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NEWS: Konami Closes Kojima Productions Los Angeles Studio


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AnimeLordLuis



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 2:18 am Reply with quote
So long farewell Auf Wiedersehen goodbye! Konami
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DragonSpikeXIII





PostPosted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 12:57 pm Reply with quote
Dr. Wily wrote:
DragonSpikeXIII wrote:
Kojima's dream is over...


Konami has changed. It's no longer about Metal Gears, Castlevanias, or Silent Hills. It's an endless series of pachinko, played by businessmen and machines. Konami, and its consumption of its own intellectual property, has become a well-oiled machine. Konami has changed. ID tagged salarymen carry ID tagged spreadsheets, use ID tagged presentations. Quarterly earnings reports enhance and regulate their abilities. Game control. Information control. Marketplace control. Pachinko control. Everything is monitored, and kept under control. Konami has changed. The age of fun games has become the age of pachinko. All in the name of averting profit loss from games that don't make as much money. And he who controls the profits, controls the company. Konami has changed. When the company is under total control, pachinko... becomes routine.


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jr240483



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 06, 2015 10:33 pm Reply with quote
DragonSpikeXIII wrote:
Kojima's dream is over...


and this news pretty much seals the deal that he's leaving. they can say the news about him on vacation all they want. everyone with a brain knows for months now that their giving him the shaft. they just dont want to be looked at as villains by the gaming community and want to make it appear that if he does leave , it will be his choice. especially once that non compete clause in his contract expires this year.
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