"Buying the rights" could have been misunderstood from "having the rights" to make a new game.
It's alive on phones. Grimoire of Souls is still only available in Canada though.
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Sony rebooting Silent Hill series - Update: Maybe ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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"Buying the rights" could have been misunderstood from "having the rights" to make a new game.
It's alive on phones. Grimoire of Souls is still only available in Canada though.
Will this license extend beyond two games if the projects are successful?
It'd be pretty smart to throw some money to Konami for their IPs
During a PS5 reveal if you show P.T. , metal gear solid and castlevania it'll cause hype
During a PS5 reveal if you show P.T. , metal gear solid and castlevania it'll cause hype
I do not know. That's really up to the parties involved, and though I know some things that I believe it's not like I'm in their offices and have witnessed these meetings myself and know the exact terms of their licensing and future plans.
The timing does matter The fact is:
-The 4chan posts has the same info about a Silent Hill SIE project as Dusk Golem, Rely On Horror and now Jackofallcontrollers
-The 4chan post predates all them
That alone gives the 4chan rumor a bit of credibility, alongside anything else it says. Not saying it's a fact, but dismissing it entirely is fucking stupid.
I can see a new mainline game being a thing. The idea of "soft reboots" has become more mainstream nowadays, and people are more open now to creating new installments/experiences in an established/familiar world instead of a hard reboot. Something like "Silent Hill" doesn't need a reboot or remake (unless people want the games to look better) because the town of Silent Hill has always been ripe for the anthology route. Basically, one town, haunted by the supernatural and the psychological can produce MANY different experiences for those that step foot within it. And if those who create a new "tale in Silent Hill" are those responsible for some of the greatest installments in the series already, that's all the better!
Yeah, this is what I've been thinking. Why on Earth would Konami screw itself over by outright selling its three most valuable IPs?
This is off topic but do you know if Shu Takumi was involved with that failed Dino Crisis project, or what's going with with the Ace Attorney devs at Capcom at all?
If that 4chan post is correct, it's more likely Konami signed some deal with Sony to let them develop games for those IPs compared to outright buying them. Maybe that got lost in translation/misinformed through the grapevine who knows.
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I do believe the Silent Hill one, but all 3? Ehhhhh
I just don't see Konami getting that aggresive out of the blue.
Giving how sucessful FIFA is I don't see that ever happening. EA has to release on all platforms so Sony would need to do the same, essentially not giving Sony any benefit so why bother.
I just don't see Konami getting that aggresive out of the blue.
Giving how sucessful FIFA is I don't see that ever happening. EA has to release on all platforms so Sony would need to do the same, essentially not giving Sony any benefit so why bother.
Or Sony suddenly getting that obsessed with a bunch of Konami-specific IP. Why Konami? What would be the logic behind that?
Even if it's Sony instead of Konami, it sounds weird that Kojima would agree to be involved with Silent Hills & MGS again, and Iga with Castlevania. You'd think they'd want to work on their own games instead.
If this is true though, I'm really excited about the Castlevania games. Even more than that, I hope Konami/Sony consider reviving Suikoden next.
Speaking of: the director of Suikoden 1-3, Murayama, set up a twitter account just a week ago saying this year would be "full of new endeavors". Probably not related, but who knows!
If this is true though, I'm really excited about the Castlevania games. Even more than that, I hope Konami/Sony consider reviving Suikoden next.
Speaking of: the director of Suikoden 1-3, Murayama, set up a twitter account just a week ago saying this year would be "full of new endeavors". Probably not related, but who knows!
Just Requiem, which was 2/3s of an emulated PSP release. Sony had nothing to do with the Anniversary Collection or the mobile SOTN ports.
That they made a deal that included several popular IP rather than just one because they could make more money in a package deal?
Be shocked if Konami actually sold the I.Ps, the only way I could see that happening is Sony buying Konami, which isn't going to happen. I wouldn't be surprised if Sony and Konami are taking about working together on them in some capacity, Silent Hill (given P.T/SHs) and MGS (it's history with PlayStation and both being pretty dead at the moment) especially.
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We kinda got that smoke and mirrors with Lords of Shadow, and I don't want it ever again.
Konami is actively profiting off of the Castlevania IP right now. Why would they sign away the rights?
the could have made a deal that was more profitable for them than it currently is?
Or, it's fanboy bullshit. "All your favorite Konami IPs are coming back with their original creators/legendary auteurs at the helm!" is absolute drivel.
To me the more logic, if there is any in this case, situation would be a Spider Man scenario.
Konami knows these IP are huge but they also know they are not up to them anymore...what happened? They looked for Sony and probably offered a licensing contract.
They still own the IP while they don't have to the take the risks on it and at the same time having one of the best publishers on the market to work on them.
Feels like a win win situation considering what Konami has done, or actually hasn't, with those titles recently.
A bunch of ports and a gotcha game is not a strong counter argument.
Part of the smoke and mirrors was his trailer which made a painfully average game look like the Next Big Thing.
The second he was removed from its two sequels, it was clear the types of games we were actually getting without the hype marketing.
Why Konami would sell those IPs since they earning amount of money by making them into Pachinko(and trolling some fans for fun).
Not really. Besides lending his name he didn't have much to do with that game's story or gameplay. I enjoyed Lords Of Shadow 1.
We will definitely see a new MGS at some point. We got Shenmue 3.
Again, it predates any of the new SIE Silent Hill rumors. I wouldn't dismiss it entirely.
Again, you can post anything on 4chan any time and if another rumor pops up later you look like a hero. There's no risk. I could post a thing on 4chan about Sony buying Atlus and it would have just as much credibility.
4chan is not a place for news.
It really depends on how ambitious the project is. Their smaller studios or JP studio can produce a mid tier action game. Do we want that?
But something in the caliber of BB? They would need some help to develop something that's worth a damn.
I don't know. I don't believe this "Sony buying all your favorite Konami IP" rumor at all, but they're only recently dead. MGSV sold big numbers, Castlevania's show (which is pretty awesome btw) has been a huge hit for Netflix, and people were going wild for Silent Hills before we learned it wasn't happening.
Sony could be looking for some real megatons right now since we're less than a year away from a new console generation, and this time Microsoft isn't going to do Sony's job for it and just self immolate. Maybe they would see the guarantee of x% user retention as worth the investment.
In a world where this rumor is true, I could see Sony putting SotN and RoB on PS4 as a test to gauge PS4 owners' interest in the IP.
I still don't believe it, though.
Having both Silent Hill and Castlevania revived seems too good to be true.
Wouldn't be against witnessing the battle of '99 though.
Wouldn't be against witnessing the battle of '99 though.
It inherently has some credibility because the 4chan post listed the SIE Silent Hill project, with the exact same info, prior to any of these new rumors. Are you just going to say it's pure coincidence? That's just dumb.
Credible leaks happen on 4chan all the time, just look at Bloodborne.
It's not the same info. "Sony is having IGA make a Castlevania and Kojima make a metal gear game" is fanboy wet dream drivel.
There's no way Konami sells those IPs. I can see a partnership happening for a few games though
Lol
I mean if sony owned the IP but I think the situation is where sony is just using the IP . And Konami still owns it
That's not just a megaton, that's a fucking ULTRATON if true. Thankfully, Sony seems to be more open to PC ports, so other people will probably get to try out those games, even if the ports are 1-2 years late.
Well Toyama's been rumored to be working on a horror project for a while now. Before all of this.
If it's a reboot, the OG canon isn't being considered.
If IGA is involved, I question the reboot. He literally had an interview a year ago saying he'd like to work with Konami again because there were two games he didn't make that he felt he owed fans. The events of 1897 and 1999 are the biggest two missing holes in the Castlevania canon.
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