Over the last month, Konami has exploded. Kojima (Metal Gear series) and his team have been moved from full time status to contract workers, Konami going as far as to remove Kojima's name and his team from the latest Metal Gear promotional items. They were recently added back in, but things continue to devolve.
Last week it was announced that P.T., the playable trailer for the new Silent Hills team lead by Kojima and Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy, Pan's Labrynth, Pacific Rim) would be taken down from the Playstation Store. Today, it was officially announced that the new Silent Hills project has been cancelled.
Rumors of the destruction of Konami's gaming division have erupted in the last few hours. Few American or European gamers know that Konami makes most of their profit from pachinko machines and gambling. They entered the gaming market during the Nintendo and Sega boom, but like many companies in the last five years have seen their profit margins plummet with the exponential increase in game development cost.
Let's take a moment and recognize one of the old great Japanese game companies before it's inevitable collapse.
I'll always remember Castlevania as being one of the defining games of my childhood and although Metal Gear never really clicked for me, I have been a passionate fan of Silent Hill since my teens.
Last week it was announced that P.T., the playable trailer for the new Silent Hills team lead by Kojima and Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy, Pan's Labrynth, Pacific Rim) would be taken down from the Playstation Store. Today, it was officially announced that the new Silent Hills project has been cancelled.
Rumors of the destruction of Konami's gaming division have erupted in the last few hours. Few American or European gamers know that Konami makes most of their profit from pachinko machines and gambling. They entered the gaming market during the Nintendo and Sega boom, but like many companies in the last five years have seen their profit margins plummet with the exponential increase in game development cost.
Let's take a moment and recognize one of the old great Japanese game companies before it's inevitable collapse.
I'll always remember Castlevania as being one of the defining games of my childhood and although Metal Gear never really clicked for me, I have been a passionate fan of Silent Hill since my teens.
