Vor ein paar Tagen haben auch wir über ein Interview mit einem Konami Chef berichtet, in dem er erklärt, dass man sich auf Mobile-Games in Zukunft konzentrieren möchte (siehe OnPSX-News). Dies hat natürlich für viele Reaktionen von Spielern, aber auch Aktionären gesorgt, wodurch Konami jetzt zu den Berichten Stellung nimmt.
Demnach gab es im März eine große Umstrukturierung des Unternehmens, um in Zukunft garantieren zu können, dass man auf neue Trends im Markt und Spielerwünsche mit seinen aktuellen Mitteln schnell reagieren kann. Im Zuge dieser Umstrukturierung habe man die Entwicklung stärker zentralisiert. Trotzdem seien Hideo Kojima und sein Team dabei in den neuen Prozessen das Spiel Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain fertigzustellen. Man sei auch froh über die große Vorfreude der Fans auf den Release des Spiels und versucht alles zu tun, um die Erwartungen erfüllen zu können.
Zudem betone man, dass sowohl die Metal Gear Solid als auch die Silent Hill Serie sehr wichtig für Konami seien und man auch in der Zukunft weitere Spiele für die Serien entwickeln wird. Aktuell kann man aber noch nicht sagen, welche Richtung die Serien einschlagen werden.
Sicher sei, dass man auch in Zukunft Produkte für Konsolen, mobile Plattformen, Arcadehallen usw. produzieren werde, um sich dem wandelnden Markt flexibel anpassen zu können.
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certain brief quotes reported by several media outlets taken from a Japanese web article about Konami that was issued recently. Some of these quotes have lacked the necessary context and caused unrest within our key stakeholders including our community, members of the press, our partners, and our fans. We are aware that the conjecture surrounding our recent changes has prompted a great deal of anxiety, for which we apologize. To further aid in your better understanding of Konami’s business strategies, we would like to share the English translation of the entire article.
Konami, as a company, underwent a major structural reorganization in March this year. The aim of this reform has been to guarantee that, in the quickly-changing digital entertainment industry where new game designs and platforms constantly alter the market environment, we can accurately observe new customer demands and market trends, and apply our long-established technology and knowhow quickly and effectively with a range of targeted responses.
The reorganization process has entailed repositioning our production studios, shifting our game development to a more centralized production division system. “Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain” director Hideo Kojima and his team members are hard at work in the new production division system, bringing the game ever closer to completion. Regarding the release of “Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain,” we have been overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from fans in the U.S., Europe, Asia, and elsewhere worldwide who are eagerly awaiting the game’s much anticipated September 1st launch. To this end, the development team is diligently working together to ensure those high expectations are answered in full.
We would also like to take this opportunity to state that the Metal Gear and Silent Hill series, both beloved by countless fans around the globe, are also extremely important to Konami. We have nurtured them with care over many years since their inception, and will continue to produce products for both franchises, but we are not currently at a stage where we can announce the path these future titles will take.
Konami will continue to embrace the challenge of creating entertainment content via different platforms; across not only mobile platforms, but for home consoles, arcade units, and cards, to meet the changing needs of the times.
Your support for our current endeavors, and your spurring us on to greater heights, are as always deeply appreciated."
