I called out your post for automatically assuming it's good, and the mere fact you took issue with that suggests that you think I'm assuming the opposite, which logic dictates would be that I must think the game will be bad.
I read the interview and I don't understand how anything he said came off as arrogant?lol EVERY god damn Kojima thread just need to be derailed by "arrogant" shit
Professionalism 101 you say? Maybe that's why some people here don't understand the logic ^^Never throw your current (or former) business partners under the bus publicly, that's just professionalism 101.
It reads to me as if he has enough money to retire and be comfortable the rest of his life. But that doesnt mean he has enough to pay for a game studio that has AAA aspirations.Kojima didn't have any money? What? He was director of one of the most successful franchise from the last 20 years. How is that possible?
Well I think it's no money in the sense of the amount of money needed to build a new AAA studio. It's even said in next line in the article, somehow not quoted in the OP lolKojima didn't have any money? What? He was director of one of the most successful franchise from the last 20 years. How is that possible?
Me neither lol he sounds pretty humbled there actuallyI read the interview and I don't understand how anything he said came off as arrogant?
He doesn't mean he had literally 0 yenKojima didn't have any money? What? He was director of one of the most successful franchise from the last 20 years. How is that possible?
If Death Stranding bombs that would all be a real waste. I bet the studio would have to shut down.
?Really? No money?
like, I love the guy but, seriously? Thats some bullshit.
Pretty sure some would be vocally happy about that if it happened. Luckily DS is gonna be GOTY 2019 and will be praised worldwide. No I haven't played it, that's just my belief ^^If Death Stranding bombs that would all be a real waste. I bet the studio would have to shut down.
The reason I am who I am now is because of the thirty years I had at Konami. I am grateful to Konami, and cannot deny that connection.
I agree with you spot on.You can tell some in this thread have limited business acumen or experience. When Kojima says he had no money, he's not speaking literally, eg that he didn't have a single yen to his name. Rather that he didn't have near the kinds of funds required to set up a new business and/or studio, hence needing a bank loan. That sort of capital requirement is a different kettle of fish.
I would guess he means he didn't have nearly enough money to start a studio from the ground up. He definitely had money, but not the millions required to found a studio.Kojima didn't have any money? What? He was director of one of the most successful franchise from the last 20 years. How is that possible?
It's always the translationI'm a big fan, but I swear everytime he speaks it feels self indulgent and arrogant as fuck. Is it lost in translation again? You can not be humble in Japanese?
But the original Japanese tweet was different...Kojima doesn't write that he became independent. Instead, the original tweet was more matter of fact. "The company was established on December 16, 2015," it reads. He goes to write that he didn't have a proper office, but a small temporary one. "There was no staff, no office, no equipment, nothing. I only had a Kojima Productions logo, a notepad and a pen, and my own computer. While coming up with the project plan, I recruited staff and looked for an office and a game engine. But I wasn't at zero, because the only things I did have were a dream and connections." Kojima didn't say he was going independent, but rather, setting up the company. He acknowledged that he has connections. Of course he does, he's Hideo Kojima!
Do we know how expensive Death Stranding is with all those actors? I wonder who will entertain his endevours after Sony.
lol EVERY god damn Kojima thread just need to be derailed by "arrogant" shit
I assume the no money part is "no money to start a 50+ people studio which need to work on a game for three years before any returns" kinda money.Really? No money?
like, I love the guy but, seriously? Thats some bullshit.
Is there any story of people working with Kojima that hates him? Everything I see around him is people falling in love with him but some people on the internet thinks he's a piece of trash.
You can tell some in this thread have limited business acumen or experience. When Kojima says he had no money, he's not speaking literally, eg that he didn't have a single yen to his name. Rather that he didn't have near the kinds of funds required to set up a new business and/or studio, hence needing a bank loan. That sort of capital requirement is a different kettle of fish.
Death Stranding |OT| Look at These Bitches Eating Their Crackers.
"That's an age in which you'd retire, right?"
Retirement age in Spain is 68, and I won't be able to retire till 70 (or later) lmao.
It will be like a national holiday on Era if it gets bad reviews. :P
Well, you usually don't start big projects with your own money if you are a peer in the field. I also don't think that Kojima could maintain 80+ Japanese salaries with his own money.Imagine being Hideo Kojima and not having any money. What the hell is up with Japan?
I'm a big fan, but I swear everytime he speaks it feels self indulgent and arrogant as fuck. Is it lost in translation again? You can not be humble in Japanese?
You can say that again... Every. Fucking. Thread!People have a real hard on for hating on the guy around here.
Anyway, so glad he found his footing quickly and we are getting a big game from his team. Instead of being stuck making mobile games or something.