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CGI-Quality said:
poklane said:
NobleTeam360 said:

According to updates (not provided by the OP) the game is a timed exclusive and the studio is being made by Kojima and former staff (not owned by Sony) of course it's all speculation at this point. 

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/kojima-leaves-konami-enters-talks-with-sony-for-de/1100-6433133/

I wonder who's funding the studio. Obviously they'll get some money from Sony for timed exclusivity but who's funding the rest?

Perhaps SE? :O

 


Wouldn't be surprised, I bet Kojima already has some contacts there, and besides, he's friends with Nomura, if the higher-ups att Squeenix need a little convincing perhaps he can help a little. Anyway, this is all especulation, let's not take anything too seriously.



I'm now filled with determination.

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Good.

Hideki Kamiya's new studio Platinum Games turned out to be my favorite of game studio of all time, beating Ubisoft.

I hope whatever it will be has a nice name, and that it remains balanced between N,MS & S



Hideo Kojima < 3

I love this man. i hope, sony is publisher for kojima-games.

but my wish: Kojima it should go well. And the great MGS employees are in his team.



Hideo Kojima's new studio will be named Foxhound.
SCE acquires Foxhound.
Naughty Dog and Foxhound will then get to compete to see who is 'top dog' of the Sony studios.



poklane said:
NobleTeam360 said:

According to updates (not provided by the OP) the game is a timed exclusive and the studio is being made by Kojima and former staff (not owned by Sony) of course it's all speculation at this point. 

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/kojima-leaves-konami-enters-talks-with-sony-for-de/1100-6433133/

I wonder who's funding the studio. Obviously they'll get some money from Sony for timed exclusivity but who's funding the rest?

Square Enix. I don't see any other publisher taking on his budgets, and they'll likely have him on a tight leash like anyone else would. 





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BraLoD said:
mornelithe said:

 

Fake Kaz, another day another win.

If this guy isn't an employed satirist, comic, or comedic writer, there's something very seriously long with the world.





sounds too good to be true.



CGI-Quality said:
BasilZero said:
CGI-Quality said:

I don't think it would have mattered, either way. Kojima found plenty of success being exclusive, as well. Nevertheless, a new game from him is exciting, regardless!

 

Thats fine with me since I have all the platforms that he could release his games on exclusive or otherwise ;p

Multiplatform means more people can play them :O

Eh, exclusive/multiplatform has never meant that to me. The same amount of people can always play the games. Buy the device it's available on if you want to play said exclusive title (the way it's always been).

Been saying it since the beginning of gen 7:

Outside of a few outliers (chiefly, GTA5), going multiplatform doesn't "expand the fanbase" or "give more people the chance to play the game". It just splits the userbase. Almost every game that was exclusive in Gen 6 and stayed exclusive in Gen 7 sold roughly the same, maybe a little less; maybe a little more (MGS, Virtua Fighter, Naruto Ultimate Ninja, etc) and those that were exclusive in Gen 6 and moved to multiplat in Gen 7 (or even went multiplat within Gen 7) sold the same (Tekken, GTA [San Andreas to GTA4], Final Fantasy, Tomb Raider, etc). 

You could say "but BMaker11, you mentioned big games in the second category, but only "smaller" games in the first". Well, the PS3 sold about half the PS2, and the XB360 sold over 3x the original XB. I didn't want to mention 1st party games, since those remain exclusive regardless, but since PS3 sold half the PS2 and XB360 sold over 3x the original XB, doesn't it stand to reason that respective first party titles (Ratchet and Clank, God of War, Halo, Fable, etc) would sell accordingly? Nope, they all sold roughly the same as the prior gen. Unless something truly innovative and game changing happens to a series, the people who want the game are gonna get it, regardless of platform. Going multiplat is not going to "give more people a chance to play the game" because they don't care, otherwise. If I have a PS and want to play Halo, I get a XB to play Halo. I don't just "miss out". And the numbers back me up on this notion. Otherwise, all games that stayed exclusive to PS should have sold half they did on PS2 and games that stayed exclusive to XB should have over tripled their sales. 

 





He can't use the Silent Hills name now of course, but I hope he pursues the horror genre.

Whatever it is, I imagine he has quite a few ideas already, and work would have started in some capacity.

So unless there are serious development problems, the game should make this gen, and hopefully we will get a reveal in 2017.



Sirent Hills incoming.



 

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