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Forums - Sony Discussion - Report: Sony looking to acquire Metal Gear, Castlevania, and Silent Hill IP's from Konami, Kojima involvement planned

DeusXmachina on 15 March 2020

Someone get the Bloody Roar ip, please.



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gergroy on 15 March 2020

I’m more interested in somebody acquiring suikoden from Konami... as long it isn’t square... they would just ruin it...



mjk45 on 15 March 2020
Jpcc86 said:
Sounds like an April Fools prank ahead of time, due to Coronavirus maybe (?)
Either way I hope its true cause it sounds like a dream come true, the Playstation is the console I'd want to play this titles on and Sony can have a competent studio handle them - since Konami is clearly not interested. Sad to see Suikoden didnt make the list. Thats THE Konami property I want back.

The games named have apart from Konami something in common varying input from Kojima it is a pity Suikoden didn't have a reboot with Kojima given  executive producer status,



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LudicrousSpeed on 15 March 2020

Cool I guess. Havent finished a MG since 3 so I don’t care much.



goopy20 on 15 March 2020
Azzanation said:

Buying out exclusives leaves a bad taste in peoples mouths..
If this is the case than Sony should just buy Komani, atleast than it leaves a valid reason to make the games exclusive.
Imagine if MS brought the Witcher IP? or Nintendo brought the GTA IP just to lock them away from others to buy.. anti-consumer at its finest.
Buy the damn companies or leave them be in my opinion.

Not really if Sony develops the games themselves. Could be pretty big if Sony can secure these ip's, especially if they end up buying Kojima productions.



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Jpcc86 on 15 March 2020
mjk45 said:
Jpcc86 said:
Sounds like an April Fools prank ahead of time, due to Coronavirus maybe (?)
Either way I hope its true cause it sounds like a dream come true, the Playstation is the console I'd want to play this titles on and Sony can have a competent studio handle them - since Konami is clearly not interested. Sad to see Suikoden didnt make the list. Thats THE Konami property I want back.

The games named have apart from Konami something in common varying input from Kojima it is a pity Suikoden didn't have a reboot with Kojima given  executive producer status,

You are right, tho my comment was unrelated to that. As  far as Konami IPs go,  I'd be more hyped to see someone pick Suikoden than to see Kojima revive his old projects/ideas with franchises he worked on- which is also very appealing to me all the same, better that than to see Castlevania and MGS go defunct. 



KLXVER on 15 March 2020

Not going to happen. Konami knows how much these IPs are worth. Plus they really don't need the money atm.



Azzanation on 15 March 2020
RedKingXIII said:
Azzanation said:

Buying out exclusives leaves a bad taste in peoples mouths..
If this is the case than Sony should just buy Komani, atleast than it leaves a valid reason to make the games exclusive.
Imagine if MS brought the Witcher IP? or Nintendo brought the GTA IP just to lock them away from others to buy.. anti-consumer at its finest.
Buy the damn companies or leave them be in my opinion.

If Sony (or anyone) buying the IPs means we get good Silent Hill, Metal Gear and Castlevania games again then I'm all for it, even if they end up being exclusives. Exclusivity is better then pachinkos, nothing and Metal Gear Survive after all.

Will make no difference if only a 3rd of the console market can access it. 



Signalstar on 15 March 2020
Azzanation said:

Buying out exclusives leaves a bad taste in peoples mouths..
If this is the case than Sony should just buy Komani, atleast than it leaves a valid reason to make the games exclusive.
Imagine if MS brought the Witcher IP? or Nintendo brought the GTA IP just to lock them away from others to buy.. anti-consumer at its finest.
Buy the damn companies or leave them be in my opinion.

Buying all of Konami would be foolish if all Sony wants are the IPs. Konami has largely shifted their focus away from AAA game development and publishing. What would Sony do with Konami's pachinko machine business or all their sport/fitness centers?



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Kai_Mao on 15 March 2020

Would that mean SOTN will never go on a Nintendo console, let alone the Switch?

i know it’s a dumb question, but it would be ashamed to miss an opportunity to not release that game on Switch after the Castlevania collection.