Friday, August 7, 2015

Konami's Decade of Disasters

We all love(d) Konami.
But they're starting to slip.
This is the collected timeline of insanity!

2004:

                      - Renamed Room 302 to Silent Hill 4: The Room and forced Developers Team Silent to change it into a sequel, not a new style of game.

2004-2011:

                      - Lost Developers over this period from Team Silent to other places.

2011:

                      - Dissolved Team Silent (the Developers behind Silent Hill 1 through 4).

2012:

MARCH 1     - Dissolved/absorbed Hudson Soft.
MARCH 20   - Silent Hill HD Collection:  Poor quality graphics compared to original games.
OCTOBER    - Zone Of The Enders HD Collection: Bad gameplay compared to original games.
DECEMBER - David Hayter not rehired as Snake for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.

2013:

JUNE 6          - Kiefer Sutherland announced as new Snake for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.

2014:

MARCH 17   - Castlevania series Producer Koji Igarashi leaves Konami.

2015:


MARCH 19   - Metal Gear series Creator Hideo Kojima (allegedly) fired.
                       - Developer Kojima Productions removed from the Metal Gear series.
(Traces of company COMPLETELY removed from promotional materials, social media, everything.)
APRIL 27      - Konami delists itself from the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange).
APRIL 27      - Silent Hills cancelled despite P.T demo being a hit worldwide.
                         (Letting go of Director Guillermo del Toro and lead Norman "Darryl Dixon" Reedus.)
MAY 5          - P.T (AKA Playable Teaser) pulled from PlayStation Store.
MAY 11        - Castlevania Producer Koji Igarashi condemns Konami's actions over Kojima incident.

JULY 29        - Pachinko Castlevania game announced (WHY?!?!)
AUGUST 4    - Pachinko Silent Hill game announced (WHY?!?!)



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