After it was confirmed that Kojima was leaving, gamers initially couldn't even get a straight answer from Konami as to whether Silent Hills was cancelled or not. And of course, the brilliant marketing campaign behind the ill-fated Silent Hills was completely upended by Konami's rash behavior. Shocked fans were left confused and angry, so Konami scrambled to restore Kojima's name to Metal Gear Solid V branding. Instead, Konami chose to pull any mention of Kojima from its website, materials, and Metal Gear Solid V itself, without making any kind of official announcement first. Kojima and Konami could have simply come to an agreement to part ways after the completion of Metal Gear Solid V and Silent Hills. It's downright embarrassing at this point. But this Kojima/Konami split has just been so messy and unprofessional, it goes beyond being disappointing to gamers.

Konami's response to the split has been anything but graceful, with the publisher seemingly eager to kick Kojima to the curb, yet reluctant to admit that the nearly 30-year relationship has ended.ĭevelopers and publishers split and go their separate ways all the time, like Yager recently being booted off Dead Island 2 by Deep Silver. As a gamer, I'm disappointed about the cancellation of Silent Hills, and repulsed by Konami's attempt to remove any mention of Kojima on his own creation, Metal Gear Solid, but it goes beyond that. H3 id='konami-refutes-news-about-hideo-kojima-s-departure-from-the-publisher-leaving-us-to-wonder-why-they-seem-to-be-in-endless-denial-over-a-split-they-agreed-to'>Konami refutes news about Hideo Kojima's departure from the publisher, leaving us to wonder why they seem to be in endless denial over a split they agreed to.Įvery time some new piece of information comes out about the split between developer Hideo Kojima and publisher Konami, I cringe.

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