Yes, because people live in this fantasy that Kojima wanted to make the best horror game of all time and EVIL KONAMI #FuckKonami killed it, and not that it was a project that would cost lots of millions from a franchise that most of the entries sold less than 1 million copies.
Kojima Productions issues statement on article that said they spent part of MGSV's budget in developing P.T.
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Yes, because people live in this fantasy that Kojima wanted to make the best horror game of all time and EVIL KONAMI #FuckKonami killed it, and not that it was a project that would cost lots of millions from a franchise that most of the entries sold less than 1 million copies.
While it is possible and even probably to start proof of concepts* while working on existing projects, bringing on GDT and Norman Redus would have presumably required legal to participate in some fashion. The idea of creating PT with no one knowing was odd up front.
*For example the NES remix prototype was created by a junior engineer in his spare time.
*For example the NES remix prototype was created by a junior engineer in his spare time.
it's called bad faith :) also this getting out right after that IGN makes up rumours is hilarious.
People will say anything to dunk on Kojima on this forum
He was vice-president of konami not just a random game director. A vice-president would have the power to do that.
Sure would have, as it'd explain the incompleteness of MGSV for most people.
Wait, you're telling me that Kojima didn't set up a shell company specifically to release PT without Konami's knowledge?
We really need to watch with shit like this. People in the other thread already acting like it's true, saying that Kojima deserved what he got at Konami, etc. All over nonsense.
Yesterday, an IGN writer admitted to be forced by his bosses to lie about Amy Hennigs departure from Naughty Dog. Druckmann, Straley, and Hennig all got shit over and will continue to from now until the end of time.
A lot of us are guilty of helping to spread this bullshit. These are real people we are talking about, not videogame characters.
I'm glad they put out a statement relatively fast.
Yesterday, an IGN writer admitted to be forced by his bosses to lie about Amy Hennigs departure from Naughty Dog. Druckmann, Straley, and Hennig all got shit over and will continue to from now until the end of time.
A lot of us are guilty of helping to spread this bullshit. These are real people we are talking about, not videogame characters.
I'm glad they put out a statement relatively fast.
The article also said that MGS5 never had a chapter 3 and that Episode 51 was just going to be DLC and that any assumptions the game was unfinished was just because the game was badly written.
Does it mean Kojima Production deny these claims too? There was a chapter 3 that is missing?
Does it mean Kojima Production deny these claims too? There was a chapter 3 that is missing?
Took only half a second of skimming the article to deduce that it was indeed an hilariously inflated fabricated story juiced up for the clicks, not one aspect of it was plausible in the slightest.
They deny the allegations about P.T. and do not comment on any other thing in the article, as they don't have to given stuff is cut all the time in game development and none of it is usually criminal offense like some people in the other thread wanted this to be.
Hahahaha, I came in hoping for MGS memes.
Glad to see this wasn't true, it seemed like some weird conspiracy thing and the source didn't seem the most legitimate.
Legally they wouldn't be able to make a statement on that if it actually happened.
Plus they never denied Demon Edition, so surely that must be coming too!
KojiPro doesn't have to address every baseless claim some clickbait makes about them, this one was just a criminal allegation.
people hate Kojima on here and want him to fail. It's pretty sickening.
The article claimed Kojima secretly used MGSV funds without permission to develop another game without permission, so yeah?
judging by the previous thread about the rumor, you just insulted half of Era, not bad
Because the fabrication was clearly written to screw over Kojima and KojiPro.
And also threw his relationship with Sony under the bus as well.
From the very second post of that thread on everyone said the site was bullshit, but somehow the thread was allowed to go on for 12 pages. Probably because it's Kojima and it's fun to make shit up? And remember folks,
Honestly shocked that thread was allowed to stay open as long as it did considering:
1) It details an article containing damaging information from a questionable source, and features a lot of users attacking Kojima using that article.
2) On the same day we had Mitch Dyer showing us exactly how much damage these articles can do.
Everything you said is true but I'm not gonna count on things changing any time soon. I mean, the key in order to do so, as you mention, would be to admit and acknowledge how the gaming press and general community, on forums like this one but also on social media and YouTube, has habitually jumped to conclusions based on rumours and speculation in the past and continue to do so with an alarming frequency. The way people continue to talk about the Konami-Kojima fallout and MGSV's development, plus its marketing and the game itself for that matter, are actually perfect examples of this, so it came as no surprise to me that something as implausible as the topic of that thread actually made sense to more than a handful of people.
I'm calling bullshit on those who originally called bullshit on this whole thing being called bullshit.
People are dumb and believe any headline it seems. Literally two seconds of logical thinking would've told you that it was impossible to be true.
Is this a serious question?
It was a promotional demo for a game that has been cancelled.
I think some people here didn't believe the rumors at all, but choose to support the narrative to rag on Kojima, regardless if it was verified.
Look up embezzlement. It's not just about lining your personal pockets.
INTERNET was lying to me again??? The horror! Seriously guys, who couldn't smell this was fake from a mile away?