring it for 2 gens and sure work on succession plan that perhaps Kojima alone wouldn't care because he would retire.

Its a giant risk buying a brand off a well known game creator. Rare is a good example here since MS brought them off Nintendo at the stages where the Stamper Brothers were close to retirement and this affected Rare as a whole and Rare has struggled ever since with there direction as a brand.. well except for the success of Sea of Thieves being MSs best selling new IP however it took a good decade to get there.

Does Sony want to invest into a company and hold responsibility for a brand that could very easily fall apart when there lead retires? 

I am more interested in Nintendos success once Miyamoto retires.

Besides, like Bungie, does Kojima really want to have a boss?