Kojima Expected To Leave Konami After MGS5, Inside Source Confirms

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KingdomHeartsFan on 19 March 2015

So does Kojima or Konami own the MGS IP?

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It's a long shot, but Resident Evil!

Yes, but I want him at Sony!

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MikeRox on 19 March 2015

This would pretty much kill Konami now wouldn't it? I mean I can't think of anything this last generation that they've done that's worked, that he hasn't had some involvement in. Even the Lords of Shadow games had his input.

Pro Evolution Soccer is about the only thing, and even that now runs on the Fox engine.

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huiii on 19 March 2015

KingdomHeartsFan said:

So does Kojima or Konami own the MGS IP?

According to google it seems to belong to Konami.

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Kerotan on 19 March 2015

Sad if true. He still has a few games to make in the MGS universe like remakes of the two metal gears!

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JGarret on 19 March 2015

MikeRox said:
This would pretty much kill Konami now wouldn't it? I mean I can't think of anything this last generation that they've done that's worked, that he hasn't had some involvement in. Even the Lords of Shadow games had his input.

Pro Evolution Soccer is about the only thing, and even that now runs on the Fox engine.

Maybe in the videogame industry, but Konami is involved in other businesses, including some successful fitness centers in Japan.

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Mr Khan on 19 March 2015

He should join Sakurai, and make "Sorakitsu".

Or fuse his team with Grasshopper Manufacture.

And yeah, this could spell the end of Konami as a major console gaming publisher.

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Hiku said:

This is starting to sound petty. You're working together to make a game. Why make things more complicated for each other by restricting Kojima and his team from various things?

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Kojima is an arrogant goof that has hardly done anything other than MGS. I don't see why it's a big deal. He will just make s MGS rip off at another studio.

Just making MGS is more than the vast majority of game developers will ever hope to achieve.

True, even splintercell is dead now