Kojima Productions Isn't for Sale, Despite Ridiculously High Offers

Watch Kojima disappear under mysterious circumstances faster than a political dissident. Maybe he should have worded that differently? 🤔

One company comes to mind and it ain't sony

Excellent I like what he says, we don't want the same regurgitated super buggy games on release that have deadlines to satisfy investors that end up being live services full of microtransactions like most of these big companies ie Activision & EA for example.

Say what you will about the guy but you gotta love his passion for what he does! I'm sure all the usual suspects have made offers most folks couldn't refuse. Good thing Kojima isn't like most folks.

I think Sony asked him many years ago and he said no and I think Sony respect that.
Another company that likes to buy things and wants japanese studios offer alot of money and they will get a game instead.

After the way Konami treated him, I honestly cannot blame the guy, and I gotta respect him for the fact that he doesn't want to be acquired out of fear that his creativity will be stifled, I wish more Developers would place as much value in their creative liberties as Kojima does.

Metal Gear Solid essentially dead without Kojima's involvement, at least as far as new entries are concerned, but Konami only has themselves to blame.

hmmm denial usually means a sale is actually on the cards.

The header image scares me.

But let Kojima stay independent. I feel it allows him to get crazy with his ideas, like Death Stranding.

@UltimateOtaku91 he deserves better than nintendo 😂

Yeah that wasnt Sony, probably asked years ago and he said no and respected that. Definitely xbox trying to buy just like everything else

It won't just be MS, but their offer will have been massive, as Kojima is so closely associated with playstation in terms of past releases of his creative projects so it'd be a huge, ugly spirited win for them. It will be every gaming conglomerate out there offering though, of which Sony is not really one.

Sony, despite all the weird stuff they do, releases some mega creative and mega risky stuff on their platform and has faith in those who take risks though, which must still earn them some credit with the creatives.

I just hope games like Forspoken have gone big and risky enough to be one of those that really makes it on PS, but I suspect it might be more like Days Gone, kind of well liked, but kind of similar stuff to most western games, more ticking boxes for stuff people might want, rather than showing people something they didn't know they wanted but actually really do!

Up the creative Auteurs! Be mad, stick to your guns, and make something that you're truly proud of!

Probably Konami. They want to fire him again.

Heard the Neopets owner wanted to buy Kojima’s studio to help reboot the franchise into something darker and adult-like. What a shame Kojima wasn’t interested.

I mean... sure he has creative freedom but not guaranteed funding.
Maybe Sony could give him an offer that suits both just to keep his exclusives.

But, this ridiculously high offer does sound like Microsoft dealings.

@Milktastrophe : Damn that cracked me up xD

As The Million Dollar Man used to say ‘Everybody’s got a price’.

OT. It makes little sense for Kojima to sell up. He can get a contract for a game from just about anybody.
Also the entire studio depends on him so if he were to leave or worse... it would leave it valueless.

I suspect both Sony and MS have offered to buy then. I love his stance though and shows its not about the money for him.

Good for him! Glad to see a principled leader in this day and age - they are few and far between it seems.

Ridiculously high offers?

Microsoft & Tencent come to mind.

Microsoft got laughed out of the Nintendo offices, hopefully Kojima has a similar mindset. The thought of companies like Microsoft and Tencent going around scooping up publishers like fat kids scooping up candy is not a nice one.

@KidBoruto It was a joke.

Buying a company primarily based on one auteur like this one seems risky. If Kojima quits one day then all that will be left is "Productions".

@Uncharted2007 if Kojima ain't there, there's literally no reason to buy the company.

Why are there people on here saying Sony couldn't possibly be one of the companies who tried to buy them? Seriously??? The way some people act like Sony are some holier than thou, not-for-profit who never do anything other care for all gamers around the world is pathetic.

Of course Sony tried to buy them. Along with Xbox and pretty much every other large enough company.

People really need to grow up.

Microsoft and Tencent, although I suspect Sony also went for them

Can you stop with the sudden surge of Kojima non-news?
He only talks about himself... just makes me not care about his games anymore.

I can understand why Konami said "***** it" and dropped him like a used condom.

@UltimateOtaku91 “One company comes to mind and it ain't sony”

Obviously MS talked to him, but I’m not sure why you think Sony wouldn’t. They are trying to acquire studios, as well, do you not think they’re interested in Kojima? I’d actually say there’s a near zero chance that Sony DIDN’T approach him about being acquired.

The European Commission has officially launched an in-depth probe of Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
The European Commission (the executive of the EU) had already been conducting initial inquiries into the deal, and had reportedly been asking Microsoft’s rivals about its activity in cloud gaming, and whether it could potentially deny access to Call of Duty on other platforms.
Microsoft had a deadline of midnight on October 31 to submit commitments to the EU that would help ease any concerns it had about the deal.
Sources familiar with the matter reportedly told me that Microsoft has failed to do this, thereby potentially triggering the second, more in-depth phase of the investigation.
If the European Commission now wishes to press ahead with Phase 2, it has to formally announce this before November 8.
Microsoft’s proposal to acquire Activision Blizzard continues to be investigated by anti-competition watchdogs around the world.
Saudi Arabia was the first regulatory authority to approve the deal in August, with Brazilian regulator CADE following suit in October.
However, the UK’s CMA has already officially expanded its investigation to a second phase, and is in the process of inviting members of the public to share their views on the proposed deal before giving its final decision on or before March 1st