What the heck happened to Konami ?

[thegamezmaster]

The 3DS Castlevania is kind of an 8bit throwback you might want to peek at. They tied it directly to Castlevania III and gave it a similar feel meshed with the SOTN style, but to modernize it a bit you get these button combos for whip attacks that are the short dial-a-combo style taps you get from God of War. The game is not terribly long but it actually is pretty fun. While initially a 3DS game, it was re-released as part of a Legacy and Darkness package deal in HD on the disc for PS3.

What's the name of the package deal for the PS3? Thanks!

[kupomogli]

^Lords of Shadow Collection.

http://www.amazon.com/Castlevania-Lo...dow+collection

It includes Lords of Shadow on disc. It includes the two DLC packs, demo of Lords of Shadow 2(already on PSN/XBL,) and Mirror of Fate HD as DLC vouchers. If they reprinted the PS3 version to include Mirror of Fate HD on disc, I would have purchased it.

[Manhattan Sports Club]

It'd be nice if Konami brought back Parodius, Goemon and Twinbee, but seeing the failed Rocket Knight reboot, we can't be too hopeful. I was never a fan of Silent Hill, Castlevania or MGS. They'll probably get absorbed by some other company soon enough. I believe Capcom will end up that way eventually, too. Live and let die I say, look toward the future.

[thegamezmaster]

^Lords of Shadow Collection.

http://www.amazon.com/Castlevania-Lo...dow+collection

It includes Lords of Shadow on disc. It includes the two DLC packs, demo of Lords of Shadow 2(already on PSN/XBL,) and Mirror of Fate HD as DLC vouchers. If they reprinted the PS3 version to include Mirror of Fate HD on disc, I would have purchased it.

Thanks for the help. Will haveto check it out!

[WelcomeToTheNextLevel]

Hate to say it, but every game company eventually loses its way. Maybe there will be a Konami Renaissance in the future though.

I think that Konami was still putting out a lot of awesome stuff well into the 2000s decade though.

[otaku]

To me many of the greats, capcom, sega, konami etc. aren;'t what they used to be and it seems american companies are producing most of the games I want to play. Don't get me wrong they still make some good games I still play sega stuff and konami I'm sure makes great MGS and castlevania games (I've not played those series in a while)

[Ze_ro]

I like how Konami bought out Hudson, closed down their operations, and did absolutely nothing with their IP. Thanks, dicks. They couldn't even be bothered to put Bonk or Bomberman on Virtual Console.

--Zero

[Tanooki]

Konami took a page, if not a chapter out of the US side of the ocean EA playbook of rape and pillage. Gobble studio? Check. Grab IPs and neglect them? Check. More or less shut down the studio, keeping the name floating and gobbling up minority of human talent they wanted? Check.

Hudson was a great company.

[Richter Belmount]

My guess is become only dependent on metal gear solid? Would I be in the wrong say is selling as well as a call of duty title in America that it justifies them to put all their resources only into that?

[josekortez]

One word - Yu-Gi-Oh.

[The Adventurer]

There seems to be a trend for long term companies like Capcom, Konami, and Square-Enix that the longer they exist the harder it becomes to make smaller projects profitable. Forcing them to rely on projects that must sell millions of copies.

This doesn't make a lot of sense to me, when companies like Nintendo can continue to finance smaller projects successfully. Is it just these major developer/publishers just has much smaller margins over time? If so, then a single falure is sure to cripple your company.

[Tanooki]

I think it's a bean counter decision. They've decided some time ago and especially so going into HD that everything with a name for it needs a hollywood like budget behind it. When yo throw millions at it, and you're selling a game at $60, you need to sell millions or you end up losing cash. Nintendo while they still throw a lot into it, they don't anywhere near the level many of those do so they can be fine selling 500k, 1M units and make a tidy sum because they set realistic budgets on software development. It's the only thing I've been able to figure when you look at SE bitching Tomb Raider lost money selling 4M units being under expectation. No one in gaming should ever develop a game expecting to move like 5M copies at or near original MSRP to be a success, well nearly no one, seeing that people throw money away freely when it comes to a Call of Duty or GTA release.

[Gameguy]

Konami took a page, if not a chapter out of the US side of the ocean EA playbook of rape and pillage. Gobble studio? Check. Grab IPs and neglect them? Check. More or less shut down the studio, keeping the name floating and gobbling up minority of human talent they wanted? Check.

Hudson was a great company.

They're probably wanting another company to license the properties from them instead of making a game themselves, they get paid for the license and don't have to spend anything for development. I guess nobody wanted to pay them for the properties they have, or they expect to much money for what they have.

[Tanooki]

I could see that, as lazy as it is it would fit. You'd think they'd want to keep a few things around like Bomberman at least as it would make a nice stupid easy touch/phone type game that would click up some serious sales with minimal effort.

[sfchakan]

Bomberman online ios and android games. They should exist! Why, Konami, why?

[Ackman]

Castlevania Chronicles X on PSP is pretty decent. I wonder if you can buy it in the PSN store?

[Arkanoid_Katamari]

For me, having Keiffer Sutherland play Solid Snake is what happened to Konami. What a disaster that was!

[kai123]

For me, having Keiffer Sutherland play Solid Snake is what happened to Konami. What a disaster that was!

I know. I still haven't finished it on my PS4. I know it is stupid but his voice just annoys me. He is just acting like he is in a 24 game. Damn shame.

[Tanooki]

Wow him? Does Snake get ragingly drunk and start yelling at the enemy too with fits of other violent outburst behavior while kicking back a flask along with Snake's old pack of smokes?