Why Konami Pushed Hideo Kojima Out of The Company

This video game documentary about Hideo Kojima details the whole story of why Konami pushed Hideo Kojima out of the company after he was employed there for nearly three decades.
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[@Hindu9054]

they fucked up phantom pain, btw watching from india

[@LUCKO2022]

I keep telling people. There IS NO METAL GEAR SOLID 5. IT DOES NOT EXIST. The game is called Metal Gear Solid V. The V stands for VENOM SNAKE, which is whom you play as through the game. The game literally beats you on the head with this in Phantom Pain during the first 10 minutes of the game. Hence the code "V has come to". God, why can't people figure that out?

[@fishyfinthing8854]

One suggestion on how a phone can compete with console. For example, cloud gaming like Stadia: If there are enough server around the world or faster internet, suddenly people can play AAA game on phone no matter how small they are as long as they can stream such game from the server. But to be honest, I don't like those milking mobile game as well. They are like what music industry has become nowadays, less on quality, more on repetition and money making scheme. I have been playing one of those mobile game thing just to realized that I can still get far more better hours worth of playing per dollar by spending for good games on steam. While playing mobile game, I always feel like it's such a big time sink and money sink grinding and climbing the ladder. Totally not worth my time and money. But after all, we have what we pay for. So choose wisely what game you will spend. Because if you keep supporting game that care more about your purse than your admiration, they will thrive. Then the next generation, you will realize that honorable game developers die out.

[@michaeldiaz2409]

I hope one ☝️ day Metal Gear 6 .... Snake .. snake.. Ps5

[@charlien6123]

A resent while ago Nintendo don’t need phone games anymore

[@JustWatchingVideo56]

Hearing any company say “Mobile games are the future” is like hearing them say “Haha, we’re getting filthy rich on mobile games!”

[@AnakinFury]

Mihoyo:"Is it too much to ask for both?"

[@HairyJuan]

It's more like "We don't actually care about making quality entertainment, just money". There'll never be a mobile game with the depth of story and overall quality gameplay that metal gear games have.

[@brianrivero1865]

I just hope that they choke on their money! Filthy greedy pigs! If mobile games were the future why is not a phone 5 on the market instead of a PS5!!??

[@brettmacahilos8609]

@@AnakinFury haha so thats why i dont give a shit about MHY ASKING SURVEY ON THEIR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY CARE ALL ABOUT MONEY MONEY AND ALSO EVERY TRIPLE AAA STUDIOS OUT THERE..

[@lest6437]

@@AnakinFury Most of Mihoyo's games are gachas, that should already tell you what kind of company they are.

[@sunjoexys7251]

Such a sad story. I have been a fan of MGS for 20 years. Konami used to be my favorite game publisher. MGS, Castlevania SOTN and all the NES classics. If I remember correctly, Konami did say they wanted to be the Asian equivalent of EA (around 2003, when EA was the most successful game publisher in the world). The irony is they achieved this by receiving a billion middle fingers.

[@ThatGuyGlen]

It was definitely a bit soul crushing working on this video, but I'm just glad that at least Hideo Kojima got a happy ending. It's just such a waste to see awesome franchises like that discarded, especially after seeing the potential of the P.T. demo.

[@dariogonzalez4481]

NGL this comment ending made me laugh hard.

[@Elico-du1oi]

Nah EA owns and ruined way more good franchises than Konami or Activision

[@nullpoint3346]

@@Elico-du1oi Give them time.

[@Elico-du1oi]

@@nullpoint3346 What do you mean by that?

[@cyro3573]

It's a sad story, and I'm googling why Kojima left Konami only now. Kojima almost foresaw that he would be kicked out of Konami, and that's why he added the UV Light gun in MGSV: GZ. All Metal Gear games with his name on it where erased by the UV light, but games without his name remained, like Metal Gear Rising or Metal Gear Ac!d or Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, and Kaz even mentions after erasing a few markings that were a Kojima game: "You might be able to erase all the markings... but the memories will never disappear." Meaning that from Kojima's perspective, you can erase my name from the games I made, but people will always remember who I am and my legacy. Also he planned to put the Konami logo on the prison camps in GZ. Says a lot, agreed?

[@SympatheticArsenal]

Damn, that's beautiful.

[@Warlord_Megatron]

Didn't kojima productions take responsibility for the overall plot of rising tho? And weren't kojima productions the one to start working on the game formerly called metal gear solid: rising in the first place?

[@MonkasParata]

@@Warlord_Megatron do they? huh, that interesting, where did you read or hear that? would love to know if that true.

[@Warlord_Megatron]

@@MonkasParata it's on Wikipedia

[@MonkasParata]

@@Warlord_Megatron LMAO, ngl it sound like revenge plot as they do every shit things on purpose, then again, shouldn't be surprised with the name list easter eggs in that game.

[@Massacretalitor]

People may find it to be a sad story, but I think it's the best hand he could've ever have gotten. He has his own studio with a lot more free creative control over it. I'm certain he's much happier with where he is now.

[@The_Kevinist]

Are you out of your fucking mind? Konami killed the Metal Gear series by having Kojima quit the company. MGSV TPP was left on a cliffhanger, there was alot of unfinished stuff that would've led the story in a really interesting place which would've added more elements and links to the overall Metal Gear lore. Konami are a bunch of piece of shit and greedy fucks for having force stopped one of the most epic series in video game history. That definetely was far from being a step in the right direction.

[@jaredgarcia8638]

What of metal gear? Does he own it or Konami

[@Tha3rdworldghost]

​@@jaredgarcia8638Konami

[@arsenii_yavorskyi]

Remember, he lost his entire creative and technological legacy.

[@jaredgarcia8638]

@@arsenii_yavorskyi yeah. That's tough to get over

[@liamtaylor5091]

Imagine abandoning Metal Gear Solid and one of the best minds in the industry for Dragon Collection

[@truesoulghost2777]

Shudders...

[@nobody3634]

Konami is hugely profitable. I can't say they made the wrong corporate decision.

[@ragsaea9609]

@@nobody3634 true but the way konami lay off kojima-san, its like give middle finger to non mobile gaming fans...well i think the future is Virtual Reality thou

[@woofwoof7226]

when 80 mil costs to let a person realize his vision and sales don’t make up for it because 3 millions times the price tells you all there’s to know.

[@giomski21]

Well, it cost 80 Million to make but only turn up around 53 Million dollars and you have to wait 7 years for it. 7 years for a 30 million loss. Its a good game but as a business, it's just a bad investment too risky. Why invest in a high-risk high reward if there's a low-risk high reward like mobile games which to add they didn't need to wait 7 years to make profit. I mean I understand why they did it from a business standpoint.

[@MCHuang]

I think it also adds to the story that Kojima comes from an era in Japanese culture where it was still expected for someone to spend their entire career with the same company

[@ashrise]

Good point.

[@DeadMouseWater]

Really shit and. Piss grenades in death stranding I bet his family is dishonored by this

[@anthonyt219]

He doesn't need those fuckers anyway. He has his own company. Desth stranding sold well and won awards. I just wish he makes enough to buy mgs back.

[@igniortix]

Still is to some extent

[@britishwordplay4335]

@@anthonyt219 Now that would be amazing

[@PSNPerfectNinja]

Kojima has something much more valuable than he realizes: he has a reputation for making quality games. Fans of his games will follow him, no matter who he makes those games with.

[@PandorasTmrw]

Wow talk about a redemption story. Hearing how he thought he had lost it all but had all these people still in his corner to support him when he had nothing truly speaks to Hideo’s character and profound respect everyone had for him. Literally tears formed in my eyes man.

[@Rocket1377]

Fortunately, it sounds like Konami and Kojima have repaired their relationship and agreed to work together on the upcoming Metal Gear Solid remakes.

[@pikachu896]

@@Rocket1377 Kojima isn't working on the MGS3 remake.

[@tremorstudio9766]

@@Rocket1377never trust in Konami

[@TheRaven621]

Kojima is the real big boss

[@ramerefauntleroy4881]

Shut the fuck up you people and your fake admiration are corny and fake ad hell how this speaks to his character for having helping hands?

[@Pan_Z]

Amidst all the disappointment and revulsion by Konami's actions, what stands out to me is the loss of the Fox Engine. Kojima seemed really enthusiastic about it, like it was a big step forward in aiding game development. The flagship Fox Engine game, MGSV, runs at a near flawless 60fps on consoles, looks great, and is rendering an open-world. There's so much work and potential Konami killed, because they'd rather abandon video games for pachinko.

[@axt2]

agreed, it was gorgeous and felt so optimized

[@jesuschristislord7754]

@@axt2 it runs smoothly even in lower end hardware.

[@rekonzuken1]

yes its like when that shooter killed 5 people to hide his motive in jack reacher

[@MLBlue30]

Also lots and lots of cocaine.

[@CODA96]

The games graphics and light effects especially were insane. Even on very weak hardware back then it managed 60FPS SOLID. And for a game looking like that with such fluid movement? Fox Engine was amazing. Its sad.

[@whendricso]

Konami wanted to disgrace Kojima, but only disgraced themselves.

[@TrenElZombie]

He did it by himself xD

[@redrum6316]

Kojima's first act after leaving Konami was making a stupid UPS simulator. I'm sure Konami laughed their ass off

[@Sputterbugz]

@@redrum6316 seeing as that game was really popular and is actually a good game, nah. he made bank. id rather have handful of good games to my name and a little money, than a billion shallow gambling games and lots of money

[@redrum6316]

@@Sputterbugz it was only popular in the sense that a bunch of publications kissed his ass and made the game seem better than it actually is. Like the last of us 2.

[@lurk9161]

when sony buys KONAMI which is very soon imagine if kojima gets placed as the COO or something amazing

[@themoaspecial]

I remember Geoff Keighley’s statement at the Game Awards. Man… That was such a shocker hearing that. Anger that was in everyone at that time and the crowd even booing..

[@ckboy221]

Hideo stands against what most AAA developers strive for. Quick easy buck for minimum effort. Kojima is an artist, a genius, he pours his soul into his work and it shows. His games have always been incredible. Even an unfinished version of MGSV has more in it than most AAA game releases. He is a man of the people, he gives the people what they want and goes against the grain of the massive gaming industry business plans. I will always be a fan of his and his vision for gaming. Long live Hideo!

[@Telhias]

"... and Konami wanted to take money from gambling addicts." Fixed that for you!

[@Zeithri]

I recommend you watch _A day in the life of a Pachinko Employee_ , I think it was called that. You cannot actually win movie through pachinko. So, you know. The more you know. Unless you mean mobile gaming then yeah 100% I agree.

[@Telhias]

@@Zeithri Yeah, I meant mobile gaming. It feels to me like gambling where the house doesn't lose anything even if you win.

[@Tmalter]

Mobile gaming? Nah More like Portable casino gaming B)

[@livingcorpse5664]

The really sad thing is as scummy as that is, they could have still made good games for consoles and PC to keep up their good reputation and make money off that while still making money off the mobile gaming market. They just got lazy and said why bother, people with gambling addictions can keep us rich indefinitely.

[@stillamitchinmybook6320]

Band these games! But sadly I’m watching my son be not interested in “Hard to figure out games” and just goes for these endless easy quick games on his phone.. I don’t understand it.. no beautiful controller in my hand on a big tv with surround sound and deep gameplay with awesome graphics.. instead these littles easy cheap games.. I’ll never understand it..

[@duberdurm]

I don't understand why anyone would prefer a tiny screen and wonky controls over a console or PC.

[@mohammadsaleem5990]

The price and portability maybe

[@azmirjohari609]

Microtransaction my boy. Look at all of the mobile game. They can charged any price and people will buy it anyway

[@mirasolovklose3888]

Today's life is so fast paced that people really don't find time to relax. Especially in asia, people spend 2-3 hours commuting to work. Thus the only free time they have is while commuting.

[@sentaiaddict]

So Poor People Can have a chance of gaming.

[@sethrenegade3533]

Almost everyone has a mobile hence having much more potential customers since buying the gaming hardware does turn off casuals and non-gamers.

[@dah_goofster]

Damn bro this tugged at my heart strings, imagine being in his shoes feeling like your entire life’s purpose was destroyed and over. Huge thanks to the powerful friends Kojima made along the way, you can tell they weren’t just coworkers but genuine friends who loved and respected Kojima as a person.

[@esmolol4091]

Revenue is not defined by marketing decisions but by the quality of a product. Kojima always delivered exactly that. He knew what gamers wanted and created a franchise that no one could copy at the same quality. He always implemented more than just gameplay but a meaning to his games, a message that might be weird at first, but extremely entertaining and a revulotionary new approach to problem solving and funny gimmicks to try out.

[@Cenot4ph]

really.. his walking simulator is just a bad game. He's being praised because of his background, but if anyone else made death stranding it would have been slagged off

[@krisw9526]

@@Cenot4ph If it were anybody else then it would have been a horror game that got critically acclaimed

[@x3roxide]

konami focused on converting the IP's into pachinko and "free to play" mobile games. basically destroying their legacy for short term cash. what a dumpster fire.

[@IncognitoSprax]

You're wrong though. Its long term profits and its shows they made the right decision. They even had profit growth during the pandemic even with the revenue drop. Since removing Kojima, Konami has been on the up almost every year.

[@ltsquidward]

Are you Hayakawa's alt

[@someiggashit8654]

@@IncognitoSprax but what will Konami do with all the money after death. They will only die with the name of ruining good franchise’s. They die without respect and for greed but idk they will do whatever they wanna it’s their life anyways

[@IncognitoSprax]

@@someiggashit8654 Corporations don't exist for respect. They exist for the sole purpose of making money. That's their only actual legal purpose for existing. You think Bezos or the Walton family care about that either? You're putting value to something that only you care about but ultimately means nothing in the grand scheme.

[@someiggashit8654]

@@IncognitoSprax ya I get what us sayin but what will you do with that much money cause u are busy like 24x7. So only your kids will enjoy it's mostly not you. See that's the funny thing about money cause it's actually useless and useful. The world makes it seem money is everything but you barely have time to use it unless ure Elon musk who is trying to reach his goal by help of money. There has to be more in life than money cause everywhere I see is everyone chasing money and get old and say where did all my time go and my life is soo boring.

[@0Bennyman]

"I really wanted to re-connect with these people" So Konami kicking Kojima out gave him the idea to make Death Stranding, a game dedicated to the premise of reconnecting people

[@somecharacter01]

Wow I just realized that

[@campkira]

konami get rip of the guy since they are moving away from video game.. and more a ip company. and they no happy with kojima for very long time now... it like having a dog that won't go and cause more problem...

[@lhommemystere3938]

This game is one of the crappiest invention ever made.

[@lhommemystere3938]

@conan263 Absolutely, don't think kojima is 100% clean here, he is evil in a certain way too.

[@lhommemystere3938]

@Reiner Braun what ? Do it in English please

[@Mason95258]

I remember watching a doc from Nick930 on this. Hideo Kojima went to higher-ups at Konami whenever he had good ideas for a new IP, which was Metal Gear Solid, the higher ups will say no. That was until he showed them several prototypes of the game.

[@GammellNotCamel]

Konami to Kojima: "You have a phone, right?"

[@tommyservo9660]

^------- Underrated comment.

[@tastymcmuffin8095]

I'm so happy that Nintendo didn't shift gears to only mobile when they were having a bad time with the wii u. A future where basic mobile gaming is dominant is not a future I want to be in.

[@arnowisp6244]

Too bad free market economics say otherwise.

[@Pedro-S1lva]

thats not the future bro,people who say that are only trying to push this thought to make more profit

[@kevim987]

My biggest problem with mobile games is not their quality, some of them have extremely good gameplay, graphics and such. My problem with the genre is that its treated as a money making machine, where companies want to squeeze you out of every cent you have for every little piece of the game, they're basically a disguise cash cow that most likely won't live long, but will give huge profits to the company.

[@miragespl]

The future is now old man. Whether we like it or not.

[@di4mgaming115]

@@miragespl Phones are still too weak to handle now-a-days smash hits AAA games. The future where mobile gaming is dominant will never happen.

[@joshmeisterr]

Hideki Hayakawa: "Mobile is where the future of where gaming lies." Everyone here: "F&#@ YOU!!"

[@HattoriZero]

The future of where casual normies gaming lies.

[@nzarthal]

I don't blame mobile games as the reason for Konami's decision, but it's their greed that pushed Kojima away.

[@arnowisp6244]

*LAUGHS AT GENSHIN IMPACT*

[@Abstraxtudio]

Actual gamers sippin konami's tears for those famous last words.

[@chrishansen9102]

@@arnowisp6244 There legit people simping the characters and drawing a few things that ain't kid friendly

[@pauloriosneira6435]

Thanks Hideo for your dedication and time to the industry of gaming. iconic characters...

[@EclipseMints08]

I wish Kojima would create Silent Hills game but just change the name and change a bit of other things so that Konami can't sue.

[@Lakhshamana]

The love of money is truly the root of many evils.

[@mr.vargas5648]

Konami just went of the rails its not evil its insane. "Mobile company" are they actually taht dumb or do they think we are?

[@thermionicemission6355]

@@mr.vargas5648 A few month of development for a game that racks in almost as much (if not more) money as a console game, with the total development cost being a single-digit % of the former, they are absolutely not dumb or "insane", they are a corporation with the only purpose being to earn money. There is a lot of shit that goes on behind the scenes when a console game is made, something like 30% of income is instantly lost to the greedy console companies, not to mention taxes and all the other usual BS.

[@mr.vargas5648]

@@thermionicemission6355 Ever heard of something called integrity?

[@Lagger01]

@@mr.vargas5648 What for profit company has any integrity

[@I_Made_it_Up]

@@Lagger01 from soft, the remakes aren’t great but they don’t work on them

[@Oscar4u69]

wow, this explains death stranding, makes it entirely clear. death stranding is an allegory to his life and how he felt after all of this. ''I thought I had lost everything, but i found out that I had a lot of CONNECTIONS. like Sony people, like Norman Reedus, like Geoff Keighley. I really wanted to RECONNECT with these people that I thought were really important.''

[@MGrey-qb5xz]

so what you are saying he'll finally make an actual game now,cool

[@dekoyone4844]

Yeah but he ditched og snake actor and ghosted quiet about a role in death stranding. What goes around comes around

[@imcool2931]

If only death stranding was a good game

[@MGrey-qb5xz]

@@imcool2931 if only

[@TheFrozencup]

Its amazing how kojima inserted his experienced into DS. If you haven’t played the PT demo (like myself) then watching a video called pts hidden meaning should be a fun watch -I think it was uploaded by the great debate.

[@joeyghostx]

Notice how Kojima says "those that are important" and "support him." The biggest influence this man had was folks that not only appreciated but also assisted in supporting his decisions as the backbone of his craft. If you want change, support those who help you with that change and utilize the important connections that believe in you.

[@jonathanpalma713]

I loved that ending story. It was a beautiful thing. Glad you shared it with us. I love this man even more now. What a total legend.

[@francisvelasco5404]

Every Metal Gear Solid entry is like a movie masterpiece that you can control....smartphone games are easily forgettable...

[@TrenElZombie]

XD

[@TheOliverin]

The problem for Konami is that they don't get a cent every time we remember those great experiences. They already spent the money we paid them over decades, but they want MORE.

[@BillSchrader]

No shit sherlock how about a real observation

[@dr7922]

Every MGS entry except 5*

[@jajo2003]

@arka arquena Bruh i have never even heard of that. It's hard to forget about something if you don't even know it's existence in the first place xD. Also a trilogy with 5 games?

[@Pootaatooo]

those weren't blows to Hideo, that was Konami shooting themselves in the foot and then finally hanging themselves with their greedy belts when they release Metal Gear Survive

[@ketsukichichi4713]

Metal Gear Survive is HOT GARBAGE

[@Emperorhirohito19272]

Pro Token420 5 also kinda had zombies

[@pur.p13]

Yeah they really fucked up when they released it

[@Sigismund697]

The sad thing is that it was a fun game that nobody played because to be honest it isn't a MG game

[@mikerb118]

@@Sigismund697 so your saying metal gear survive was a fun game ha ha , then you've never had any fun

[@drubo17]

my dad has been fan of the metal gear solid series, he puts a lot of hours in MGS5 and wanted me to try it, so i did and got so enjoyable, but i never know about Hideo being pushed out after my friend told me about it, really thought to myself hoping MGS6 but the company fell down, but MSG5 is such a stunning game thank you dad

[@vasto5952]

I’m so saddened that the dispute nearly has ripped the light of MGS out of a lot of people. Kojima is an artist with video games being his canvas

[@thunderspear2251]

They turned their back on Hideo. So we turned our backs on them.

[@default9314]

@@djamir5000 yugioh, thats it

[@diaochan7506]

They ruined mu favoritt game named Suikoden, Suikoden story still long and not end.

[@charleshawk6668]

Speak for yourself idiot

[@mr_indie_fan]

Konami is dead, i literally don't see them doing anything these days.

[@jollama]

@@mr_indie_fanComments that aged like shit

[@xcessiveO_o]

*Im glad people are still talking about this, lets not forget what happened to MgsV and PT, it still hurts man...* P.S. great video and very informative. you earned a sub

[@ThatGuyGlen]

Much appreciated and thank you for subscribing! My other videos are all about the development of video games so I hope you'll still enjoy the rest of the content.

[@renzmanzano4010]

"The games we’ve lost… the Franchises we’ve lost… won’t stop hurting… It’s like they’re all still there. You feel it, too, don’t you?"

[@majormalfunction0071]

xcessive Read about Guillermo del Toro's career and weep for him. He loves games and got his soul crushed twice. First was Insane, which was a Lovecraftian horror thing and then again with PT. He almost adapted the serial killer manga "Monster" but that fell through too. Guy's cursed.

[@LordGriebenschmalz]

@Hellrazor Television I mean I only played the game recently and for me, zero mission was the prologue and it felt perfect for that.

[@Lakhshamana]

@@majormalfunction0071 don't forget all those Hobbit movie fiasco.

[@lemhobbs4628]

I've been playing his games since he made the first MGS. Followed his story, bought Death Straining just out of support for HK. Haven't played it yet either lol

[@sufrimiento5642]

I hope Hideo doesn't give up on MGS. I finnished MGS V two days ago and it was amazing, after starting to play every game in the series almost 1 year ago my build up to the fifht installment was huge, and it delivered. But now knowing that the series would be absolutely finnished with just ONE more game it's heartbreaking. I hope he can strike some sort of deal with Konami or even buy the rights to the franchise.

[@ryanpratama5635]

Konami is really near-sighted. They said they want to focused to mobile gaming and mobile gaming is a future, but what they want was simply an instant ROI with trashy mobile game that littered by MTX. The thing is mobile market is over-saturated with many free-to-play games. They're going to have a hard time to compete with many developers in mobile market because of the late start. The sad thing is Konami end up creating a slot machine plastered with Snake Eater and Silent Hill title on it few years after Kojima leaving the company.

[@ActionGamerAaron]

Well said.

[@tgdude6379]

Funny thing is you are right.i don't see any Konami game popular in playstore other than pes and yu gioh.i think their games division is doomed.they earn from other businesses

[@truesoulghost2777]

That shows what they think of it. Cash machines.

[@LightBluly]

It's too late to create a mobile gaming. The mobile market is over saturation. There's a reason why there's a lot of shitty ads nowadays.

[@Tmalter]

Yeah Both the app store and google play store cataloge are preeeeety sheeeety for games Mostly apps i download

[@jonathanm.ollerjr.6486]

I never heard Arnold Schwarzenneger being well-informed about Kojima's departure and the Konami dispute.

[@Xander_P.G.K]

Wait, really??

[@pepsimanv7883]

Lmaoo

[@amarionm5675]

@@Xander_P.G.K Im just gonna tell you ya missed the joke, Because Wooosh is really annoying

[@Xander_P.G.K]

@@amarionm5675 oh, ok. I didn't know it was a joke, lol

[@KalilIllinois]

@@amarionm5675 Ah, a man of quality. Casually explains that he missed a joke cause this isn't fucking reddit and writing r/woooosh is both annoying and stupid, as well as disrespectful

[@carlcarlington7317]

Honestly hope that kojima could somehow get his hands on the rights to mgs series and even silent hill

[@TH3P0PS]

What a great video. Learned so much about Kojima I didn’t know. My first game I played made by him was Death Stranding and it was remarkable. Look forward to his new games coming to Xbox and PlayStation.

[@michialharris1850]

Gree should of just went ahead and added the "D" at the end.

[@thibaut7780]

I think that you didn't understand that glee was another marketing company. Konami just saw that and tried to becoming an industry that would become one that would get a lot of profit from shitty mobile games.

[@celestia277]

should have*

[@FR4M3Sharma]

@@thibaut7780 Konami*

[@thibaut7780]

@@FR4M3Sharma ha mistake were made, thanks for pointing it out, i'll edit. Would not want to cause even more misunderstanding

[@bravo075]

I've always wondered, people that write "should of", what do they think it means? The phrase has no coherence.

[@MGrey-qb5xz]

before there was greed there was *GREE* lol,sounds like a epic saga in the history of gaming.

[@BeretBay]

And the following saga is about treachery.

[@barbarianzg8826]

G(r)eed for dinero gonna destroy us all..only Silent Hill in our minds never shall fade..

[@soundlessbird9181]

Gree got dumped by BNEI for a occasion.

[@nathanday1252]

There was gree then green then greed

[@barbarianzg8826]

And green and gree was gone..as we go hollow

[@ancientone5903]

The following time stamps as seen below in the case of this video, I figured I would add this to help point out a number of things. 00:00-Introduction 00:25-Hideo Kojima in Konami from 1986 to 2015 00:35-Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, sold roughly 3 million copies 00:50-Why Konami & Kojima started to drift 01:24-The full effect of the American Financial Crisis 02:30-Why the Executiveship of Komani couldn't ignore the high cost of Triple A Gaming 03:30-Ryan Payton's thoughts about the console gaming market in Japan 03:50-The Executives of Konami making the decision about the company's future (They need to realize by now that console gaming still has a place) 04:20-Hideo Kojimi's next Metal Gear Project in 2012 04:50-The Fox Engine and why it was the concept of photo-realism 05:30-Comparions between photos and the Fox Engine 05:47-Silent Hill Homecoming and why the Fox Engine Efficiency would allow console games to be released sooner then later 06:13-The Spike Video Game Awards and why Hideo Kojima is known to create a sense of mystery 07:43-When Tomohiro Uesugi became President of Konami back March 14th (Good thing this guy isn't anymore) 08:13-Tomohiro Uesugi before joining Konami back in 2013 08:35-Tomohiro Uesugi's intent to put profits first above all else (The big mistake on his end) 08:57-The P.T. Demo that made the headlines 09:26-Hideo Kojima & Guillermo del Toro's involvement in the Silent Hill project 10:07-The announcement for Komani to undergo a new corporate restructuring (Whoever else within the Executiveship thought this was a genius idea should resign) 10:52-GameSpot's article about Kojima leaving Konami after Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain 12:05-Hideki Hayakawa's promotion to CEO and his attempt to stray further away from Console & PC Gaming for Mobile (Yep, another bad move) 12:22-Hideki Hayakawa's comment on why he thinks Moible Gaming is the future (How soo out of line he really is with said comment) 12:43-The conflict of visions between Hideo Kojima & Komani and why it never should of unfolded (Making profit a number 1 priority isn't the answer, because it doesn't serve "the higher calling") 12:56-Why Hideo Kojima pushes the boundries as an artist and explores uncharted territory (Making the complete push to Mobile Gaming isn't the answer) 13:13-The unfortuante removal of the P.T. Demo (The biggest reason to why Hideki Hayakawa should of been fired from his CEO position on the spot among with the other Executives in on it) 13:51-Guillermo del Toro thoughts about the upcoming Silent Hill game being abrupted canceled (Somehow, he was furious) 14:05-The Press Release that never should of happened and why Hideo Kojima's history with the company should be preserved. 14:45-Corruption within the Executiveship in Komani. 15:00-The utterly unfortunate incident at the Game Awards 15:25-Kiefer Sutherland comes up on the behalf of Hideo Kojima (The very lawyer who represented Komani that didn't want Hideo Kojima to come should of been fired on the spot as well) 16:10-What was suppose to be a celebration became a sour disappointment (The current Executives of Komani have a chance to redeem themselves from this mess) 16:37-The good news for Hideo Kojima and his partnership with Sony Computer Entertainment 17:09-Hideo Kojima's new independent studio called Kojima Productions 17:40-Hideo Kojima's emotional state & difficult moment right after he left Komani. 18:19-Geoff Keighley here to right the wrongs by presenting Hideo Kojima the reward he deserved and the latter finding the strength to move onward 18:49-ThatGuyGlen rapping up the video This series of time stamps on this video is meant to get further into important details and why its all about who's been running the show back at Konami. We can only hope the current Executives of Komani find redemption in the mess they got themselves into and why they shouldn't be treating profits as a number 1 priority. There was even a report of a 1,000 year old company that knew how to run things, that's called serving the customers by the higher calling.

[@JesseDanielSmith]

Great thumbnail 👍 I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me. Video is as solid and consistent as ever 🙏

[@Volinus]

Simple, Kojima didn't treat his works as "industry".

[@BillSchrader]

Death stranding sucks

[@faust5398]

@@BillSchrader you probably have an attention span of an 8 year old then cause all the adults I’ve talked too loved it probably not old enough to understand the deeper meanings

[@MagyarGaben]

@@BillSchrader Death Stranding is an absolute slow-burner, not everyone's cup of tea, so it's completely okay if you didn't like it

[@wheelergaoteote1393]

Death Stranding was a good game. The problem is you’re one of those people who were expecting “Metal Gear: Norman Reedus” and it was never going to be that. Don’t think that just because you didn’t like it, that makes it a bad game. Even if “Most People” don’t like a game, still doesn’t mean it’s a bad game. I personally don’t particularly like to play Mario games but I know that they’re great games, the best to some people. So I think you’re either close minded asf, or you have little to no attention span like pointed out earlier. Btw I prefer games like SoulsBorne games, action games, and survival horror. I play COD, DmC, Doom, etc. I even play all the EA games sometimes. I play a lot of games. I can tell a good game when I see one even if I don’t enjoy it and I also can tell when a developer puts a considerable amount of effort into a game. I also think that most gamers can do these things but for some reason you cannot?

[@somethingsomething9008]

Yes only stupid people fail to undertstand the brilliance of the first strand type game dont forget the brilliance and subtlety of the line "I'm fragile but im not not that fragile"

[@HelloOnepiece]

Erasing traces of former shame is a japanese thing in general, saving face is one of the most important thing in their society. konami fucked it up though, probably didnt think that Kojima has such a big fanbase

[@RoseDragoness]

I don't think they care about their reputation with the console fanbase. They have 'new market' to tap consisting of people that don't know pc / console games.

[@HelloOnepiece]

@@RoseDragoness it's not about reputation so people will buy our stuff, it's about company pride/face. Really Japanese/ East Asian thing, and actually quite common there. There was the infamous idol singer who was forced to shave her head and publicly apologize for a dating scandal, or the voice actor whose entire career portfolio was erased thanks to their drug abuse (weed)

[@RoseDragoness]

@@HelloOnepiece gotcha. I'm from SE Asia and still thinks it is... bizarre.

[@HelloOnepiece]

@@RoseDragoness Yeah i know, but things are slowly changing, just speak with fresh uni graduates... alhtough sometimes they are rebelling a lil too much against their system (at least on mental level)

[@AcornSmokes420]

HelloOnepiece weed is medicine not a drug but then again water and coffee both are drugs as well if you want to go that logic route

[@JisTrippin]

"Money doesn,t change people it only shows who they really are" 😢

[@DiRtY-StEvE]

Kojima FTW. Always. The MGS solid francise is such a big part of my life to this day. Thank you Kojima for everything you have done. We all love and appreciate your work. May you continue to thrive in this industry as you well deserve. It kills me that Metal Gear is trapped with Konami.

[@riotangel4701]

KONAMI: How do we become the Japanese EA/Activision?

[@PhenomsServant4]

Konami’s even worse. At least you know EA will never make a Mass Effect pachinko game......I think.

[@Geekezf]

@@PhenomsServant4 Uh..yeah they kinda did. Adding lootboxes in the last Mass effect multiplayer. They kinda did.

[@kevinwho9007]

Funny cause Konami literally said they wanted to be the Asian EA a while back

[@dinohermann1887]

@@kevinwho9007 PES vs. FIFA

[@wheresmyskin]

"Mobile is the future of gaming"... sure.. it's 2020 and it's still not ;) You simply can't replace PC and consoles with a mobile device. It's completely different experience. Mobile games should be small, fun time killers. Can't imagine playing a long story driven campaign of any sort on small screen of my phone.

[@alexander2685]

😛👍

[@hibob1321]

Thats not the future konami envisions. Theirs is one of easy money consuming gacha games

[@fasooly1992]

Mobile is the future of milking money from brain dead 10 year olds.

[@JustSkram]

Phone games are trash but hear me out. Mobile games are THE money maker in Japan. The insane work life of the average Japanese civilian is one of little downtime so mobile games are an easy sell there.

[@skylenexo6541]

@@JustSkram Explains why gacha games are pretty popular in Japan.

[@TheFpsNinja]

Kojima really is one of the greatest designers to ever live. Very few people grasp what it takes to make an original product like the IPs he has worked on.

[@RAVEN-uj5zq]

🤡 Clown...

[@assassincreed2087]

I really just want a continuation of Raiden storyline. It's been long overdue

[@richardl3365]

Thanks for the video, that was highly informative. Currently playing through MGS4 and having a blast, this game truly is a piece of art. Love the fact that Kojima is still going strong, he is by far my favorite video game producer out there. I did not know that P.T. was a Kojima production, at least now I know what happened and why it was removed.

[@Pianolearningkeys]

Damn man. This made me cry. Now I know and truly understand what happened. Hideo kojima is the man. A hard working/respectable man. Genius and all. He had a great team. Pushing limits.

[@DeadMouseWater]

Oh boy did he the piss and shit grenades for 40 dollars a copy and it's just a demo from silent hill woo yeah what a fucking. Legend let me tell ya if he shit on your doorstep I bet you would sniff it or give it a lick huh

[@classicface]

Yes

[@Khunvyel]

Just to clarify: in MGS5, the logo of Kojima Productions still is right there in the opening intro when you launch the game. Therefore it really doesn't matter if they omitted it from the box or store pages. When you launch the game, it's right there. I'm pretty certain that there was an agreement made to have this remaining or being promptly reinstated.

[@KabbalahSherry]

No its probably just that "the suits" at Konami don't actually know anything about game development, so they didn't think to have that removed from the game, cuz they probably didn't even know it was there, til it was too late, and copies were already being shipped. 😆 Like with most industries, the assholes who run these companies don't ACTUALLY know how to do the work to make the products being sold. They're just the bigwigs in suits counting the money & that's it. That's their function.

[@4thManonCross]

Ppl who buy games look at box art seeing kojima's name of free promotion and increase of sales

[@WrestlingColin]

One was an artist, one was a business. Tale as old as time.

[@TheDeadeyeDuck]

within your first 4 mins you give me good insight as someone looking to get into game development toying with an idea I have of great cinematic complexity of the Metal Gear variety.

[@warlocksnevereverdie]

The funny thing is they didn't even let him finish mgs:v imagine if it had a 3rd act

[@sga5399]

If only

[@jirehemanuel]

The first chapter took me 117 hours to complete.

[@warlocksnevereverdie]

@@jirehemanuel holy cow

[@GodittoC]

69 likes, make a wish!

[@northernnugget]

@@warlocksnevereverdie i wish kojima buys the rights to mgsv 5 and finishes the game

[@warioman91]

Sad because Konami has the IPs to Silent Hill, Castlevania, Metal Gear.....

[@flipskaterdave]

well maybe the the company goes under they wont have shit

[@DamnitMan88]

Yeah. Should've gave them to Kojima to make more walking simulators, or EA.

[@VarunMurkar]

I wish he said “Kept you waiting, huh?” when he got on stage 😂

[@CR38]

for this dude, a hero of my childhood, a real artist i won't buy the MGS3 remake, but i will buy Death Stranding 2 for sure. believe that

[@itzJuztThomas]

Well to be honest you are an idiot.

[@Frostedfk]

Kojima is a damn genius in the gaming world imo. I have NEVER been disappointed with one of his games

[@klutzspecter3470]

Must have low expectations. Metal gear 5 feels so empty. Emptier than cyberpunk.

[@chubummmmlbb9365]

@@klutzspecter3470 imagine comparing a 2015 game to a 2020 game lol

[@AzraelFPV]

@@chubummmmlbb9365 not even that, MGSV doesn't feel empty at all. But not everyone has good tastes right.

[@lukayaroslav9914]

@@klutzspecter3470 Nah, cyberpunk is crap. Even GTA 1 is better than that game.

[@nightnday6675]

Death Stranding?

[@wbrown16]

Well, Konami is definitely the story of how a corporation functions with BUSINESSMEN at the helm and not visionaries that lie within a respected industry. Profits and projections outweigh the evergreen nature of fresh ideas and passion. Both sides of this coin are needed for great videogame companies that are beloved and continue a legacy......from my observation

[@rukawa23gold]

Not sure about the good business men part at Konami. Easing out Hideo influence at Konami, that part I understand, deleting Kojima Production name etc. Trashing your own legend, and not allowing him to attend game award show to receive award for the game he created.....Destroying good will and your own brand Konami? Not sure that's good business... There is value in the visible bottom profit as well as the invisible but present brand value. It's simply bad strategy and incompetent executions.

[@campkira]

japan are heavy busines and paperwork nightmare... you want to do strange shit with no timeline.. it not possible to them...

[@RockSolitude]

@@rukawa23gold "Easing out Hideo Influence" what rubbish. That was not good business, nor even business. That was plain scorched earth. You've already restructured the company. You've already demoted all of those at Kojima Productions and most on the console side of things to mere contractors or the lowest level of employees, including Kojima himself. You've already put mobile gaming to the top not only within your gaming division, but to the top of their priorities, including promoting many within that side of the gaming division and installing them in key and high level positions. It was unnecessary to remove all mentions of Hideo Kojima's name, including the name and logo of the studio responsible for creating the damn game. It was done purely out of petty spite and personal animosity on the part of Hideki Hayakawa, and several other key figures (possibly some of the Konami family on the board). It is also not necessary to turn the offices into a gulag, including locking Kojima in a room and doing the same with other key figures, monitoring all communications and emails, restricting communications, barring communication with Kojima and other individuals, blacklisting (from the industry) former employees who leave Konami's festering rotting corpse for guarunteed greener pastures. It goes on and on. None of these are understandable, justifiable, or even business. It's not really unusual for that kind of scummy behaviour within Japanese companies either, though Konami took it to new depths.

[@democard1199]

@@RockSolitude Okay, so in a nutshell, the new CEO(s) is the bad guy. Gotcha fam

[@Zarraicka]

There was also some contract breaches from both sides and Kojima did things that no one approved costing Konami time and money but it's still really disgraceful how Konami treated Kojima in the end.

[@uqbar42]

As an artist myself, far from the gaming industry, I admire Kojima's body of work because he had important things to say through his stories. The man deserves every praise for his career and that's why with the recent announcement of a MGS3 remake I have mixed feelings. Konami priorized profit over art, up to the point of remaking a game even when they no longer have top creative leads in their ranks.

[@pilotamurorei]

tell that to square enix while youre at it.

[@navi2710]

Seems a lot like there was a hostile takeover internally in Konami. The trams that were making mobile games were bringing in a lot of money. Where as Kojima was overseeing games that cost 80 million+. Also I suspect Kojima was told to produce mobile games which he likely refused. Konami went the money route and Kojima stuck to what he wanted.

[@Yanthungbemo]

I don't even play games but... damn, this is one hell of a story; this had me raging against Konami and choked up about Kojima. Glad this ended with him rising again. I hope he finds more and more success in his future endeavours.

[@las10plagas]

I'm a BIG gaming enthusiast.I grew up on the sega master system, the gameboy, playstation, pc. I've played all nintendo consoles and even the dreamcast. I've owned all playstations up until ps4, had and xbox360, had 3 PCs... but I have never ever played a mobile phone game 😂

[@EraseTime]

Hey great video!!!!!!! I love Kojima and have been trough a lot he deserves all the success he can possibly get... also i hope some day he would go back and re-buy is own Franchise

[@EnFreeOn]

Incredible editing, great video, i thought you had stole it from somewhere until I saw your logo at the end, subbed

[@ThatGuyGlen]

Thank you so much for the kind words and for subscribing! New content is coming soon!

[@JezzmanGAMES]

Lol, "I thought you stole it". Really dude? 🙃

[@arielmontserrat4799]

I'm such a fan of this man's work and history. It brings me so much joy that he's able to continue working on his creative projects despite all the shit that he had to go through, and hopefully he will continue to make his followers satisfied with his ideas for the future :D

[@classicface]

Well metal gear is not coming back ):

[@blackace72]

@@classicface hey hey hey

[@2c2bpolitics-ce-gate3-4]

I think its important for someone to play devil's advocate so here goes: There may have been signs that Kojima was becoming a bit of a spendthrift. 80 million dollars sounds like alot for a game... and much of it was spent on things no game needs, like celebrity actors Norman Reedus and Kiefer Sutherland who Kojima used to replace fan favorite David Hayter, which on the surface ironically appears like his own lack of commitment to loyalty for the sake of the "big time". The collaboration with Guillermo DelToro was however an exciting one i must admit. It is again, ironic, that many people continue to regard MGS1 as his greatest creation and MGS5 as the worst of his series. Excess and freedom might not always lead to the best creative result. It seems that when Kojima is stifled by a restrictive budget and lesser technology, his huge ambitions work to stretch their limits and make something amazing-- When limited he is forced to exercise and maximize his creative energy. Gameplay as the main focus of entertainment also had to be upheld when he was in those conditions. It is arguable that when he is more free to create his vision, the focus of his games become cinematics and photorealism over gameplay for better or worse.

[@benzym]

It would be beautiful if one day Kojima got the IP from Konami and got to finish MGSV under Kojima Productions and finally put to bed the series, he says the game is finished but we all know he is just stubborn and won’t admit he wanted to add a lot more

[@chrysm6842]

Thanks for this insightful video.

[@AmanzeStudios]

Wow, that nail in the coffin! This is a great lesson for us all. Remember that your passion for your craft, your customers, and the relationships build with people are what’s most important.

[@PureGames...]

After watching this I will never ever buy anything from Konami for sure....

[@cooker3237]

Me too!

[@jrbigboss3848]

É isso que as grandes empresas e seus multimilionário fazem diariamente, ficamos sabendo isso por ser o mestre Hideo , mas quantos pequenos criadores não são passados para trás, por essas grandes empresas.

[@Rackatiakka]

Awesome video man

[@roastingpotato]

I truly hate mobile “games” and every time I look into the topic the more I cement my hatred of them.

[@blues05]

I don't even count *mobile* *games* as games!

[@yuhjeice7186]

Typical "Real Gamer"

[@outlawdudegaming2949]

Yep , they play pubg mobile and called themselves gamer wtf

[@greenbin3028]

Say anything you want but mobile games have some gems that's actually fun and isn't pay to win albeit maybe not totally graphically impressive

[@outlawdudegaming2949]

@@greenbin3028 yep ik , the golden age of mobile games are like angry birds , temple run and subway surfs

[@AdelaideBen1]

All well and good, but this sweeps under the carpet the fact that MGSV had a tortured development history... and in the end was unfinished

[@princetchalla2441]

I was really disappointed by it after finishing snake eater. I swear half the budget went towards mocaping the boob rain/shower scenes instead of filling up the free roaming maps :l oh well nothing infinite heaven can’t fix :D

[@VonTaylan]

That game suuuuuucked..... Phantom Pain. What a boredfest

[@princetchalla2441]

@Taylan Demir Yo my dude try installing infinite heaven, it even lets you put skulls into free roam and adds a ton more shit you’d probably really like

[@AdelaideBen1]

@@princetchalla2441 MGSV was a really small game stretched (literally) into an open world mess. It had some good mechanics, but seriously, I never could work out what game I was supposed to be playing as it just seemed to drop a whole heap of everything in there thinking that would make it epic. For me, it was mostly just annoying.... each to their own though.

[@SomeGuy-qh6rw]

I assume you mean the fact that Konami was purposefully trying to sabotage the development the entire time, and even had Kojima locked in his office, and didn't allow him to talk to his staff until the game was finished.

[@hussamkj403]

I think Konami was struggling financially and the cost of keeping Kojima and his studio was straining them financially to the point of almost bankruptcy. That's why he had to go. That being said, they should have respected him and his legacy as his legendary statuts demanded. He earned every bit of it. They could have supported his last game and gave him a king's farewell. And induct him in hall of fame ki d of thing. That way they would motivate their staff to be the same lest one day they achieve the same status. But they went and did all that crap.

[@VicViper1984]

I know you posted this 2years ago, but I hate to say you're mistaken my guy. Konami was never struggling financially, plenty of people took a look at their standing as a company and they were/are sitting pretty. The truth is that Konami isn't reliant on their gaming studio at all. They started as a gambling machine producer and make the bulk of their multi billion dollar industry from casinos and pachinko parlors. It's specifically because of this that they ousted Kojima. They used gaming as a supplemental means of further profit, and it is VASTLY more profitable to make cheaply and quickly produced games that use a free to play model and rake in the money via micro transactions, than it is to produce expensive AAA games that large teams years to develop, and generally don't net much profit beyond recouping the cost of development and funding the next project. From a business prospective, there was just no real incentive for the higher ups in the company to care about Kojima, his vision, or his fans.

[@lunaazul1569]

Nobody knows what happens behind closed doors. Judging by how Kojima needs to put his name in his game every 3 minutes for the player to see it, his narcissism must be unbearable.

[@VicViper1984]

@@lunaazul1569 there's actually loads of information on what actually happened behind the scenes with the Konami/Kojima split. People just tend to be unwilling to actually put in effort to understand the subjects they discuss, hence the ridiculous amount of speculation surrounding the subject.

[@lunaazul1569]

@@VicViper1984 All that information on the internet, like this video, is based on testimonies from people who either were there or listened to others. And of course, everyone will have their fair share of personal opinion. When it is said that no one knows what happens behind closed doors, it is because reading what others say is never the same as being there to see it with your own eyes, therefore, you will always have the opinion of "another" and never the objective truth. You won't have that not even with all the effort in the world. Sorry to tell you, but at the end, everything will be no more than pure speculation and personal opinions based on the blind love towards a celebrity. Like this case.

[@VicViper1984]

@@lunaazul1569 again, that is actually just untrue if you actually know how to vet sources. Konami wasn't exactly tight lipped regarding the reasons for their decision and it's not exactly hard to take a look at a company's earnings/spending to see where they're prioritizing their efforts and making their most profit. I know you're probably not going to listen to or believe me, but I was literally the head of the world's largest MGS fan basis at the time they split. Not only were we recognized by Konami EU's PR team as an official news source for the franchise, we also had contact with various people on the inside and everything corroborates the story that new management really just didn't hold any reverence for their AAA gaming IPs, and made the decision to have the company step away from AAA game development and focus instead on Mobile gaming. It's important to remind people that Konami isn't primarily a game development studio. As a company they were a multi billion dollar company before ever getting into game development and they would continue to be if they never made a video game again because their primary source of profit is gambling machines. This is precisely why the new head of the company saw AAA development as an unwise business venture, canceled future projects that were in the works, and cut further funding from MGSV. In his eyes it was just good business. Kojima was ousted because him being the autour he is, wasn't willing to just shut up and take that kind of executive decision to cut funding to his project and push it out ASAP to recoup the money already spent on it sitting down. Tensions ensued and Kojima was fired because his name meant very little to the fat cat that saw the entire game development branch to be unnecessary to begin with.

[@DirtCobaine]

As convoluted as the metal gear universe is, it’s the best military fiction. I wonder what Kojimas background is for a mind to birth something like it. I wonder if Kojima will ever start a new ip like it. I think it’s about time for a comeback when it comes to tactical shooters/stealth games.

[@Cartel893]

...well it happened now. Physint😉

[@DirtCobaine]

@@Cartel893 I’d love to say I was prophetic but I think anyone could’ve guessed it 😂 there’s just too much money AND it is a genre Kojima pioneered. And aside from Ubisofts splinter cell, Kojima is the only one to do it right. I wouldn’t even really count hit man in the same genre

[@Neonsilver13]

Some of the stuff I read about Konami, is that the work environment there had always been horrible. That from the day you started, lots of hurdles were put in front of you just to do the job that they hired you for. I think there also is a strong mentality that every employee is replaceable. That they could have just taken a few random developers and they still would have gotten a Metal Gear game just as good as Kojima produced that you don't need at least some talent, that you don't need a vision or a story to tell. That mentality was probably a large part of the reasoning behind some of the actions. They tried to disconnect Kojima from Metal Gear, so that they could continue milking it even after Kojima has left.

[@armorvil]

If this is true then this is pretty sad : since Konami has created many awesome games, it would show that an horrible work environment would help produce great games. I really hope you're wrong or that you're not talking about 80s, 90s and 2000s Konami.

[@Eduard016]

I was in Tokyo a year ago, I saw Konami logo on a lot of Pachinko machines, maybe that's what they want to make and focus on for now on.

[@audze]

Konami and Capcom had been making Pachinko and Arcade rigs since forever actually. Those profit margins however, are nowhere near what their console and pc titles netted them back in the day. Konami seems to be raking in quite a profit from their mobile direction. see this: www.statista.com/statistics/259748/konamis-annual-revenue-by-segment

[@azraelknightquest5754]

I've got mixed feelings on this. On one hand: Hideo Kojima had some of this coming. Why do I say that? 1. Hideo treated the English cast of MGS1 as "disposable". First of all, in every game, David Hayter stated he had to re-audition for the role of Snake/Big Boss. this includes MGS2, MGS3, MGS4, MGS Twin Snakes, MGS PO, MGS PW. Considering how loyal and supportive David always was to these games and how iconic his voice became for Snake, I felt Hideo Kojima shouldn't have constantly been trying to get rid of him. Kojima ensured the same Japanese voice actor (Akio Otsuka) as Solid Snake, Venom Snake and Big Boss for all the MGS games that needed a voice actor. But I guess Hideo was just "screw David Hayter" for whatever reason. David Hayter stated in interviews he never really spoke to him or interacted with him much. 2. In MGS Twin Snakes, Kojima wanted to remove all of the original English cast members and replace them with completely different voice actors. This includes Cam Clarke (Liquid Snake), Debi Mae West (Meryl Silverburgh), Jennifer Hale (Naomi Hunter), Christopher Randolph (Hal "Otacon" Emmerich), Paul Eiding (Roy Campbell), Kim Mai Guest (Mei Ling), Patric Zimmerman (Revolver Ocelot) Peter Lurie (Vulcan Raven) Doug Stone (Psycho Mantis) Tasia Valenza (Sniper Wolf). David Hayter had to persuade Konami personally to bring back the original cast, supposedly going as far as to accept HALF of his original payment to convince them to hire the originals from MGS1 instead of completely new voices for everyone. Those two facts ALONE show something of an attitude about Hideo Kojima I don't appreciate. I get it, it's his game but I felt he could have shown a DEGREE of appreciate and respect for the people that jumped on ship and agreed to do voice acting for arguably the most important of the series, back when voice acting wasn't taking seriously, pay wasn't great and it was in some small little booth. Kojima. Bonus point: Robin Atkin Downes stated in Metal Gear Solid (MGS) Reunion Panel 2021 - Geektainment CONline (it's on KZbin, about 54 to 55 minutes in) that after reading a portion of Kazuhira Miller talking about his father's suicide, it got to Robin and he got emotional and he had to stop for a bit. And when Robin met Hideo Kojima, he explained the moment where the story got him emotional about the character and he expected Hideo might actually talk about it or share something emotional...instead, Hideo just scowled at him and made a "World's Smallest Violin" finger gesture to him dismissively and didn't say anything else. So, at least to the English cast, I kinda feel Kojima is a prick. At least, that's the general impression I get from this. And David never said a single bad thing directly about Hideo. Or indirectly, that I know of. So, he had some betrayal coming. Kinda feel like he had part of this coming, being treated as "disposable" after all that he did. On the other hand... ...There's a limit. Whatever his problems or attitude issues, Hideo Kojima is one of, if not arguably THE, most influential parts of the entire Metal Gear series. His brilliance, ideas, unique stategies for gameplay, depth of character development, amazing story...just utterly amazing talent and ability... is undeniably, at MINIMUM, the foundation of Metal Gear. He's truly something else. "Legend", "Icon", "Master", these words get tossed around alot....Hideo Kojima is a TITAN in the video games industry. Denying Hideo the right to receive awards for HIS GAME, firing him outright instead of trying to just give him a demotion or a lesser level, removing his name and logo and so forth from all Metal Gear (and all Konami) products...I mean, that's just disgusting. That's worse than anything Hideo Kojima has ever done, that I know of. Love him or hate him, Hideo Kojima is possibly one of the most important people behind MGS. While I'm not like some fans in that I don't possess the attitude of "If Kojima didn't do it, it sucks whether I played it or not" (I actually liked MGS PO), Hideo seriously brings something special and incredible with every game he touches. They really did Kojima wrong and I feel Konami deserves the scorn they've earned from fans and customers. END RESULT: I really wish Konami would suck it up, admit they NEED Kojima and make peace with him and authorize him to work on Metal Gear series products again. I also want Hideo Kojima to pay some RESPECT to David Hayter and his following, as well as to all the English voice actors that gave their best to their roles, whether he personally preferred them or liked them or not. It's not like Hideo won over everyone he ever met, but people still give him great respect for all he's done.

[@ivang0074]

Ngl we need more games like mgs bc every mobile game u play u will always have to watch an ad even when it's not required

[@jakeblancaster8498]

Konami's Corruption status: 100% All employees scheduled for termination.

[@sijanalam9738]

Just finished death stranding and realised how great his games would be in the future

[@H.K-tm]

I don't get why Konami would worry about the price of making great games since these games will return a lot more profit compared to what they invest into them

[@rignatetris4435]

the #1 mistake most of these companies seem to make, is putting profits before their fans and artistic vision of games and the talented people making them. Boi's if you wanna go into gaming industry ever in the future, put profits LAST. if you do artistic vision, dont insult your fans and put them first, make a great game that not only functions well but shines in terms of what you were attempting with it. and the money WILL follow. Greed will destroy your base that you would have spent years building up.

[@MG-wk2eh]

The No. 1 priority of corporations is to make money for their shareholders. Shareholders are frankly leeches who don't give a fuck about anything else and always think in the (relative) short-term. They put CEOs in charge who they think will help them make as much money, and fast. There are decades worth of examples of companies (in every industry) that were once highly respectable, created quality products, treated their workers really well, etc and were successful.. which then went "public".. and then fell to utter shit. That's why it kind of annoys me when people say stuff like "Rockstar only care about money! That's why they're still milking GTA VO to death 10 years later!" .. nope. Rockstar answers to their parent company, Take Two Interactive, who answer to their investors.

[@mitchelljulius5875]

I never even heard of Gree.

[@shichiya5743]

Not to defend about Konami, but what they said is partly true. There seems to be a rise in mobile gaming these few years and mobile gaming is definitely the most profitable and least risk taking way to earn money. Unfortunately the reality is that probability of people who owns a phone are much higher than those who owns a gaming console/ PC, and it's easier for people to throw in little by little money over a long time rather than straight purchasing an expensive AAA game.

[@bigz2008]

Konami didn't fire Kojima because of the mobile game debate. they fired him because he wanted MORE freedom than ever developing his own game. Konami wanted games that sell, be is mobile or console. Kojima want to make some personal project that doesn't sell commercially. Kojima is a business man, and can tell Kojima is too far gone. Death Stranding is a boring mess that you have to watch some 5 hour video on youtube just to undersand the story. it's not a game for the general audience anymore. this is what happens when you allow Kojima complete freedom, seems like he just watched a bunch of American TV shows and movies and handpicked who the actor he likes and made his ultimate fantasy game. seriously who the fuck care about Norman Reedus? has he appeared anything noteworthy besides walking dead ? back in Konami they were able to kept a leash on Kojima for this kind of stuff. I know it's popular to hate on Konmai but they simple did what's right for the company can you blame them?

[@coldstuff9784]

@@bigz2008 Norman Reedus was a good pick if they were gonna have a nude male protagonist in the game

[@sirlezard670]

I prefer paying the full price once than having to pay little bits all the time, especially because the total will largely surpass the base full price at the end. Do you prefer paying 60 once or 1.500 by 50cents increments over many years? This is also why I've never played payed MMOs. It's a complete ripoff.

[@PunxTV123]

Death Stranding is shit... did you see any new player now? unlike other game, the sales still rising, while death stranding only last one month... Konami is right on their choice, Kojima may have skills, but on the long term for their company, it will be downfall...

[@andrew_stamps]

@@bigz2008 Yes I blame them. Granted we dont know the specifics around what happened but if it was you say (fired for wanting freedom) why fire someone because they want more freedom? Especially if their work is still profitable. I'd rather play a Death stranding (which was mediocre but still profitable) released under Konami any day over Contra Rogue Corps, Metal Gear Survive, or a lazy (and incomplete) Castlevania Collections. MGSV was the last Konami game I bought. The issue here is they killed their console development division leaving western gamers (who only know this side of Konami) out in the cold.

[@maaz5027]

Its simple really, Artistic Vision vs Profit, its the confliction thats been plaguing the gaming industry since day 1, I feel like Sony has really found a good balance between that and huge respect for them for saving Kojima's work, Death Stranding was something truly unique and Im certain DS2 will be unforgettable.

[@haslammmo9173]

To be fair to KONAMI, if someone pitched me Death Stranding, I'd want to cut ties too

[@SpasticElectric]

Not playing the devil's advocate here, but looking from different perspectives: 1. For us, the gamers, the decision Konami made to kick Kojima out and focus on mobile games is a very shit decision, because Konami basically "sold out" by sacrificing artistic vision for revenue. 2. For Konami, kicking Kojima out and focusing on smaller scale games with microtransactions are important to keep the company from falling apart, as they are trying to cater to a bigger audience, not just the gamers who are already fans. What I'm trying to say is, whatever happens, happens. After all, what can we do? We can only support their decisions and not blame anyone. It's all business. Might sound cruel, but it is what it is.

[@gentaermaji191]

I wanna disagree with you but I can't lol

[@blackgetsugauser]

It was the Phantom Pain game that got me hooked on Metal Gear Solid. I can't believe the treatment Konami did to Mr Hideo. Not even let him receive the awards that he deserved. Now that he is with Sony, I'm looking forward on what games he will give us!

[@nicholasfarrell5981]

Just to be clear, Konami did to Kojima what Kojima did to David Hayter. But Kojima's -simps- fans are only mad about one of those things.

[@blackgetsugauser]

Oh, I didn't know about that. I will look it up. Thanks for the info

[@BigSteveLive]

@@nicholasfarrell5981 Kojima showed his ambition and arrogance on many occasions. The way he was jealous and mistreated Hayter shows Kojima's diva side. You can always tell people and videos that are Kojima simps. They somehow never mention his BS behavior. Which was a long running problem that he was known for. He would lose the facade of respect whenever somebody outshined him. Constantly playing a victim and never taking responsibility for his failures. While wanting all the credit and love for the series directed to himself

[@Koichi-Kun]

@@nicholasfarrell5981not being a Kojima simp but he wanted to replace David since 3 and he didn’t really like the English dub

[@yguy1232]

​@@nicholasfarrell5981hayter simps like you are pathetic. What happened to Kojima was far worse than what happened to Hayter. Kojima had already made it clear he wanted to move the game in a different direction with the English dub and Hayter's performance in peace walker didn't do him any favours. Hayter's voice wouldn't have fit MGSV at all. You're an idiot

[@mariokarter13]

Because the moment they made him VICE PRESIDENT OF THE ENTIRE COMPANY Konami had their worst financial years in their entire history. It's not a coincidence they immediately resorted to pachinko machines after they fired him.

[@ronmka8931]

Kojima has been proven to be difficult to work with and for making nonsensical decisions that went over budget such as hiring keifer Sutherland to essentially voice a handful of lines for a lot of money when they couldve used a voice actor for less

[@lmaocatgirls387]

This channel is a diamond in the rough. These videos are brilliant. Earned a sub. Please never stop making these!

[@ThatGuyGlen]

Much appreciated and thank you for subscribing! Working on the next video right now and there’s many many more games I’ll be covering on this channel for as long as I can :D

[@northernnugget]

Nice find, those'll fetch a high price. -Ocelot

[@timmytran5718]

Comprehensive! Thank you for compiling this. I’ve collected a lot of information over the years as I idolize Hideo Kojima and I’m happy to see some of these moments I missed and love seeing the support you’ve brought to light here. 🍻 here’s to future Kojima Productions success! Kampai!

[@ThatGuyGlen]

My pleasure, glad you liked it!

[@cecilwright4017]

What a captivating story. I wasn’t aware of none of this. Konami should seriously be ashamed of themselves.