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Well a lot of the time burned out artists don't want to stick it to their fans, but if you cost your employer too much money then you're kind of screwing the person you're contentious with on the way out.

Edit: I do see your point though. Career suicide was a poor choice of words because his career as a game creator was untarnished. But I maintain that he was done with Konami and the MGS world as a whole.