Report: Sony looking to acquire Metal Gear, Castlevania, and Silent Hill IP's from Konami, Kojima involvement planned

[DonFerrari]

Azzanation said:

LivingMetal said:

Kojima on Silent Hill and MGS as PlayStation exclusives is better than Silent Hill and MGS multi-platform without Kojima.

And Sony has a great history of allowing developers to work with creative freedom.

Make It Happen!

Would you say the same if MS countered Sonys deal, and hired Kojima and brought the IPs for thier eco-system only?

I would have zero issues with that. If the games interested me enough I would look at the possibility of buying the console. It is better than not having those games published.

For all the studios MS bought I looked at what games they released and thought that none of them made stuff that would make me more likely to buy Xbox to not miss them.

Azzanation said:

setsunatenshi said:

You not giving a shit about those IPs is kind of the point why (if the rumor is true) it makes a lot more sense that Sony got them. People don't have their favorite boxes just because of the colors on them or because they look nice. It's because each audience is looking for different experiences.

These IPs resonate much more with the Playstation audience, hence why it makes sense Sony would be looking to have them after all.

And to answer your question, yeah, no, MS is publishing the games on PC anyway, so if they had a game or IP i'm interested in, I'd play it there. I don't see what's the problem here really.

"These IPs resonate much more with the Playstation audience"  

I never understand that logic, its like saying, The movie Toy Story was meant to be watched on a Panasonic player and not another branded player.. you know how weird that sounds? Ill be more into these buy outs if companies were more PC friendly allowing gamers the option of buying them on PC and not forced into buying more hardware if they choose not to. One reason I liked MS this gen was their approach to the PC audience, something I wish Sony and Nintendo did more often.

You not understanding logic would explain a lot of stuff.