Konami and Nintendo go back a long way. It's highly debatable whether the former would have enjoyed the success it has had over the years without the NES, as titles such as Castlevania, Gradius and Contra all found a receptive audience on the system. Likewise, you could argue that the NES (not to mention the SNES and Game Boy) benefitted massively from Konami's excellent software.
However, if a new rumour is to be believed – and we should probably point out that we're very much on the fence right now – then Nintendo's connection with some of Konami's key franchises is in danger of being severed completely.
Reports seeping out of 4chan (yes, we know) have stated that Sony is looking to purchase the Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill and Castlevania IP from Konami. The source isn't one we'd normally give any attention too, but the interesting thing is that the website Jack of All Controllers has stated that the story has been verified by "other sources". Add to this the rumour that Sony is actively funding new Silent Hill titles, and what was previously easily-dismissable gossip suddenly becomes something worthy of a little more consideration (exactly how much more is up for debate).
Indeed, as the old saying goes, there's no smoke without fire. Konami isn't the company it once was and has shifted its focus away from AAA console development onto smartphone games, PES and the odd low-budget, speculative effort, such as Super Bomberman R and Contra: Rogue Corps. Its attempt to leverage Metal Gear without creator Hideo Kojima gave us the dismal Metal Gear Survive, and it hasn't done anything meaningful with Castlevania or Silent Hill for years. An attractive offer from Sony could well convince the company to part with these notable franchises, especially if some kind of royalty arrangement was on the table. It's also worth noting that it was Sony and not Konami that did the heavy lifting on the recent Requiem collection for the PS4, which perhaps shows how much Sony thinks of the Castlevania series as a whole.
But, back in the real world, we're not entirely sure this will come to pass. Perhaps Sony has made an offer, and word has gotten out. Does that mean Konami would say yes? That's maybe not as likely, especially as Castlevania still carries some weight (as evidenced by the well-received Netflix animated series) and Metal Gear could up joining the likes of Sonic and Detective Pikachu as a box office success in the near future.
Should we be filing this one under 'wishful fanboy thinking', given that Sony owning Metal Gear could potentially open a way up for Kojima working on the series again? Or do you think it's exactly the kind of thing that the Konami of 2020 would do? Let us know with a comment.
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It would be nice if Nintendo could buy them.
Not that I really believe the source, but good. Someone ought to do something meaningful with the franchises. Yes, I'd rather Nintendo be involved somehow, but if that doesn't happen so be it.
@Kalmaro would be nice if Nintendo would buy a number of studios... Didn't they say something about it not being their style and allowing the companies to have their own autonomy for creative directions?
Its also worth noting that if Sony Interactive does acquire the IP's, they are going to have Kojima be heavily involved with future Metal Gear and Silent Hill projects.
Well, if this rumor happens to be true ya might as well get Contra too... and Rumble Roses.
Apparently all of this stims from Sonys absolute DESPERATE desire to revive Silent Hill P.T. They believe the game's publicity is an absolute gold mine that should not be wasted, and they see Konami as fools for canceling the project. Sony getting the rights to Silent Hill, as well as having Kojima on board, would mean an absolute for certain revival of the long-awaited P.T
I can see Metal Gear and Silent Hill going back to Sony. I personally don't mind this. (Minus losing Metal Gear Revengence). But don't you dare touch Castlevania.
@T7Hokage017 Yes. I felt that Sony should have done that during the PS2 era, but I feel Nintendo might be stronger in making great games from those IPs. But you never know. Nintendo and Sony might combine forces one day.
I don't really care who gets the franchises, as long as they put them to better use than Konami has, such a waste.
@Captain_Toad You do know if Sony obtains the Metal Gear series, it is HIGHLY likely they will get Platinum games to make a follow up to Metal Gear Rising. Platinum Games have been begging to do it for years, and since the MG series is at a weird spot following Guns of the Patriots ending, making a follow up to Rising would be the next best logical course of action.
Hmmm... On the one hand Sony would definitely be doing a much job handling the IPs right now than Konami, but on the other hand, this would certainly make these games PS exclusive and I personally would prefer them to stay open platform. I would still say the pros outweigh the cons in this situation though.
When to comes to Sony getting those IPs specifically though, Metal Gear and Silent Hill make sense since those franchises found their fame or started on the PlayStation and Sony is killing it with narrative-driven games recently, they could definitely do those series' justice. Castlevania though? Nah, give that to a studio like 505 games, WayForward, or even Nintendo; someone that has proven their ability to make excellent Metroidvanias.
@Minfinity Yeah, and I can understand that. I also think that Nintendo buying them would do more good than harm in the long run. It would at least allow the IPs not to be so mistreated.
Nintendo is usually good about respecting IPs.
I generally really dislike when a first party company buys a 3rd party or 3rd party IP. Because that means going forward that series will be available to less audiences.
BUT if Sony buying these IPs means that these games will stop languishing in Konami's basement indefinitely... Then I can live with that.
Konami and Sega would make great Nintendo subsidiaries, and you could rest assured their amazing IPs that have languished for so long would get more exposure and better treatment overall. But alas, that's a pipe dream.
Makes me wonder what would happen with Smash Ultimate if Sony did buy these series. Would it still be able to be sold? Would they need to patch out any and all Castlevania and Metal Gear content?
If Sony is going to buy Metal Gear Soild, Silent Hill and Castlevania, can Konami throw in Suikoden as well?
If Sony acquiring Castlevania means we will get another "movie interactive experience number 5000" like with every other damn game they produce (since it's all they're good for) then no thank you.
Keep your God of War for that, leave Castlevania with much more ambitious developers who understand strong game design.
I’d much rather Sony got them than Konami kept either doing a terrible reboot or pachinko machines. Given Horizon and Death Stranding are on PC now, it’s not completely out of the question for future games to be on Switch. Sony might as well make some money from handheld ports instead of attempting Vita 2, despite how much I love my Vita. Nintendo won’t buy them, those series just aren’t Ninty’s first party style.
@patbacknitro18 Not really. Kojima is independent. He can say no, and he almost certainly will say no to a new Metal Gear.
Sony can have all of Konami’s IP’s, but I’d rather see Castlevania go to Nintendo. At least in its classic Metroidvania style.
The only way I’d prefer Sony to take the reins is if they didn’t make the series a PlayStation exclusive.
Plus, I feel as though Sony would be able to iterate on the excellent Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (1st game).
Ooh, I can just imagine a Sony Santa Monica (God of War) developed Castlevania. 😍
@Kalmaro spot on
If Sony buy Konami, i would like to see a new Dance Dance Revolution games on PS4 or PS5 with Metal Dance pad sold separetely. 😀
DDR is played better on Sony machines since DDR was born first from PS1 and Arcade. DDR on PS5 with more than 300 songs (as long the songs choices are good) is like a Dream comes true for me.
@Yosher Nothing would happen apart from changing who owns the license in the credits. Why would they need to remove it?
@Entrr_username I don't really know how it would work. Sony could be complaining to Nintendo for selling something that contains some of their IPs though, which Nintendo could choose to counter by patching out this content. Like I said though I'm not sure how this stuff would work so I'm just wondering.
The Pachinko fans will be devastated.
The consolidation of IPs isn’t something I wanna see but Sony wants to maximize their profits and Konami doesn’t care about these IPs so it could be possible.
@Desrever
I heard that there will be a new policy in Japan that Pachinko machines will be banned.
Konami should think twice with their business decision as i heard so many employees from Konami moved out and joined in different game companies due to its controversy Konami's policy.
Someone pick up the Suikoden rights from Konami...
Well as long as someone does something with them I don’t mind
Konami ignoring the gems they have in their backlog is criminal
@T7Hokage017 Nintendo buying these franchises would be a train wreck.
Sony or third party thats not Konami would be best.
If they are up for sale, then I hope that literally any other company buys them.
@Varkster God of War isn't a movie. It's a pretty good game.
I wouldn't mind Sony acquiring Silent Hill or Metal Gear but I'm a little conflicted about Castlevania. Castlevania is at its best when its a metroidvania or classic 2D platformer, neither of which I see Sony pushing. Sony is much more interested in larger scale AAA experiences and if they were to get control of Castlevania they would probably attempt to do something along the lines of Lords of Shadows which I would not want.
In the same way there would be no new Bayonettas without Nintendo, there probably won't be any new non-mobile or pachinko metal gear games or Castlevania. Konami clearly don't want to take risks anymore, so I find it entirely plausible that they'd be interested in selling and if they are then it's up to interested parties to snatch them up. Id rather have a new Metal Gear or Castlevania than not, afterall.
The rumor of Konami licensing Silent Hill to Sony has merit.
Everything else is bogus.
Rumours out of 4chan are making headline news...
Well, if true, this would be an extremely smart move by Sony and a terrible missed opportunity by everyone else.
Sony must be getting Desperate now because the Switch is outselling them and with E3 bedridden they lost all the Steam. I think Sony is running scared now that they have nothing new games to bring forward so they are buying 3rd parties to buffer their own losses here. Sony buying 3rd party is called Censorship they block any blood/gore in Komani games. Is that what everyone here wants? I doubt it.
Couldn't care less either way. The only CASTLEVANIA game i loved was IV on the SNES and never played, or wanted to, metal gear so hey ho, let's go.
@SwitchForce Sony wasn't even going to E3
@Entrr_username people always say this.
I hope Sony acquires Silent Hill and gives it to Kojima. Lol that would be fitting karma after what Konami did to him.
Honestly, I’m okay with Castlevania and Contra being left in the past. There hasn’t been an indisputably great entry since Aria, maybe Dawn, and IGA isn’t coming back. I would love to see a return to the series’ roots, but I doubt that will ever happen.
Contra has seen two good entries in twenty-five years: Contra 4 and Shattered Soldier. The latest was bottom of the barrel. The series deserved so much better!
Honestly, though, with games like Blazing Chrome, Hollow Knight, and so many other run and guns/Metroidvanias, does the world really need another piece of crap like Mirror of Fate, or Rogue Corps?
Not happening. This would cost stupid money and frankly would be an idiotic move on Sony's part. Working with Konami to bring back Silent Hill is one thing, buying IPs that Konami is still making money off of even if it's not in video games? No way that would happen at a cost that makes business sense.
@ALinkttPresent
Given the censorship crusade Sony is on, which is the worst of the 'big 3,' I agree.
What do people think Sony would pay for them?
Honestly next to Nintendo, I think Sony would be the best publishers to give those IP's to so I'm not exactly mad as I believe Sony would do them justice.
I would however feel weird about Castlevania not being on Nintendo platforms.
@Yosher : I'm confident that Smash would be unaffected as Nintendo's legal team would have ensured that any transferal of IP ownership would not impact the content of the game going forward (though it could impact, say, a hypothetical rerelease of Smash Ultimate on a future Nintendo console). These are large companies with dedicated legal teams, so they would ensure that the conditions are airtight in their favour. Plus, Nintendo would just sue Konami/Sony for breach of contract if Sony were to stamp down on Smash Ultimate and demand that any Konami-related indicia be removed from the game.
I imagine that the worst case scenario in such a situation would be that any Sony-owned Konami-related games would be removed from the Switch/Wii U/3DS eShops, such as the Castlevania Collection and the like (though it would most likely be in their commercial interest to keep them on the eShop, but perhaps hinder release of any future games on rival platforms). I don't know if there are any Konami games in the NSO's NES/SNES catalogues, but they will most likely face the chop as well.
@Trajan God of War follows a by the numbers formula present in 80% of PlayStation exclusives and was the absolute turning point of where I have my PS4 Pro with dozens of games away for free.
If that's something that Castlevania has a chance of becoming then no, I would rather Sony not invest in Konami's IPs.
You're allowed an opinion but honestly all of Sony's "cinematic" game experiences and how much praise they get for just being games with average gameplay but with big high-budget spectacle is revolting. Feel free to argue with me but that is my opinion.
@Dpishere Agreed. Just about anyone could do more with their franchises at this point.
@Varkster Your obviously never played the game then. The cinematics were less than Xenoblade 2, my favorite game ever.
I have begun to hate Sony and I have always been more a Microsoft fan.
@Yosher likely not as there are probably contracts already in place for Nintendo to use those Konami I.P. for the life of the game.
I doubt it, but would be unfortunate if true, most of their games are homogenizing into a very similar template. Not always a bad thing, but is uninspired imo.
Buy Metal Gear Solid and give it to Kojima.
Castlevania in the hands of SONY could also be massive. A new story driven game would be great - something dark like the TV show.
At least with SONY I am somewhat sure it will not end up being some side scrolling nonsense.
@Trajan You're entirely missing the point of my argument either on purpose or just through ignorance and I'll just leave it. Waste of my time.
@Varkster No, your argument is invalid by stereotyping games. If I played the same game I could say Nintendo would ruin the games by making them for 6 year olds.
Nintendo should of bought
Castlevania
Gradius
Parodius
Twin Bee
Contra and it’s difficulty does not fit Nintendo’s style.
Microsoft should buy them and hire Kojima, I would laugh so hard in Sony's greedy face. Sony would turn them all into movie games.
They also claim Sony wants their Japan studio to make a Castlevania similar to Bloodborne and Lords of shadow. Bloodborne is absolutely amazing so I have little to no doubt if Japan studio rebooted it, they'd make a fantastic Castlevania
But the main reason I'd want this to be true is because it would mean someone actually wants to keep three great series alive
@Yosher no, because thats not now that works.
Konami would likely license the ips to Sony if it was to happen. Remember, companies still like money and a licensing deal would ensure konami makes that money with minimum input/maximum output.
So according to some people in this comment section, Castlevania should appeal to people who hate the traditional "side scrolling nonsense" Castlevanias (a.k.a mostly non-fans)
Wut?
@Darlinfan Yes those people were desperate. And those desperate people are who Sony wants the most right now.
@Orpheus79V After Metal Gear Survive, do you REALLY think Kojima would pass up working with the Metal Gear series again? Its his baby, there is literally no reason in the world for him to pass up working on his baby again.
@Agramonte "Something dark like the TV show" the Netflix show is literally Castlevania 3
@Trajan I will reply once simply because of how ridiculous and amusing you are.
I've given you my opinion on Sony games and how most of them are designed with the same premise in mind. They focus more on the wow factor and spectacle rather than complex game mechanics which is OKAY as there is room for that in the market. If you like those games (which you clearly do) then that's your opinion and it doesn't bother me at all.
That being said, a Metroidvania title is known for its world and level design with complex gameplay mechanics in place which challenge the player and his interactivity with said world and level design. This is why Metroidvania games are replayable. This goes true for the Souls games, Metroid, Hollow Knight but most importantly to this argument - Castlevania.
Sony has shown no expertise in such complex game design as their appeal in games appears to be, as I mentioned before, in spectacle. Again your opinion on whether you like that - I don't care for.
I don't want them to ruin Castlevania because their game philosophy is antithetical to the design of those games. That is why I would prefer them not to be in charge and ruin Castlevania as a franchise beloved by many.
I won't even go into how fundamentally wrong it is that you compared a 200 hour JRPG to a 30 hour action game to make a statement for...which game has longer cinematics....like what??
@Varkster so you ignore Bloodborne and Nioh?
@Kalmaro I think Sony would be a better fit for Metal Gear but Nintendo would be a better fit for Castlevania.
Not Castlevania. Anything but Castlevania. If Sony bought Castlevania they'd most definitely give it back to IGA, which is the last thing I want, because it would inevitably sink back into the same pile of missed potential that the series has been sitting in since HoD undid all of the improvements that CotM made to the formula. I don't want to see Aria 4, because it would inevitably return with the same problems that the existing trilogy has with customization options that aren't really customizable and THE SAME DAMN HALLWAYS THAT SHOW UP IN EVERY IGAVIANIA GAME THAT JUST WASTE YOUR TIME FOR AT LEAST 3 ROOMS UNTIL YOU TRUDGE BACK TO WHERE YOU STARTED WITH NOTHING GAINED!!! NOTHING!!!! Sorry, I needed to get that rant out again. Nothing will ever piss me off more than those damn hallways.
@Trajan Neither game is developed by Sony or their studios...is this really an argument.
Hell, Ni-Oh isn't even an exclusive as I'm playing through it on Steam. Bloodborne is exclusive, yes, but is made entirely by FromSoftware. From is capable of making a Castlevania game, yes, in many ways Souls is actually a modern Castlevania game in spirit. That said, From is not an in-house Sony developer.
My gripe with PS4 exclusives is that it's very easy to tell which game is a Sony game by looking at its structure. Horizon, God of War, Last of Us, Uncharted, Spider-Man, Days Gone...all of them, despite being completely separate from each other and developed by various studios, are fundamentally similar games.
They do not play with game concepts and mechanics as many other games do. This is precisely why I play Nintendo games as this play on game mechanics is what got me into video games. There is a very high skill ceiling with games like Breath of the Wild, Mario Odyssey, Bayonetta, etc. This is proven by just how wild the speedrunning community is around these games.
And look man, my apologies if I sounded rude and demeaning to your counter statements before. It wasn't my intention to be that way but in my eyes Castlevania is a game which should explore game mechanics rather than spectacle, voice acting and other things Sony has a rather large focus on. Not to say those things can't coexist in a Castlevania game as supplements to a great game, but it should not be in focus when developing such a title.
I would say Sony's approach to game development would much more greatly benefit a franchise like Silent Hill out of these 3 Konami giants. Silent Hill is a much more narrative driven series. That said, Sony would have to find a good balance between their way of providing a story and the subtlety of Silent Hill's thematic storytelling.
This was a long rant, I'm getting back to work.
@BanjoPickles I don't share the same sentiment, but kudos for recognizing Contra SS and 4. They are my favourites to 1cc in the series.
@Alucard-XII
Thank you, my friend. I remember being so excited about Shattered Soldier, when it was first announced. At first, I hated it.....but then it grew on me. Contra 4, on the other hand, had me from the get go. It felt fresh, yet familiar, and it struck all of the right notes.
Don’t get me wrong. I would love to see a Castlevania that was on par with Castlevania III, IV, Rondo, Symphony, Aria, or Dawn. The problem is that Konami seems incapable of doing it. It’s to the point where there are more average-to-bad entries than good-to-great:
Average
-Dracula X (SNES): nothing about this game stood out. The music was cheesy, the level layouts were awful, with some of the most ridiculously hard jumps in the series, and a Dracula fight that was cheap.
-Lords of Shadow: this game had so much potential, but I hated how much it aped God of War.
-Legacy of Darkness
-Curse of Darkness
-Lament of Innocence
Bad
-Castlevania: the Adventure
-Castlevania Judgment
-Castlevania: Legends
-Lord of Shadow: Mirror of Fate
-Castlevania 64
-Lords of Shadow 2
Granted, these are only my opinions. The Castlevania series is one of my favorites, but Konami has let it die, and doesn’t seem interested in resuscitating it, which sucks.
@Yosher By the time Sony bought the IPs, Smash Bros. would had gotten a new entry anyways, and all Konami's IPs that were sold to Sony wouldn't be a part of it that means no reps and contents from Silent Hill, Castlevania, and Metal Gear. To make y'all feel better though we could still get the true Konami reps that Sony didn't snatch which would finally make sense for Smash Bros. like Bonk, Goemon (Mystical Ninja), Django (Boktai), Sparkster (Rocket Knight Adventures), and Bomberman. Would be sad to miss Simon and Richter but Snake probably not as much as I feel he never truly fit that well in Smash Bros. to begin with not to mention he's more in Sony's territory than Nintendo. Even if Simon and Richter are gone from Smash Bros. (if this happen), Nintendo could still make a whip character that share similar moveset to them in the next Smash Bros. game such as Aeron from Pandora's Tower.
Pass the IP over to Treasure and let them crowdfund to get some real Castlevania/Gradius games released
There's no way Sony is buying these IP, or rather there's no way Konami is selling them. They still use the IP, just not necessarily in games. Pachinko machines, comic books, TV shows, remasters/rereleases, other licensing opportunities, and the occasional game make money for Konami. It makes way more sense for Konami to license their IP out or do a low risk collaboration with other devs than to cut off a slow and steady revenue stream that will always have an active die-hard audience.
@Varkster
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@Gamer83
i guess ill have to look for my hentai visual novels on steam then...
@BanjoPickles
-Dracula X (SNES): nothing about this game stood out. The music was cheesy, the level layouts were awful, with some of the most ridiculously hard jumps in the series, and a Dracula fight that was cheap.
well your first mistake was not playing the TurboGrafx-CD version lol
This could be interesting to see. Sure, it would be weird if Sony bought Castlevania, but if they do, it might help the franchise, and we'd likely get some new games. Who knows, they might even listen to what the fans want and give us something we want, like a modern classic style Castlevania, or more solid MetroidVania games. Konami is making Castlevania fans suffer by just sitting on the franchise and giving us an occasional pachinko or mobile game, or the anime, so I really hope for the best for the series if Sony buys it. I hope they would know what to do.
I don't think it's a bad idea tbh.
Kojima could go back to working on MG and SH since he have close ties with Sony right now and they could also bring Iga back to work on Castlevania.
To people saying it should be Nintendo making the offer, I agree it would also be cool to see, but let's face it, those IP's are as much (if not even more) part of Sony's history as they are Nintendo's.
@SwitchForce Why would Sony censor any content? Especially violent content such as blood and gore?
Some of their own flagship franchises pretty much push that kinda stuff when it comes to content, and it's hard to believe they would censor Konami's games and yet allow stuff like Mortal Kombat 11 to be published on their systems.
The only stance I've every heard Sony take when it came to content was over nudity in games like BMX XXX or some Japanese games that have young characters in questionable scenes that might fly in Japan, but not in the West.
Besides, there have been numerous mature-rated Konami games released on Playstation platforms since the PS1, so your argument does not even make sense.
@patbacknitro18 That PT (Silent Hills) demo was probably the most scary, creepy thing I've ever played. It dripped with atmosphere and I almost didn't finish it. shame I had to delete it off my base ps4 when I traded it in for a pro
@patbacknitro18 YIIIKES!
Remember there were rumors too about Kojima developing a Silent Hill alongside Konami, and other that even said he was going back to work for Konami. It’ll be a waste of those IP’s potential if Sony buys them and Kojima handles the work. MGS V sucked balls, Lords of Shadow killed Castlevania, and PT was a waste of money. The second he touch other Konami’s franchises, he f&$@ed up big time. He’s a glorified designer, nothing more.
@X68000 Treasure could certainly do an incredible old school Castlevania
If those IPs were up for sale, I'd hope Nintendo would get Castlevania. Though the IP has had its most recent successes on Sony's platform, I still strongly associate it with Nintendo consoles and think Nintendo. As for Metal Gear and Silent Hill, I'd make the same argument for Sony's consoles. Just an opinion.
@Kang81 Lords of Shadow was a complete, tight trilogy. There’s nothing there to iterate on. It was great and I’d rather not see it diminished by future forced entries. I guess they could do prequels though. For instance, how about incorporating Sonia Belmont into the timeline again.
@codyf The soundtrack was still good in Dracula XX, it of course couldn’t hold a (whipped) candle to the righteous CD Audio of Rondo. However, there are a select few arrangements that are better in the Super Nintendo version
The saddest thing if something like this ever happens is it would just show that Konami as it currently stands has no real desire to get back into producing games outside of a yearly pro evo release. Although I would rather someone like Sega or Capcom purchased them so they can be multi platform games. I did hear the rumours not long ago about Kojima oddly working on a new Silent Hill game but couldn't imagine he would want to work with Konami. This would be a way that would work though and for those games series not to just end never to be continued again.
@Thaliard With the success of Castlevania's Netflix series I don't see Konami selling the IP. Even with it dormant they're still making money off the show and with re-releases of the classics for those who got into it due to the show. Would not be surprised to see them announce a Curse of Darkness Remaster to tie in with Season 4.
I could see Sony and Konami doing a joint development of a Castlevania or Silent Hill game. Just not Sony buying the IP.
@Antraxx777 I'd argue the first Lords of Shadows game was quite excellent. It was a fresh new take on Castelvania, and followed the traditions of an epic to an marvellous degree... strangely enough it was its ties to Castlevania that made it stumble face-first into a pile of cow-pies. Just imagine if Lords of Shadows was its own thing, and they were not restricted by the Castlevania franchise it would have probably stuck the landing better for the follow-up games.
Though... Lords of Shadows 2... less said about that game the better.
@Antraxx777
I haven’t finished LoS 2 yet, I will soon now that it’s BC on my XB1. I didn’t necessarily mean a continuation of LoS, I meant more the gameplay style of it. It was a really well done game, at least the first one anyway. I had some minor issues with MoF, and I’ve only heard a lot of negative stuff about LoS 2, so I shall soon see.
With FIFA being such a joke on the switch compared to the effort given to it on other platforms, I really hope Konami will bring a full PES version to the switch sometime...
I'd like Metal Gear and Silent Hill to be bought by Sony. I'd rather see these titles on the PS5 rather than Switch. I love the Switch, but any new installments for these games should take full advantage of the new higher spec hardware.
Kojima, although I dont like this guy as much as everyone else, I still want to see his Silent Hill and he's been working with Sony for decades.
On the other hand, ports of the older titles to the Switch, of course are welcomed.
I can see Konami licensing said franchises to Sony in order to avoid directly funding new games, similar to Capcom with SFV but outright selling them lol no, they're still making truckloads of money with them. And let's face it, a lot of gamers are being very hypocrite, just replace Sony with Microsoft or Nintendo and they would riot. I simply do not trust Sony's sudden interest in japanese IPs when they've been ignoring them in favor of western games since the PS3 days
Oh, that's a good rumor. If it's true, then Hideo Kojima can continue a Metal Gear franchise and make a new Silent Hill for us. PS5, I'll choose you!
Considering how badly Konami has gone of the rails. I cant really see Sony getting their hands on these IP's as much of a bad thing.
These series deserve better then the way Konami is treating them.
@Antraxx777 i need to get the vinyl of those two. Ugh sooo good.
@KitsuneNight indeed Sony would be better than EA or Capcom getting the IP.
And even though the games have been on Nintendo systems. These IPs aren't really like Nintendo IPs. So I don't think Nintendo would be very interested in them.
Where is that hilarious header image art from? I love it!
@Thaliard It's the Japanese box art for Super Castlevania IV.
Well, it's interesting news... Especially that Castlevania is much more associated with Nintendo than Sony. It would be weird if no more Castlevania games could be released on Nintendo consoles, not even re-releases of ones that were originally released for Nintendo systems, like the NES trilogy.
Losing Metal Gear and Silent Hill would hurt as well, but a bit less, as those franchises were already mostly associated with Sony, and only had a few games on Nintendo systems. It makes me wonder what would happen to Smash though, as it has both Metal Gear and Castlevania characters in it. Or maybe Sony would do something like what Microsoft does with Minecraft, as in let these games be released on other consoles and profit from them that way.
Anyway, time for Nintendo to but Goemon! We freaking need a new game after 15 years.
I don’t mind if Sony pay Konami for the right to make games for those franchises, but I’d hate to see Sony own them entirely thus preventing those games ever appearing on other platforms again.
That said, if the rumours about the PS5 being less powerful than the Series X are true, Sony probably want to lock in as many platform exclusives as they can to try and keep the COD/FIFA/Madden crowd from jumping ship.
@sanderev
Better then EA for sure.
Capcom has this weird lurching habit where some times they produce something amazing, ( the REmakes ) and other times you wonder just what the hell they think they are doing. ( Marvel vs Capcom ultimate, Streefighter V, Dead Rising 4 )
But these IP's deserve better then being consigned to pachinko machines.
Metal gear and silent hill belongs on the ps4, beside that imo konami is history, there hasnt been any nice game since 2001.
Maybe some pes editions.
Nintendon should focus on indie studio that made baldo. There lies a great potential.
This good be a great studio for a game like mother 3 or a new paper mario style game
I get the first two but what would sony need castlevania for? Not like that franchise sold well on their systems
Sony would take good care of them all. Give ‘em to them. I’d love a new Metal Gear game that isn’t Metal Gear Survive
I'd be excited to see a new Silent Hill installment. Metal Gear series has always held a spot in my gaming heart although I'm not ready for a new one.
Think of the pachinko machines! Won't somebody think of the pachinko machines!
Maybe they will get the rights to creating games based on those IPs, but I can't see it going any further than that. Still, I'd love to see P. T. become a reality, esp. as a PS5 exclusive. Kojima proved that he and his company are more than capable of taking advantage of a system like that and given Death Stranding success and quality (at least I for one came away impressed and truly moved by the experience) this could potentially turn into another milestone for them.
Bringing P. T. back for PS5 would also be marketing gold. I'm also not opposed to Castlevania. I recently re-played the early parts of Lord of Shadows and while not flawless, I still feel it holds up well and is actually a bit of rough gem, definitely underrated in my book.
I'd be interested to see what they could do with the rights to making games for it.
As for Metal Gear ... I think the series has deserved a rest, at least for now. There will be a time and a place for bringing it back in some form, but for now, let's not beat a dead horse here.
@patbacknitro18 Yes, I do. Kojima had been wanting to move on from Metal Gear forever. 2 was meant to be his last, then he got pulled back in for 3, then 4, then 5. He's made it clear over the years that he's wanted to get away from it so he could make new things, and now he's finally got the freedom to do that.
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