Konami Reaffirms Support For Consoles

Konami Reaffirms Support For Consoles

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Richard Walker

Amid a whole array of recent reports surrounding Konami, the rumoured departure of Hideo Kojima and the company apparently choosing to focus on developing mobile games, Company President Hideki Hayakawa has reaffirmed that Konami is still very much involved in making console games.

Talking to Japanese business publication Nikkei, Hayakawa claimed that the recent reports regarding Konami's shift to mobile development  "lacked the necessary context," adding that Konami has adopted a "centralised production division system," in order to quickly adapt to changes in the market.

"The aim of this reform has been to guarantee that, in the quickly changing digital entertainment industry where new game designs and platforms constantly alter the market environment, we can accurately observe new customer demands and market trends, and apply our long-established technology and knowhow quickly and effectively with a range of targeted responses," he said.

"Konami will continue to embrace the challenge of creating entertainment content via different platforms," Hayakawa confirmed. "Not only mobile platforms, but for home consoles, arcade units, and cards, to meet the changing needs of the times."

As for Metal Gear maestro Hideo Kojima, he's said to be "hard at work in the new production division system." However, the removal of Hideo Kojima's name from his past and upcoming Konami titles and the cancellation of Silent Hills has yet to be addressed, and whether the Metal Gear director will remain with Konami once Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain ships is seemingly still up in the air.

Whatever the case, Hayakawa stated that the Metal Gear and Silent Hill IPs remain integral to Konami. "[The] Metal Gear and Silent Hill series, both beloved by countless fans around the globe, are also extremely important to Konami. We have nurtured them with care over many years since their inception, and will continue to produce products for both franchises."

There's still a catch, however. The fate of both have yet to be determined. "But we are not currently at a stage where we can announce the path these future titles will take ... Your support for our current endeavours, and your spurring us on to greater heights, are as always deeply appreciated," said Hayakawa.

Back in March, Konami made a pledge that more Metal Gear titles would be on the cards following the launch of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain this September.

[Via GameSpot]

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  • Sorry Konami but you are dead to me, you've killed your Golden Geese and will suffer in the long term because of it.
  • no P.T. / Silent Hills = Boycott seriously i think everyone should give Konami a huge FU by turning down MGSV .. to not buy it. show them you don't mess with your Fanbase / customers also all i got out of this was. DON'T WORRY WERE STILL MAKING MGS GAMES ! YOU CAN SLEEP BETTER AT NIGHT BECAUSE OF IT !
  • Well I have yet to reaffirm my support for Konami so for now I really don't care what they have to say.
  • Give me my Phantom Pain and get out!
  • How is his departure still just a rumor? What pisses me off the most about sh being cancelled is that fucking Tom Hulett must be laughing his ass off right now.
  • @5 no it is not...it is only a rumour in konami's heads company needs to get gone, and fast, they've done nothing good for games in the last 15 years, in fact, all they've done in that time is kill just about everything good they ever had, or cash cow it so badly that nobody cares anymore the release of panicked statements as this only work to bolster my belief that they are full of shit and just trying desperately to maintain interest in MGS:TFP so the foolish among us buy it...I foresee a review embargo being in place, and the game being absolute shite...but I am a cynical bastard at the best of times.
  • Resume work on Silent Hills or die already. You wont be missed. Everybody knows that MGS is all about Kojima, and not Konami. Wherever the are he could make a kickass MGS game, konami involved or not.
  • Fuck them and their "apology".
  • "We have nurtured them with care over many years since their inception, and will continue to produce products for both franchises." Sorry, Konami, but I don't think care means what you think it means.
  • Nah nah nah...Konami, don't you come back to us and cry...we're having none o' that shit...
  • They're not going to come out and admit anything until MGS5 is out. Don't want to hurt them sales.
  • @2, you're fucking idiot if you think everyone should boycott mgs5 tpp. yes lets boycott one of top biggest games of the year and one of top contenders for game of the year just because konami cancelled silent hills. you really must be an idiot. boycotting tpp would hurt kojima and his team more than it would konami. so please kindly get your head out of your ass.
  • A chicken running about without its head comes to mind.
  • I will be buying mgs phantom pain used. And at like 20 bucks however long it may take . I've waited this long to play it so what is another 6 months
  • I buy and love Hideo Kojima games, not Konami games; I couldn't care less what happens to you guys now.
  • @12 this would hurt Kojima ? he's not even with the company anymore ... he's going to another company. he's gonna be doing other games else where. that where you should support him. why would you need to buy tpp ? maybe you should think before you reply, they said fuck you to fans when they pulled the plug on a game a whole hell of alot of people wanted. the game still could have been done without Kojima but Konami F'ed up . not with just Kojima. but with this game project. they don't give a shit what we want as long as they keep shoveling MGS to us. Konami use to be a loved Company .. then they lost the man behind castlevania and then kojima .. meaning of my reasons. don't shit on your bread winners. and don't screw with your fans. IMO the only high profiles games they release is MGS and then Lords of Shadow ( which i didn't care for but others did ) but Konami is no where a power house as they were back then. they should be put into their place.
  • Boycott for what? I just play great Kojima games... Konami is dead to me... stick with personal fitness business.
  • Here's hoping that microsoft don't buy the rights to silent hills as there are many rumors going around saying that konami will be selling off IP's and that microsoft will be offering billions (yes billions) to get the silent hills franchise as an exclusive. This better not happen >:(
  • I WANT F*CKING SILENT HILLS
  • "Silent hills creator kojima reveals kickstarter Spiritual successor 'Quiet Mountains'" We can hope lol
  • Did anyone read that rumor that Microsoft may be buyin this for $1 billion bucks? Ign was the one that reported it
  • @16. kojima is still working on TPP. he is still working for konami until december. and to not buy TPP will take a huge shit on him and his team's work.
  • too late the damage is done mgs5 is the last thing i will get from konami
  • F**k Konami.
  • Who cares.. phantom pain IS coming... the big deal here is PT... dont let it die or sell to microdouche...
  • @20 That's a fan made silent Hill 2 remake in 8 bit iirc
  • All Konami are is Metal Gear and nothing else. Where's Contra and Gradius??
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