What the hell is actually wrong with the people running Konami?

>>380918039
>What the hell is actually wrong with the people running Konami?

It's easier to make money off of depressed middle aged salary men than depressed NEET gamers.

>>380918163
It's not even the fact that they're switching from consoles and things to mobile. It's the way they treat their workers, I know Japanese corporations are hell, but saying you'll sue if you put your work experience there on a resume, that's truly absurd.

>>380918039
In Japan people are not buying consoles anymore. Therefore making gimmick arcade games where the profits are now.

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>>380918039
Stocks are up and Metal Gear Survive looks great.
Yugioh Duel Links is fucking amazing too.

>>380920767
What looks so good about Metal Gear Survive, frankly it looks umbrella corps tier.

>>380918039
Their stocks have been only going up ever since they dumped Kojima and most of their gaming division which was the LEAST profitable one. Reducing it to skeleton operation has been nothing but extremely profitable venture so far, so in terms of business there's nothing wrong with them.
Morally though, you can answer that yourself.

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Uh, they made a good business call.

What exactly is "wrong" with this?

Gambling is more popular with 1st world aging populaces. Those aging populaces have more money than dumb fuck millennials obsessed with videogames. Videogames are a dead market, no growth in sight.

Guess who the market leader for slot machines is, smart guy.

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>>380921048
Getting to play in that sweet FOX engine in a co-op open sandbox adventure? MGS5 should have had co-op from the start, the delay and e3 reviews are getting me super excited.

>>380918645
>treat their workers
If someone signs up to work for someone else, they get what they deserve.

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>>380921345
>defending pachinko machines on /v/

They're literal gangster who care more about gambling and other businesses than they do their videogame division.

>>380921447
>>>/pol/

>>380921345
>video games
>dead market
>larger market than movies

>>380921389
>online co-op
>open world
>sandbox

Underage, leave.

>>380918039

>AAA game development costs big money
>Mobile games cost peanuts to produce
>Pachinko and Casino machines print money with virtually no effort

They're a soulless business out to make money, just like every other billion dollar company. They're going for low effort, high return products.

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>>380918039
They're just doing what they've always done and following orders.

>>380921614
is /v/ getting invaded by CTR or something?

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>>380922513
>is /v/ getting invaded by Crash Team Racing or something?

>>380922513
Crash Team Racing?

>>380922513
How the fuck does a game invade a board? You sound retarded as fuck.

>>380921707

>Sinking $50 - $80 million dollars into developments that take years to provide any return at all
>Marketing budget likely not included (same as movies)
>Not enough established franchises to stagger releases
>Pour money into products that take years to develop, not enough income in the meantime, and no promise of return


Meanwhile, they can shit out mobile games and pachinko machines in a few months and recoup their investment in no time.

They're pivoting as a company and just scaling back games.

Based konami saw through the hack bullshit. Survive looks fun af bruh

>>380921795
You probably don't even know what Ghost Babel is.

>>380918039
shut up caramel

>>380923386
The 2d one for Gameboy Color faggot.

>>380918039
Not much, theyre stocks are up and they arent wasting 80 mil per video game anymore.

>>380923598
*there

>>380922860
>>380922898
>>380923019

Maybe I'm being dense and missing the joke but >>380922513
probably means Correct The Record?

>>380920767
>>380921345
>>380921389
>>380921447
>>380922513
>>380923191
>>380923598

This is why /v/ is shit and always will be shit.

>>380923693
There was no joke, I didn't know what the fuck he was talking about because I only care about the vidya around here desu.

>>380923693
Correct the Record? What the hell is that?