Current Events > A new Konami complaint for Veggeta X

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https://twitter.com/YukumoJazz/status/875352141539545089

The above Tweet gives more reasons to hate Konami. Like we needed more.

Source is right below the tweet.

For people who won't click, it's basically Konami blacklisting their former employees. Telling other companies not to hire them.
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Konami don't give a shit about gamers and have since moved onto slot machines. Time to forget about them entirely.
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The full article: http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/The-Konami-exodus

Man, it's a shame what Konami has become.
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It's unfortunate that a company like this is allow to operate with these king of business practices.
I think it's likely they are always been bad and the amazing games that were made in the companies shadow were in spite of the toxic environment. They just got worse.
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In April this year, a Kojima Productions executive applied for the company to join ITS Kenpo, a health insurance society for companies in the gaming and internet service industry. Joining such insurance organizations is crucial to employee welfare, but the application was not even accepted. When the executive asked why, he was told by ITS Kenpo that all applications are screened by the board chairman before being reviewed by the board, and it could not show this application to the chairman.

Kimihiko Higashio, a director at Konami, is the chairman at ITS Kenpo.

The actions by ITS Kenpo suggest it was surmising Konami's wishes. But Article 22 of the Health Insurance Act stipulates that the decisions of health insurance societies be made by a majority vote by the board. If there is a tie, then the chairman decides. Showing applications to the chairman first would be deviating from standard procedure. But the issue goes beyond that: Health insurance societies by nature are supposed to act in the public's interest; decisions on applications cannot be left to a single person.

ITS Kenpo would not comment on the matter when approached by The Nikkei. Meanwhile, Kojima Productions is still unable to join the society.

Holy fuck. Literally playing with people's health.
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I still have high hopes for Metal Gear Survive, though.
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Konomi being petty bitches yet again.
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Veggeta X posted...

I still have high hopes for Metal Gear Survive, though.

It would have to be one hell of a game for me to consider supporting Konami when stuff like this is going on.
I like games though so I could justify it like, "really i'm supporting the passionate developers who made this and not Konami, right?" lol.
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cultural differences

this is how japan is. stop being intolerant
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ModLogic posted...

cultural differences

this is how japan is. stop being intolerant

Nope.
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