Current Events > Konami plans to put more globally known IP's on high end consoles

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https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-09-02-mobile-pes-and-esports-the-three-pillars-of-konami

While there is nothing to announce on the likes of Metal Gear, Silent Hill or any of the other much-loved IP Konami is sitting on, he points to the recent Yu-Gi-Oh release, the upcoming Contra: Rogue Corps, and the abundances of Japan-only baseball games as signs of the firm's maintained presence on traditional games platforms. Saso even suggests work done in the console space influences the firm's mobile advancements.

"Even with new platforms coming out, we believe high-end console games are the most important. We challenge for innovative ideas and technology within our console games and apply them to other devices, so we will continue to put effort into our console games. We also plan to increase our portfolio. In addition to the multi-device titles for PES and Yu-Gi-Oh, we plan to work on projects with other globally known IPs in the near future."

Konami is one of the longest-running publishers in the games industry -- in fact, it celebrated its 50th anniversary earlier this year. As such, Saso says, the company has ridden three major games industry waves in terms of technology and business models: the '70s arcade boom, the rise of console in the 1980s, and the shift to mobile during the 2010s. And the company is already keeping a close eye on the impact of virtual and augmented reality.

"It is a part of our legacy to create new ideas and IPs to fit each age, and we believe that spirit is one of the reasons for our strength in the mobile game market," Saso says. "We can provide high-quality mobile games because of our technology to create high-end console games, as well as having knowledge to operate games because of our experience in arcade, PC and browser games. Our extensive experience in creating games for many devices is a strength we have at Konami like no other."

Saso also talks up the potential for next-generation hardware and faster infrastructures such as 5G as potential sources for "completely new game design," with Konami determined to stay at the forefront as the games industry evolves.

"We will continue to research and develop new opportunities in order to provide games to match the needs quickly," he concludes. "Now people can play games with others from all over the world easily online. The culture of watching people play games is as appealing now as actually playing the games, so we will look to continue to support this as well as esports.

"We will continue to provide many games, high-end to casual in many genres, and have fan events and esports championships in the near and foreseeable future."

I think Bomberman worked well as a Switch launch game so I think they'll do something similar.

I'm not expecting anything great though.
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Just give me HD remakes of MGS, even without Kojimas involvement keep the game exact the same if you need to just give me slick af graphics

Fuck Konami.
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I wish they'd just sell off their properties but keep the rights to use them in pachinko machines or something.
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Smashingpmkns posted...

I wish they'd just sell off their properties but keep the rights to use them in pachinko machines or something.

Sell Castlevania to Nintendo or Capcom. Hell, a lot of people think Capcom makes Castlevania anyway.
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Konami released a few collections of their old games recently actually heh.

I don't think they're selling anything. It looks like mobile gaming is a big thing for them.
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1) Get Kojima back for MGS6
2) ????
3) Profit
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I'll believe it when I see it.
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The Pachinko mines running dry?
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We need a new Castlevania of the same quality that Bloodstained was.

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MabusIncarnate posted...

We need a new Castlevania of the same quality that Bloodstained was.

A Castlevania pachinko machine you ask?
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It blows my mind they couldn't salvage anything from Silent Hills.

I mean c'mon. Directors have left during development before. Surely someone could step up and finish it off. Could even cut Norman Reedus.

Instead we got Metal Gear Survive.

Just god damn it Konami.
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