do you miss me /v/?
>>337676594
After what you did to Silent Hills and Kojima. No
Has a company ever gone as completely batshit insane as Konami did?
>>337676594
No, I miss the people who made Castlevania and Gradius.
That isn't Konami anymore.
>>337677817
>batshit insane
>release a guy that goes way over budget with his game cause "muh western movie experience" and realize the vidya market is going to shit so they focus on what actually makes them profit
at the end of the day they are a company and doesn't wanna get sucked in and rely on vidya like Nintendo has to and pretty soon Sony also if they keep it up
>>337678306
>sony
>relying on vidya
lol
>>337678497
nigga, vidya is what made them profits this fiscal period while they are planning to move away from TV, audio and the tech department.
>>337676594
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NImW-Rs8eK8
>tfw
>you will never hear https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NImW-Rs8eK8 in a new video game ever
>>337676594
Not really, but I also happen to love pachinko.
>>337678770
>>337678726
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>>337677774
fuck all that you know what hurts the most?
>left right left right up down a b select start
that will never be used in another game AGAIN EVER
>>337678220
This
Every now and then I wonder what happened to the original team who made Sparkster
>>337679143
isn't it released on steam in some countries?
i know because in mine it is not available
>>337679143
didn't they turn into treasure?
>yfw Konami is literally big boss
>started like a good guy
>ended like a literal jew/bad guy
>>337679143
>>337679217
>>337679239
go check for yourselves
http://store.steampowered.com/app/19030
>>337678660
The fact that you made all these claims without sources doesn't help your point.
>>337678974
It probably will. Some indie dev will put it in their so retro game.
>>337676594
I never tried Down of Sorrow, but I'm guessing that was the last point that they were relevant. After that it's just blank.
>Konami stopped answering people on it's facebook pages because Kojimadrones would invade any post they answered.
I just wanted a castlevania complete collection...
>>337678974
You use it on their pachinko machine, of course.
>>337679404
http://www.cnet.com/news/sony-says-good-times-ahead-as-it-forecasts-profit-for-next-year/
>Those efforts are part of a broader strategy, announced in February, that will focus the conglomerate on four core businesses: the PlayStation gaming division, its film studio Sony Pictures, Sony Music, and the devices business that includes sensors and other components bundled into popular smartphones and tablets. Sony said at the time that it would invest heavily in those areas and reduce its spending on other, under-performing segments.
>Meanwhile, Sony has experienced issues in other areas, forcing it to shed its television division and get out of the PC business. It plans to also offload its audio and video segments and says it will continue to get rid of more business segments that are proving to be a drag on its financials
>>337679404
>>337679613
And for the profit part:
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/04/ps4-sales-sony-full-year-profit/
>Sony shipped 17.7 million PlayStation 4 consoles over the fiscal year ended March 31, bringing the total number of consoles shipped to an impressive 40 million. The strength of the PS4 helped Sony to reach its first full-year profit in three years, bringing in ¥147.8 billion (£936 million, $1.36 billion). Last year the company reported a loss of ¥126 billion (£798 million, $1.16 billion).
>>337678660
Insurance and banking is Sony's money maker. Along with imaging, music and gaming.
>>337676594
EROTIC VIOLENCE
DROP THE BALLS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MekevQpgNmk
I really miss these guys :(
Their N64 games are legendary, and could have been the start of an amazing series. I don't think Western audiences were ready yet for something so...Japanese though. It was the 90s after all, back when other kids would call you a nerd for being so into video games.
>>337680197
>mention older game on pachinko trailer
are they have no shame?
>tfw konami's e3 live conferences is the greatest loss to vidya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6OCnvvkSLM
how much pain are you willing to take /v/?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wTPjzXzFEI
>>337681205
i think this was a pretty successful conference since we're still talking about it 6 years later
>>337681205
>still best e3
el elegido.... la parca... silver king
>>337676594
>used to make some of the best games of all time, including my best SP game of all time, castlevania sotn
>through the playstation 1 era you could pick up a game showing a konami logo and know it would be good
>now
>child molestation sims
>jrpg slice of life trash
>whatever singing/dancing game
>>337681515
>child molestation sims
>jrpg slice of life trash
>whatever singing/dancing game
What do you mean? Vidya wise Konami only makes PES and BEMANI now
![18he2ljro9qrvjpg[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/21A4ooB.jpg "18he2ljro9qrvjpg[1].jpg")
>>337681597
>he doesn't know
this is what konami makes now.
>>337681704
Love Plus is a dating sim like any other.
It does not involve child molestation.
>>337681704
So? Back in the PS days they made Tokimeki Memorial, we just didn't know about it
I play 2015's GOTY every weekend.
All that matters is that IIDX stays alive.
>>337681304
too bad the konami higher ups didn't think the same way cause they are all "muh honorur" japs that thought it was a shamefur dispray
that's why they started with the prerecording immediatly after
>>337681874
Wasn't there going to be a PC port? What happened to that?
nobody realizes this? fuck
>>337681868
of course i knew about tokimeki memorial
the difference is tokimeki memorial was coming out at the same time as some of the best video games of all time. not the same time as PES 17 and pachinko 2000.
>>337676594
Nope, not at all. Their only good franchises were Suikoden and Silent Hill the rest is just overrated shit made by one of the most overrated video game developer in the world. Sadly neither of those two good franchises have gotten proper games since PS2 era., so no I don't miss Konami at all. In fact I'm happy to see them gone because now Kojimafags won't be obnoxious as they were.
>>337681947
IIDX Infinitas came out a while ago and has done nothing but be a train wreck, unfortunately.
Thankfully, sims are good enough for home use.
>>337678770
Right in the feels
It's all over
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXmDSiHcERA
>>337681978
Where is Punished Konami ?
Was getting rid of Kojima just a business thing? Why remove his name from MGSV and prevent him accepting awards?
>>337684197
He probably spoke highly against Konami's plans for the company.
>>337684197
Pissed off the wrong person maybe?
Some people have a surprising amount of pull in companies like that.
>>337683215
Fuck Konami, post the real shit instead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mx4RE3jrTs
>>337684197
>Why remove his name from MGSV
Kojima's name is displayed in MGSV like 500 times
>and prevent him accepting awards?
It was part of his contract. Konami knows Kojima is a living meme with a rabid fanbase, so they literally paid him to walk away and never acknowledge MGS or Konami in public again. Kojima was obviously okay with that. This is why he hasn't talked about whatever went down last year and he probably never will.
>>337685587
this
kojima is a hack, konami did the right thing
>>337685587
I meant remove his name from the promotional material. Just seems strange to be so vindictive considering it's Konami who come out of it looking bad. It would have made more sense to keep things as civil as possible and let Kojima have a send off then move on.
>>337678974
I thought the code was up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A.
Am I thinking of something different?
>>337686773
Same reason why he wasn't able to go to the awards ceremony. Kojima is a living, breathing meme trapped in a man's body and Konami has nothing to gain from advertising him or associating products with him after he's long gone. Every single thing he says or does is promotional material. Konami's issue is that he promotes the Kojima brand and nothing else.
I mean I wouldn't have done that shit if I were some Konami exec, but I'd imagine the idea was to just let Kojima go and hope that people to forget he was ever there. They didn't expect the Internet to blow up and make a huge mess of it though
>>337690342
I get that they have nothing to gain but they had something to lose in pissing off Kojima's fans and generally looking classless. They must have known how bad they'd look.
Every single one of their devs left. Who do they have now? Seriously, there is literally no one left but code monkeys.
>>337678220
Most of those guys are now Good Feel
There's a reason of why Giant Luigi feels a bit like Impact Goemon
