Hideo Kojima says "everyone was opposed" to Kojima Productions when it was founded to make Death Stranding
Dec. 18, 2023Kojima Productions was announced in a joint venture with Sony Interactive Entertainment
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Hideo Kojimasays he was “opposed by everyone” when starting his own company eight years ago.
Earlier this month marked the eighth anniversary of Kojima Productions, founded by Hideo Kojima just two months after Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain released underKonami. Now, Kojima has penned an essay-length tweet discussing his feelings about going “independent” from Konami eight years ago.
The game director reveals he was “opposed by everyone,” including friends and family when he told them he was starting his own company. “They said it was impossible without the financial and organizational strength of a company,” Kojima adds in the tweet below.
“However, someone must prove that that is an old-fashioned way of thinking. Young creators must be given freedom of choice,” the game director continues. Another point of the tweet is asserting that Kojima’s career is a lifelong one and that he plans to continue making games until he physically can’t anymore.
Most recently, Kojima Productions announcedOD, a new horror game the director is making with Jordan Peele. Elsewhere, the development ofDeath Stranding 2presumably rumbles on, though it’s been over a year since we’ve seen or heard anything from the upcoming sequel.Kojima’s even working with A24 on a Death Stranding movie, and it won’t directly adapt the original game.
Kojima previously saidDeath Stranding 2 would change the meaning of “strand,“whatever that meant in the first place.
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