So, as well all know, THQ went under in 2013 and sold off all of their IPs and development studios. For example, the Warhammer 40,000 series and Relic Entertainment were sold to SEGA, the publishing rights of Evolve and the WWE series to Take-Two Interactive, Ubisoft acquired THQ Montreal and the rights to South Park: Stick of Truth, etc.

Now, Konami is certainly not going going bankrupt in the near future, as they are still quite successful in other sectors of business unrelated to gaming, such as gambling, arcade cabinets, toys, fitness clubs, anime, trading cards, etc. However, as they have decided to mainly focus on mobile gaming from now on, it might be in their best interest to sell some of their IPs that might be a bit too obscure for the mobile platform, as THQ was forced to.

Franchises such as Castlevania, Contra, Silent Hill and Suikoden might not be as appealing as others like Metal Gear, Dance Dance Revolution or Pro Evolution Soccer, and for this reason it could be better for Konami to simply cut their losses, gain profit from their absence and focus on their real money-makers rather than sitting on a pile of unused IPs for decades at a time.

What do you think? Would you like to see Konami do this? Do you think it would be a smart move for them, or would it hinder them more than anything?

I'm sure all of us would hope they do, but they probably aren't. Those IPs are valuable and it's not like they need cash right now.

They wouldn't be able to make pachinko machines about them if they did.

I certainly do hope that Konami's great IPs end up going to other companies, as I really don't want some of these great franchises, like Castlevania and Metal Gear being demoted to nothing but mobile.

Unfortunately, I have a bad feeling that Konami is actually going to do that.

I would love for them to sell their IPs to companies that still care about gaming! I do hope that who ever buys MGS will hire Kojima cause u really can't have MGS without him

With that being said, I doubt they will cause they are saving it for mobile :(

They may be a bit obscure but still has a higher brand value than new IPs

No, because Nintendo is stupid enough to not buy any...

What if they decide to move back into the console gaming space, after a long hiatus.

Who knows 5 years from now, along with new developers with fresh ideas, for old IP's it could be a welcomed return.

I don't blame Konami, most of the heavy hitters from the 8/16 bit gen, are not doing so well financially in the console space. Cost involved in a good console game is completely lopsided and risky compared to a mobile game with a much larger install base.

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They should. It would be awesome if Sony gets MGS and Nintendo Castlevania.