Ito could still be working on a game, it just doesn't need to be Silent Hill via Sony.
Again, y'all are reading into the wrong part of the denial. They aren't saying "no more Silent Hill", they're saying "we didn't give our IP to Sony".
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Konami confirms recent Silent Hills rumors are fake
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Ito could still be working on a game, it just doesn't need to be Silent Hill via Sony.
Again, y'all are reading into the wrong part of the denial. They aren't saying "no more Silent Hill", they're saying "we didn't give our IP to Sony".
Wasn't the rumor about Sony getting the licenses (aka not acquiring them) to Silent Hills, Castlevania and MGS?
No, it was about Sony buying the IP from Konami, which made it absolute hogwash. People tried to "well maybe it's just acquiring the licenses", but the rumor was saying Sony bought the entire IP.
unless i'm mistaken, there were two separate rumors:
- one from credible sources, saying sony and konami are working together on two silent hill games (probably sony licensing the IP from konami).
- a second, obviously fake rumor then came out piggybacking on the previous one saying sony is buying a bunch of IPs from konami and there are castlevania and metal gear projects in the works as well.
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When the answer is "this isn't true", then "this may or may not be true" doesn't really "suffice".
Why do I have the Raising Arizona theme stuck in my head while reading this thread and coping with the crushing reality of Konami's continuing disappointment?
Due of the Neflix series? Because they sure ain't from the games.
Sony could be working with them on the movie sides and not the game side. 🤔😏
Dusk Golem is legit, I trust his sources.
But I also wouldn't be surprised if what is internally somewhat referred to as "Silent Hill" is very likely to change form in the years until the project's release. Similar to how Sekiro began as "Tenchu" but became its own new thing by the end of development.
But I also wouldn't be surprised if what is internally somewhat referred to as "Silent Hill" is very likely to change form in the years until the project's release. Similar to how Sekiro began as "Tenchu" but became its own new thing by the end of development.
Konami are lying. They just can't reveal it yet.
Don't worry, you'll know more about that SH reboot later this year.
Don't worry, you'll know more about that SH reboot later this year.
There's also a mobile port of SotN they just put out a week ago. I know these aren't huge projects but they're still sources of money.
Konami doesn't need to be putting huge AAA investments into an IP in order to find value in it. Why sell it when they can use it to drive small but reliable amounts of profit?
Why would they lie? They didn't even have to respond for comment at all. They outright denied it.
Because it's how japanese companies work. It's not up to them to reveal if it's in the works or not since it's Japan Studio who're working on it. Silent Hills might not happen and that's maybe why they denied the rumors to not disappoint the fans. But I can assure you that the Silent Hill reboot is still in the works and hasn't been cancelled.
That's not how Japanese companies work at all. You don't outright deny a rumor, you just "no comment" it or ignore people asking you for comment entirely. They didn't have to release a statement.
Might catch a ban. I recall people getting banned for saying Fuck GameFreak druing the dexit era.
It's normal for a japanese company to deny things when they're actually happening. They absolutely don't have the same culture about lying to fans.
Now I know I am going to be mean at you guys who are upset but this is from a guy who was expecting Death stranding to be silent hill all these years and Kojima is taking advantage of it by his "HINT" on his tweets because he is an attention holic
and now here are the best " I told you so" gifs
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As much as I want a SH by Toyama and co, the typical answer for this kind of question is ''we don't comment on rumors or speculation'' not a ''It's not happening, sorry''.
I don't know why anyone thought they were true in first place, Konami ain't selling their IPs off
The deny was maybe for Silent Hills. They were negoaciating about it and maybe it didn't work. It's better to deny everything and come back with the initial project to not have all the fans against you. Anyway, Silent Hill Reboot by Toyama is still happening and you'll hear about it in the coming months.
Well for the people that want them back these ip staying dead its not that great either
The alternative is probably getting nothing at all though, or another bad outsourced western game as an absolute best case scenario. I mean, what are your favorite AAA Konami games this gen? Do you think they have a strong internal development team not working on annual sports titles?
Konami's big budget current gen games apart from Sports:
MGS: Ground Zeroes (2014)
MGS: The Phantom Pain (2015)
MG: Survive (2018)
And Kojima and much of the Metal Gear team has seemingly left at this point. I'm not convinced they even have an internal development team not focusing on phones or sports.
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And yet this was Konami's American PR department, not their Japanese one.
It's still a japanese company which main house that controls everything is in Japan.
No worries, i wouldn't trust Konami with a spoon let alone Silent Hill. It'd be shite if they had anything to do with it.
The initial rumour about Japan Studio working on a new Silent Hill entry sounded perfectly plausible. Sony already set a precedent for doing third party licenced development with Marvel's Spiderman.
Kojima coming back for Silent Hills was sketchy. Sony essentially buying out every valuable IP from Konami was full on fanboy wishlist garbage.
Kojima coming back for Silent Hills was sketchy. Sony essentially buying out every valuable IP from Konami was full on fanboy wishlist garbage.
If you really think Konami's Japanese PR team sent an edict to an American PR representative to lie to people in a response they DIDN'T have to even send, I don't know what to tell you.
Japan Studio rumor is true and they're gonna reveal it soon.
Kojima rumor is true but maybe the two parts failed to reach an agreement.
4Chan rumour was total bullshit.