I own a Playstation because of Kojima. I'd say there's a lot of us, particularly commenting on this article- that this is true of. With that being said, Kojima is an auture and garnering funding for art projects is going to be difficult in the current "business" environment of gaming. That sucks for us, but you can't expect Sony, Konami, or anyone else to risk shutting doors for a project that would need to sell more copies than there are consoles currently sold to turn a profit. That's why people keep getting laid off. I consider Kojima the most masterful artist we've ever seen in this space, but his audience is dwindling because a good portion of those of us that grew up with MGS are now aging out of gaming. I think having an auture with an increasing budget and a dwindling audience isn't a good business decision by Sony, and although I am let down I understand the position. I also think this presents a unique opportunity for Microsoft, because I find them to be lacking that unique masterwork piece of art game. And, by the time this releases I think we're going to be talking about it much more as a Windows/SteamDeck2/Xcloud/GFN release- and wider distribution equals more funding for the art. Overall I have more allegiance to Kojima than I do any of these big mega-corps, so whatever allows him to actually finish a game... I'm with it.
I think of subs as aking to the NBA's G-League. It's a place where devs can get some dollars back when their game doesn't meet sales expectations, a launch pad for service games, and a second chance at life for aged AAA games that otherwise would have already hit terminal velocity of their sales. We will see how MS feels about first party day 1 releases after Starfield. My guess is that they'll see a huge increase in subs, mark it as a success, and then come back a year later after everyone has canceled the sub and wonder what in the world they were thinking. For instance, it might be heretical, but I'll be playing Starfield through GP without ever buying an Xbox. Now they've missed out on my dollars in the console purchase, too.
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Re: 'Have You Heard How Much Money Kojima Wanted?': Physint's Rumoured Budget Said to Be 'Significant'
I own a Playstation because of Kojima. I'd say there's a lot of us, particularly commenting on this article- that this is true of. With that being said, Kojima is an auture and garnering funding for art projects is going to be difficult in the current "business" environment of gaming. That sucks for us, but you can't expect Sony, Konami, or anyone else to risk shutting doors for a project that would need to sell more copies than there are consoles currently sold to turn a profit. That's why people keep getting laid off. I consider Kojima the most masterful artist we've ever seen in this space, but his audience is dwindling because a good portion of those of us that grew up with MGS are now aging out of gaming. I think having an auture with an increasing budget and a dwindling audience isn't a good business decision by Sony, and although I am let down I understand the position. I also think this presents a unique opportunity for Microsoft, because I find them to be lacking that unique masterwork piece of art game. And, by the time this releases I think we're going to be talking about it much more as a Windows/SteamDeck2/Xcloud/GFN release- and wider distribution equals more funding for the art. Overall I have more allegiance to Kojima than I do any of these big mega-corps, so whatever allows him to actually finish a game... I'm with it.
Re: Soapbox: I No Longer Think Subscriptions Like PS Plus, Xbox Game Pass Are the Future of Gaming
I think of subs as aking to the NBA's G-League. It's a place where devs can get some dollars back when their game doesn't meet sales expectations, a launch pad for service games, and a second chance at life for aged AAA games that otherwise would have already hit terminal velocity of their sales. We will see how MS feels about first party day 1 releases after Starfield. My guess is that they'll see a huge increase in subs, mark it as a success, and then come back a year later after everyone has canceled the sub and wonder what in the world they were thinking. For instance, it might be heretical, but I'll be playing Starfield through GP without ever buying an Xbox. Now they've missed out on my dollars in the console purchase, too.