So the Metal Gear Solid V initial reviews are rolling out...

[RelaxImaPro]

And they're overwhemingly positive.  Many perfect scores are being tossed around.  Also, apparently nearly all of these reviewers have already sunk in around 40-50 hours of time in this game and only sit somewhere between 40-50% completion.

• IGN – 10
• Gamespot – 10 (pending online services)
• Metal Gear Informer – 10
• Examiner – 5/5
• Daily Dot – 5/5
• EGM – 9.5
• GameTrailers – 9.5
• GameInformer – 9.25
• Destructoid – 9
• Press Start – 9

Comes out next week on September 1st.

[RelaxImaPro]

And for what it's worth, this is the last one.  Hideo Kojima, the creator of the series, has parted ways with Konami... and apparently Konami is pretty much abandoning console gaming altogether once this is released.

[Doc Holiday]

And for what it's worth, this is the last one.  Hideo Kojima, the creator of the series, has parted ways with Konami... and apparently Konami is pretty much abandoning console gaming altogether once this is released.

Really? what brought that on, the MGS series you would think by itself be reason enough to stay in console gaming.

 

and I thought this was pretty awesome though 

http://kotaku.com/australian-retailer-sticks-it-to-konami-1726249776

[RelaxImaPro]

Really? what brought that on, the MGS series you would think by itself be reason enough to stay in console gaming.

 

and I thought this was pretty awesome though 

http://kotaku.com/australian-retailer-sticks-it-to-konami-1726249776

A new CEO took over and he's putting all the company's chips into some kind of dumbass Japanese virtually interactive slot machine business... that and mobile games for tablets and phones and poo.  But mostly slot machines.  They've basically shutdown the console game division from my understanding.

They cancelled all games in early-to-mid development including those from the Silent Hill and Castlevania series.  MGS5 would've gotten the axe too, but it was too far along in development.  They've also shown no willingness to sell the rights to those series to other game companies to keep them alive.

So, any future installment of MGS/Silent Hill/Castlevania/etc will either be on a cell phone... or a fuging slot machine... exclusively in Japan.  Sad end to one of the most influential and iconic video game series of all time.

[Doc Holiday]

A new CEO took over and he's putting all the company's chips into some kind of dumbass Japanese virtually interactive slot machine business... that and mobile games for tablets and phones and poo.  But mostly slot machines.  They've basically shutdown the console game division from my understanding.

They cancelled all games in early-to-mid development including those from the Silent Hill and Castlevania series.  MGS5 would've gotten the axe too, but it was too far along in development.  They've also shown no willingness to sell the rights to those series to other game companies to keep them alive.

So, any future installment of MGS/Silent Hill/Castlevania/etc will either be on a cell phone... or a fuging slot machine... exclusively in Japan.  Sad end to one of the most influential and iconic video game series of all time.

Sad end indeed, something tells me this CEO will have a very short time. 

[RelaxImaPro]

Sad end indeed, something tells me this CEO will have a very short time. 

Apparently pachinko machines, the virtual story themed slot machines, basically print money over there in Japan.  Their reasoning was to "trim the fat" so to speak.  Console games cost way too much to develop and produce with too little of a payoff.  Mobile games cost next to nothing to make in comparison along with a short dev time and is pretty much guaranteed to rake in a profit.  Pachinko machines even more so.  You just set them up at locations and it rakes in money.

Yeah, it's pretty shitty business on their part and a huuuge slap in the face of every fan of any of their series that bought their products and made them into the company they are today.  Hopefully it'll backfire and the pachinko market crashes horribly... but Japan seems to love quirky poo like that, so I dunno.  Company will probably make more money than ever.

[KSpan]

Who has that kind of time to play a single video gamegame, let alone several (any Rock Star game, Oblivion, etc.)? Hell, I'm lucky to get a game or two of Madden a month. I genuinely don't understand where people find the time, but it sounds like an awesome experience for those who can.

[Dex]

so pumped

[SmootsDaddy89]

I'm rubbing my penis against the steam store page for the game rn.