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* Creator/{{Konami}}. Once a beloved studio and publisher of some of the most respected game series from the NES up to the eighth console generation when things went... wrong. Circa 2015, they announced plans to seriously scale back their AAA development, focusing instead on Pachinko Machines and mobile games. This alienated gamers, but it did even more to their own staff. The consistently popular MetroidVania-style ''Castlevania'' series dried up after ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin'' and in 2014 In 2014, Koji Igarashi, the man behind the series departed and went on to make a Kickstarter for a SpiritualSuccessor that was funded within hours. Creator/HideoKojima, creator of the ''Franchise/MetalGear'' series was essentially given the boot following ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain.'' When the game won an award at the 2015 Video Game Awards, Konami barred Kojima from attending. This also led to the cancellation of ''VideoGame/SilentHills'', which fans thought might've been exactly what was needed to revitalize the increasingly stale ''Franchise/SilentHill'' franchise. The new CEO of the company even admitted to having never played a video game when he took the position. By 2016, Konami has become a complete laughingstock to western gamers at best, and a source of bitter rage at worst.
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* Creator/{{Konami}}. Once a beloved studio and publisher of some of the most respected game series from the NES up to the eighth console generation when things went... wrong. Circa 2015, they announced plans to seriously scale back their AAA development, focusing instead on Pachinko Machines and mobile games. This alienated gamers, but it did even more to their own staff. The consistently popular MetroidVania-style \'\'Castlevania\'\' series dried up after \'\'VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin\'\' and in 2014, Koji Igarashi, the man behind the series departed and went on to make a Kickstarter for a SpiritualSuccessor that was funded within hours. Creator/HideoKojima, creator of the \'\'Franchise/MetalGear\'\' series was essentially given the boot following \'\'VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain.\'\' When the game won an award at the 2015 Video Game Awards, Konami barred Kojima from attending. This also led to the cancellation of \'\'VideoGame/SilentHills\'\', which fans thought might\'ve been exactly what was needed to revitalize the increasingly stale \'\'Franchise/SilentHill\'\' franchise. The new CEO of the company even admitted to having never played a video game when he took the position. By 2016, Konami has become a complete laughingstock to western gamers at best, and a source of bitter rage at worst.
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* Creator/{{Konami}}. Once a beloved studio and publisher of some of the most respected game series from the NES up to the eighth console generation when things went... wrong. Circa 2015, they announced plans to seriously scale back their AAA development, focusing instead on Pachinko Machines and mobile games. This alienated gamers, but it did even more to their own staff. The consistently popular MetroidVania-style \'\'Castlevania\'\' series dried up after \'\'VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin\'\' and in 2014 In 2014, Koji Igarashi, the man behind the series departed and went on to make a Kickstarter for a SpiritualSuccessor that was funded within hours. Creator/HideoKojima, creator of the \'\'Franchise/MetalGear\'\' series was essentially given the boot following \'\'VideoGame/MetalGearSolidThePhantomPain.\'\' When the game won an award at the 2015 Video Game Awards, Konami barred Kojima from attending. This also led to the cancellation of \'\'VideoGame/SilentHills\'\', which fans thought might\'ve been exactly what was needed to revitalize the increasingly stale \'\'Franchise/SilentHill\'\' franchise. The new CEO of the company even admitted to having never played a video game when he took the position. By 2016, Konami has become a complete laughingstock to western gamers at best, and a source of bitter rage at worst.
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* Creator/{{Konami}}. Once a beloved studio and publisher of some of the most respected game series from the NES up to the eighth console generation when things went... wrong. Circa 2015, they announced plans to seriously scale back their AAA development, focusing instead on Pachinko Machines and mobile games. This alienated gamers, but it did even more to their own staff. The consistently popular MetroidVania-style \\\'\\\'Castlevania\\\'\\\' series dried up after \\\'\\\'VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin\\\'\\\' and in 2014 In 2014, Koji Igarashi, the man behind the series departed and went on to make a Kickstarter for a SpiritualSuccessor that was funded within hours. Creator/HideoKojima, creator of the \\\'\\\'Franchise/MetalGear\\\'\\\' series was essentially given the boot following \\\'\\\'VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain.\\\'\\\' When the game won an award at the 2015 Video Game Awards, Konami barred Kojima from attending. This also led to the cancellation of \\\'\\\'VideoGame/SilentHills\\\'\\\', which fans thought might\\\'ve been exactly what was needed to revitalize the increasingly stale \\\'\\\'Franchise/SilentHill\\\'\\\' franchise. The new CEO of the company even admitted to having never played a video game when he took the position. By 2016, Konami has become a complete laughingstock to western gamers at best, and a source of bitter rage at worst.
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* Creator/{{Konami}}. Once a beloved studio and publisher of some of the most respected game series from the NES up to the eighth console generation when things went... wrong. Circa 2015, they announced plans to seriously scale back their AAA development, focusing instead on Pachinko Machines and mobile games. This alienated gamers, but it did even more to their own staff. The consistently popular MetroidVania-style \'\'Castlevania\'\' series dried up after \'\'VideoGame/Castlevania/PortraitOfRuin\'\' and in 2014 In 2014, Koji Igarashi, the man behind the series departed and went on to make a Kickstarter for a SpiritualSuccessor that was funded within hours. Creator/HideoKojima, creator of the \'\'Franchise/MetalGear\'\' series was essentially given the boot following \'\'VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPhantomPain.\'\' When the game won an award at the 2015 Video Game Awards, Konami barred Kojima from attending. This also led to the cancellation of \'\'VideoGame/SilentHills\'\', which fans thought might\'ve been exactly what was needed to revitalize the increasingly stale \'\'Franchise/SilentHill\'\' franchise. The new CEO of the company even admitted to having never played a video game when he took the position. By 2016, Konami has become a complete laughingstock to western gamers at best, and a source of bitter rage at worst.
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* Creator/{{Konami}}. Once a beloved studio and publisher of some of the most respected game series from the NES up to the eighth console generation when things went... wrong. Circa 2015, they announced plans to seriously scale back their AAA development, focusing instead on Pachinko Machines and mobile games. This alienated gamers, but it did even more to their own staff. The consistently popular MetroidVania-style \\\'\\\'Castlevania\\\'\\\' series dried up after \\\'\\\'VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin\\\'\\\' and in 2014 In 2014, Koji Igarashi, the man behind the series departed and went on to make a Kickstarter for a SpiritualSuccessor that was funded within hours. Creator/HideoKojima, creator of the \\\'\\\'Franchise/MetalGear\\\'\\\' series was essentially given the boot following \\\'\\\'VideoGame/MetalGearSolidThePhantomPain.\\\'\\\' When the game won an award at the 2015 Video Game Awards, Konami barred Kojima from attending. This also led to the cancellation of \\\'\\\'VideoGame/SilentHills\\\'\\\', which fans thought might\\\'ve been exactly what was needed to revitalize the increasingly stale \\\'\\\'Franchise/SilentHill\\\'\\\' franchise. The new CEO of the company even admitted to having never played a video game when he took the position. By 2016, Konami has become a complete laughingstock to western gamers at best, and a source of bitter rage at worst.
