| PotentHerbs said: In many ways this decision makes sense. |
It was also years away. I read somewhere that Kojima wanted 6 more years on it.
And that brings up another issue - Kojima himself. Let’s face it, he’s a prima donna. He wants full creative freedom and a blank checkbook, but the end products don’t really justify all that in terms of quality and sales. Even back in 2015, I wondered how much of his departure from Konami was a result of them simply getting tired of his demands. When Capcom can make a Resident Evil game on a fraction of the budget of a Kojima game that sells better, that makes him look like an even riskier bet. He’s good at getting online hype and Geoff Keighley fawns over him, but that doesn’t really pay the bills.
And it took three months to find another publisher, which means nobody else was champing at the bit for a supposed gaming legend. It’s kind of like when Nintendo picked up Bayonetta after Platinum couldn’t find another publisher. I’m guessing that MS took him on because they knew the online rage machine would work against PlayStation, but I doubt that Physint is going to light the sales charts on fire when it does release, so they’re likely to lose money. I mean, they can afford to lose money, it’s Microsoft, but their shareholders aren’t going to be happy.
