Ah, that's why it sold milions, because it was a massive failure. Make sense.Kojima had its prime on MGS4. From there it went all downhill.
Since Death Stranding was a massive failure, and Kojima Productions brand tarnished, its no wonder they rejected Kojima.
I'm not defending Google's shitty decissions on Stadia, but I think this one is one of the few (if any) good ones.
I don't know why some of you keep praising him, when he should've retired when he was on his peak (like Miyamoto or Yu Suzuki).
Gotta give respect where it’s due. Stadia sucks but they made the right decision not to work with that hack. Kojima is a wannabe past his prime. Hasn’t put out a good game since the early 00’s.
Google knew they weren't gonna let Stadia live for more than 2 years.
Kojima is full of himself and don’t know when to rain it in. The Death Stranding marketing was such a shit show like the game. Will never trust Geoff Keeley again either for showcasing that shit every year...What's up with late-night gaf and all these clown ass takes
Rumor were Kojima was planning to make a episodic horror game so it will release like a 1 episode like a month and be like 1-8 episode total that why he was working with Stadia before they cancel it and now he is probably working with Xbox since a episodic horror game would work great with the gamepass formula.This news kinda doesn’t make sense to me really. Because I know MS would LOVE to fund a horror exclusive game on Xbox . Even if death stranding sales were horrible , Sony still want Kojima under their wing for another exclusive . Why would kojima approach google of all companies ?
Ah wondering when Game Piss was going to get mentioned in this thread.Rumours are our Boy Spencer working with Kojima now on some exclusive Game pass game.
I love the Kojima is a Hack people who can’t seem to understand why millions of people continue to play highly acclaimed games by this extremely competent director.Ah, that's why it sold milions, because it was a massive failure. Make sense.
Must have been really bad if you get rejected by Stadia.
If Stadia were actually going to go somewhere (and thank God it's not), they'd need games you could only get on Stadia to draw people in. A Kojima exclusive horror game would be a good start.I love Kojima's games but looking at the money spent on MGSV and Death Stranding you'd hope the sales would be a lot higher.
Don't know why any major publisher would give him a blank cheque, as enjoyable and creative as his games are they are too niche.
Enjoyable, creative games have an audience, even if they're niche, it's just finding it. If the rockstar Japanese devs can't find it, especially with Norman Reedus and the like leading the cast, nobody can.Don't know why any major publisher would give him a blank cheque, as enjoyable and creative as his games are they are too niche.
Zoe is great. Policenauts is great. Death Stranding was great. Yes plenty of people didnt like Death Stranding but lots did.Kojima doesn’t bring success with his name outside MGS. He overrates himself.
Death Stranding was already profitable a year ago. Not sure where this lie that he can't find success outside MGS started.Kojima stated in May 2020 that Death Stranding had sold enough to recoup the development costs and turn a profit, securing funding for Kojima Production's next project.
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That could be part of it. I chalk a lot of it up to just how much attention he gets. He's very revered in the industry, and I can agree that it comes across as a little foofy sometimes. I think when you garner that kind of reaction. there will lots of people who don't vibe with it, can't understand the hype, and feel the need to lash out because they are tired of hearing about how great something is when they don't care about it. Throwing around the term "genius" seems to irk people often as well.Death Stranding was already profitable a year ago. Not sure where this lie that he can't find success outside MGS started.
Almost feels like spurned MGS fans make up the bulk of Kojima's detractors these days. They can't get past that one series. Repeating lies that he can't get success outside of it is probably just hopefully wishing.
Which is funny because in reality they care more about MGS than Kojima himself does.Death Stranding was already profitable a year ago. Not sure where this lie that he can't find success outside MGS started.
Almost feels like spurned MGS fans make up the bulk of Kojima's detractors these days. They can't get past that one series. Repeating lies that he can't get success outside of it is probably just hopefully wishing.
"Profitable" doesn't mean successful. The fact that the game was quickly ported to PC shows that Sony wasn't impressed by the sales.Death Stranding was already profitable a year ago. Not sure where this lie that he can't find success outside MGS started.
Almost feels like spurned MGS fans make up the bulk of Kojima's detractors these days. They can't get past that one series. Repeating lies that he can't get success outside of it is probably just hopefully wishing.
Game pass hater spottedAh wondering when Game Piss was going to get mentioned in this thread.
I love the Kojima is a Hack people who can’t seem to understand why millions of people continue to play highly acclaimed games by this extremely competent director.
And of course if it was up to them then the last 4 games he made just wouldn’t exist? Wow yeah ok glad you have zero influence on the games industry.
I'd say profitable means exactly that -- successful."Profitable" doesn't mean successful. The fact that the game was quickly ported to PC shows that Sony wasn't impressed by the sales.
I feel anything Phil Harrison touches nowadays ends up being a failure. He did great in the 90’s when he worked for Sony Europe and helped video game becomes more mainstream and not be seen as a kids toy. But that’s pretty much it.