I'm curious what the budget for MGSV: PP would end up being.

It could be Kojima saw GTAV and how much money Rockstar invested in it and eventually made from it. He then decided he might have a shot at doing something similar, maybe? Konami might not have been thrilled with taking such great risk and after some presumable delays and in light of the sales of MGSV: GZ, decided enough was enough.

I still think they should have handled the situation way better. They might have thought removing Kojima and KP logos will help players getting acustomed to their absence in future installments. Covering the whole thing in secrecy didn't seem like a wise move, however.

I guess the success of MGSV: PP will determine how much Konami would invest in future MGS games.

And this ladies and gents, is why we get given games that are a mere shadow of their original reveal.

This or something similar is probably exactly what went down tbh.

I agree that they must've just got into a massive argument tbh where things were said, you could well be right about what things that Kojima may have said, I think this is likely as well as it seems he's up his own ass a bit and this is the kind of thing he might think/say.

It's a shame about all the classic IP that are now "lost" but then again there are plenty of studios and companies that have classic IP that they will never do anything with. Konami seem to have been on the way out for a long time, it is what it is I guess.

On the other side of the coin, some of the greatest games of all time were created under harsh limitations. Games that may have been worse off without those restrictions. When done right, less is most definitely more. If the minds behind the game is clever enough and resourceful enough, these limitations should make for a more focused, more concentrated, more dense product.

I'm just talking out of my ass.

Watch as Metal Gear Solid sells millions. Sorry but 1 person cannot make a game and I have no doubt that they'll fine a suitable replacement.

It's obvious at this point that Konami can't or doesn't want to deal with Kojima's level of investments. That might have worked like charm during PS1/PS2 eras, but everyone knows development prices have skyrocketed. This split is good for Kojima if he wants to keep his artistic freedom. Sony fans obviously want him to go with Sony, but their financials woes will hold him back. I think there's only one company with deep enough pockets to truly fulfill Kojima's visions: Microsoft.

Ok, I accept that the only reason I want to see Kojisoft is for the massive fanboy meltdown. It would be glorious. >:)

Well to be fair, Konami could've well handled Kojima's cost considering he's the only one in there that goes into that territory. All of the other crap they make is cheap.

But it's pretty clear Konami doesn't care about videogame creation anymore, and Kojima clashed with their new model.

Well, he shows a lot of poor decision making and time mismanagement. You don't have your composer write a bunch of music that doesn't get used and you don't delay your game due to engine tweaks. He DGAF about getting the project timely and that's what got him canned.

This is what separates gaming from other business as it's creator driven, not profit driven. Kojima fine tuned his product to fit his vision which is definitely admirable, but there has to be some compromise.

It's understandable, to be honest.

That you are.