CM Sunny Posted August 2, 2015 Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 There is only one guy that can save Konami now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CM Sunny Posted August 2, 2015 Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 Its Ank.. I know nay you can't see him and.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am4oKAmc2To Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CM Sunny Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Report: Konami Is Treating Its Staff Like Prisoners According to a report on Nikkei, the corporate culture at Konami—home of Metal Gear, Silent Hill and Pro Evolution Soccer—hasn’t only soured over the past few years, but has become almost terrifyingly Orwellian. Nikkei’s report alleges that the culture at the corporation’s video game division, famous for its console games, worsened in around 2010 when a mobile title called Dragon Collection became a smash hit. As a social game for phones, development costs were low and profit returns were huge. Not long after, the report says, Konami’s corporate bosses shifted the company’s focus away from traditional, hardcore games and towards cheaper, and potentially more lucrative social titles. Read full story: http://kotaku.com/report-konami-is-treating-its-staff-like-prisoners-1721700073 Here’s a breakdown of the Nikkei piece’s allegations. Some of it we’ve heard before. Some of it is new:Kojima Productions, the studio behind the upcoming Metal Gear Solid V (and long famous as a brand of its own), is now simply known as “Number 8 Production Department.” The computers in this section, Nikkei says (and as we reported earlier this year), are allegedly not connected to the internet and are only able to send internal messages. Nikkei reports that employees leaving the company offices during their lunch break are having their absences monitored with time cards. Those who stay out too long are having their names announced throughout the company. That there are cameras in the office corridors that aren’t there for security, but rather to monitor the movements of Konami’s own employees. That most Konami employees do not have their own permanent company email addresses. Staff who must deal with people outside the company, such as sales and PR do; however, everyone else routinely has their address randomised and changed every few months. (Note: Konami employee emails are typically a few letters followed by a string of numbers, but this random email changing has been going on at Konami for years. A while back, one Konami employee told me this was done to prevent headhunting. Over the years, I have seen developers with company email addresses, but this might have changed recently.) That Konami game developers who aren’t seen as useful are reassigned to jobs as security guards, cleaning staff at the company’s fitness clubs or roles at a pachi-slot machine factory. This includes not just junior staff, but producers who have worked on well-known game titles. In 2013, Asahi News, one of Japan’s largest newspapers, ran an interview with a former Konami staffer who allegedly went from game development to working in Konami’s pachi-slot factory, causing him to experience severe depression. That one former employee, upon announcing on Facebook that they were leaving Konami and had got a new job elsewhere, had their post monitored. Nikkei says remaining Konami staff who “liked” the post were all reshuffled within the company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abhi90 Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Some indian IT offices are much worse than that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarbonCore Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 So Love Plus creator already left and Suikoden development halted too, damn. But I'm pretty sure couple of Konami apologists (lol@ them existing) will find a way to justify that as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyoyaHibari Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Some indian IT offices are much worse than that No way. even TCS is way better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realsoccerdude111 Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Kojima publically being pissed that the taboo project wasnt going to happen before it actually happened and now reports claiming nearly 80 million $ were spent after making of mgs V..some connection from the very begining about whats been going on since last few months between konami-kojima. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyoyaHibari Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 So Love Plus creator already left and Suikoden development halted too, damn. But I'm pretty sure couple of Konami apologists (lol@ them existing) will find a way to justify that as well. Lol some people are really complaining about some songs getting left out of game by kojima. And talking about business sence. In each development process there is lot of stuff that gets thrown away in between if its not up to the mark. Only exception is ram gopal verma single take movie which took 5 days to film. But the funny thing is it didn't even last 5 days long in theatres. these guys must love to produce that kind of movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarbonCore Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Kojima publically being pissed that the taboo project wasnt going to happen before it actually happened and now reports claiming nearly 80 million $ were spent after making of mgs V..some connection from the very begining about whats been going on since last few months between konami-kojima. Considering MGS4 budget which was $50-70M just on PS3 (which was recovered just after first day sale), $80M for a game on 5 platforms which also includes the cost of Fox engine, which now Konami uses everywhere is not that high. Especially if you add up the money that came from million copies of Ground Zeroes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnackChap Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 the best part about the whole mess was that some japanese videogame composer saying that they couldn't afford her when KP was working with some big hollywood names(including the composer) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realsoccerdude111 Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Considering MGS4 budget which was $50-70M just on PS3 (which was recovered just after first day sale), $80M for a game on 5 platforms which also includes the cost of Fox engine, which now Konami uses everywhere is not that high. Especially if you add up the money that came from million copies of Ground Zeroes. Maybe not but then again the article mentions about how console games arent bringing as much money to konami as much(mgs v as in this case as against mobile gaming). Makes me wonder if Konami would really even make 300% profit from the sales? Considering what you said about mgs4 they definately should make 400% profit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarbonCore Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 The problem is it takes a long time to see those returns, unlike in mobile sector where you can throw sh*t at wall as fast as you can and see what sticks. Plus those tiny mobile dev teams probably don't protest against being abused like slave, which is how they probably like to run the company. More than half of the board members are from same family, imagine an outsider big name like Kojima trying to run his project his own way there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CarbonCore Posted August 4, 2015 Report Share Posted August 4, 2015 New Silent Hill announced Silent Hill pachinko http://pachinkopachisro.com/archives/45000004.html#PKPCpFd.twitter_tweet_box_count Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadoken Posted August 4, 2015 Report Share Posted August 4, 2015 Lol 80m$ in today's age for a game like MGS is nothing It must only the cost of MGS & not the Fox engine Fox engine is a much more foresighted project than MGS 5 It is essential if Konami wants to stick to AAA gaming But question is why the f**k they gave Kojima a go ahead if it wasn't the plan to begin with Obviously minds were changed somewhere in the middle Its just your usual Company politics , Big wigs at Konami must have given Kojima the green signal. But then some other dudes in the Mobile or Gambling division , convinced those big wigs that Kojima studios is just a waste of time and that they can make a lot more profits with same budget. Hence Konami gave the fuk you to Kojima and shifted budgets to more sh*t. Why do you think theres sudden increase in new gambling machines from Konami? sh*t like this happens in many companies , but once that Mobile bubble bursts in Japan watch all these guy run around like headless chickens. Konami is an old company , the heads over there dont have the same passion that we do. They did not grow up with Konami classics like Contra,Castlevania,Metal Gear. To them its all just "assets" and $$$. To them Konami is just a name , they dont care what it stands for , they just need the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadoken Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1095606 Read that... WHAT THE ACTUAL f**k KONAMI??? This is how you treat one of the most influential people in your company? There have always been disagreements and fallouts between major companies and their top dog developer Itdagaki and Tecmo , Mikami and Capcom. But it was mostly handled in a professional manner and the company would wish them the best for their future opportunities. Heck sometimes the company even helps fund like how Sega funded Yuji Nakas (Sonic creator) startup. But this is the first time I am reading this kind of bullshit. It almost seems impossible to be true , security guards escorting him? WTF? #FreeKojima But dayum son , MGS 5 is $80m OVER the development budget? Wtf is the actual budget then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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