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Hideo doesnt want an engine that can can simply make nice graphics and cut scenesFirst trailer looked a bit like Unreal Engine 4 to me. Great visuals and cutscenes can be created with this engine.
What the hell is gong on? http://thekoalition.com/2016/former...irano-becomes-president-at-kojima-productions
The guy is probably more of a dog-person.Kojima hires people with business experience to run his company?
Wait.. That's not how indie studio looks...
Kojima personal money? Fat check from Sony? Already have lots of investors?
Or all of that was rendered in decima! Or he mixed some of it with decima?
But is his track record really that bad?I'd go with Sony dropping a ton of money to buy exclusivity from Kojima.
While I like Kojima, it'll be interesting to see how he does without a production company overseeing his work and attempting to keep him on schedule. If Sony don't keep a tight rein on him, I think this whole thing might back fire on them. Without oversight, I think Kojima has a chance to pulling a Duke Nukem 4ever, and keep pushing off the release of his game until he thinks it's perfect (which it won't ever be).
Just imagine if Kojima had been given the time to make MGS V, "perfect" with the perfect ending. I think 5-10 years from now, we'd still be waiting for the release of MGS V - The Phantom Pain. As it is the MGS V that we ended up getting was obviously only half finished, and possibly even less than half finished. It ended up being one of my best games of 2015, and one of my worst games of 2015. So disappointing, but so fun up until the disappointment hit when I realized that so little of the game was actually finished.
If Sony are smart they'll have put in strong contractual obligations for Kojima to meet deadlines. Then again, that's one of the reasons he had a falling out with Konami, so they are probably at the whim of Kojima as to whether he'll deliver in a timely manner or not.
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Koijma Productions is located in the office complex building that faces the Sony HQ across the street, so...Wait.. That's not how indie studio looks...
Kojima personal money? Fat check from Sony? Already have lots of investors?
Maybe that's why Kojima hired a guy from Konami as his boss (or something, I forgot).
He himself doesn't believe can release a game without someone else doing the boss stuff, schedule stuff, etc
I'd go with Sony dropping a ton of money to buy exclusivity from Kojima.
While I like Kojima, it'll be interesting to see how he does without a production company overseeing his work and attempting to keep him on schedule. If Sony don't keep a tight rein on him, I think this whole thing might back fire on them. Without oversight, I think Kojima has a chance to pulling a Duke Nukem 4ever, and keep pushing off the release of his game until he thinks it's perfect (which it won't ever be).
Konami's Kojima productions have released quite a few games. However, they seemed to have problems making larger games and products (like MG Revengence) without Kojima managing in detail. Also, the Fox engine probably took quite a bit longer than expected (just like every software ever except the COD games).