Kojima says he spent a year preparing for something that is now meaningless

Hideo Kojima has posted several curious messages on his Twitter account that states that something he spent a year preparing for has became meaningless.

[Call_me_Ishmael]

what does he mean,he sounds so sad
hope he stays away from suicide

[ikkokucrisis]

I know for a fact that Kojima loves his cutscenes, storytelling, and sensory based gameplay concepts, so my guess is that he's both amazed and depressed with how well team bondi's motion capture technology worked in LA Noire.

[--------]

He's obviously in a rut, it happens to the best of us. He's far from done yet, every time I see the guys name I get excited about what he might reveal next.

[Giant_Chibi]

That may be true, but he hasn't actually played the game yet to really formulate an opinion on the tech. He did get a free copy from rockstar, but he's holding out for the japanese version in july.

[Unknown_SNAKE]

why this has to be something related to LA Noir ... why not related to the SONY's confirmation of PSP remastered titles to HD for PS3 maybe he intended to make an improved version of Peace walker to PS3/NGP which now is meaningless

[gaffyh]

First thing I thought was the PSP remaster titles.

[HappyGaming]

I dont trust that he is really upset... every year he finds an even more weird way to inroduce his new games...

Remember the rising teasers in E3 2009 with all the weird taboo masks and the fruit cutting website in E3 2010?

What if what he said was just the main plot of a game where the character finds out a secret about the world that makes his research useless?

I hope I am right because I love his game :P

[afterMoth]

I hope he didn't can a Z.O.E. game in favor of another MGS spin off. That would be a travesty.

LOL at the people who think he's upset with LA Noire. Talented people typically don't get depressed from other games, they take games like Uncharted and become inspired by them.

[sikbeta]

Come on, better got nothing to do with the remastered PSP games, if so, he better contact Sony asap, the man is a genius and a perfectionist, he can deliver more awesome stuff if he wants to...

[fei-hung]

Maybe you are right. He could be disappointed with it or maybe he is upset cuz he spent all that time looking fora solution when he could have just asked Team Bondi.

Either way, I hope it is to do with a new Snatcher game where you have to use facial emotions when investigating the case and speaking to informants.

[kyl277]

@ikkokucrisis

That's ridiculous. This isn't about LA Noire.

[Giant_Chibi]

It's potentially related because kojima has been tweeting about l.a. noire and praising it's facial recognition technology. Rockstar even gave him a free copy of the game. I could only imagine what's going through Kojima's head, he must be thinking about how a sequel to snatcher or policenauts would greatly benefit from this new tech and yet it isn't available to him.

[thrasherv3]

@kyl277 Then tell us, what IS this about?

[soundslike]

His pride is obviously hurt by something. Pride is ridiculous, therefore its not far-fetched for this to be about LA Noire and is really just melodrama

"omg my game won't be 99.9999% perfect! only 99.9998%!"

Its ok Kojima, we'll still love it.

[LocO_o]

I think he is talking about the 3DS.

[pain777pas]

Their might be some truth to this. For some reason I think that the only thing that he could have spent a year on is the port of MGS3 to the 3DS. How it is meaningless? I don't know but we'll have to wait till E3. Maybe he doesn't like how things have gone with the port or this is a serious project that he has been working on that he wants to scrap but the publisher wants to show and he is not confident in his work. Either way judging by the new Castlevania we know that he can make anything pretty cool.

[Graphics]

I bet he was doing peace walker for ps3 using mgs4 engine a full fledged ps3 game, but since Sony announced that dumb psp to ps3 thing I bet Konomi said to throw that project away and to just port the psp version to spend no money.

[AlienLion]

I think he was chatting up a chick for a year online and then when he was about to finally get laid she ended up being a dude? Can we get an official confirmation on that?

[mantisimo]

@ Alienlion, Poor Hideo that happened to me once. 0_o

[JANF]

@Alien

lolol!!! best comment so far!!!

[RankFTW]

Haha man best comment of the day.

[SephireX]

Lol thanks for the laugh.

[ChrisW]

Yeah, it was probably Haruna Ai that he was chatting with.

[jellybalboa]

bubbles 2u sir

[nopunctuation]

I think he is talking about how he was supposed to put trophies in MGS4 but then he figured that he couldnt because everyone already beat it.

[lil Titan]

The biggest problem being a perfectionist is that everything has to be perfect. sad thing is that what he worked at might look like crap to him but to us it would be an amazing, we would wonder why he said hes work is now meaningless

[NewZealander]

i hate the way this guy always has to be so dramatic about everything.

[TOO PAWNED]

True. But he is very passionate about his work, if he wasn't like that he would be this successful. But I agree sometimes is just ridiculous

[NewZealander]

i agree the guy has some serious talent, unfortunately i think some devs like to think the recognition makes them like rock star gods or something, cliffy b and itagaki im looking at you too.

[Death]

It's much less ego and much more marketing. A dev can put on a suit and make an official announcement which would be lost within minutes or they can tweet something from their bathroom that has a remote chance of being blown out of proportion which would give exposure which lasts for days or weeks. Which would you do?

-Death

[Ranshak]

he looks drunk and a mess lol

[Baka-akaB]

lol let's hope it wasnt the rapture

[Undeadwolfy]

+bubs

[BeAGamer]

-bubs!

[Idree]

Oh god, it better not be Zone of the Enders :(((

[DA_SHREDDER]

I know right? I nothing happened to the development of the game.

[Alos88]

I hope he hasn't given up work on his taboo game.
If it's taboo by Japan standards it's gotta be awesome ;)

[Jack-H]

Kinda makes me wonder what it(the taboo game) could be???

[MoveTheGlow]

On his publicly available Twitter account? Get ready, people - this ain't no suicide note, it's this year's E3-related cryptic countdown!

[waltyftm]

Agreed, Just by messing about with the word Meaningless i got this,

Mgs
nine
seal

Or is it just a coincidence that the next real Mgs game will be the Ninth ? (sorry Rising).

[Kon]

glass
mesa
Glen
mean
anime

See, i can make words from other words too.

[mantisimo]

Minge les san.

[prankster]

@Kon

your words don't even spell out "meaningless". not that waltyftm is right, but he used the word "meaningless" as an anagram.

[vikingland1]

Once you hit bottom the only way out is up :)

[Rybakov]

everything he touches is meaningful

we love you Kojima

[Convas]

Speak for yourself buddy. I don't worship human beings.

[initial_kay]

i worship the things he have created...

[Apotheosize]

Maybe this was the controversial game he wanted to make?

[PumPum]

Why did i think of FF7?

Didnt kojima just have a meeting about it with the S-E guys?

Couldent that game be some kind of "taboo" in some sense?
Too expensive or something else.

Maybe they didnt agree on remaking it.

[creamsoda]

he was looking forward to the end of the world but it didn't happen. ;_;

[BloodEyeUK]

I reckon it was the Rapture!

[Max_Dissatisfaction]

Lol, such a drama queen, tell us what it is and then maybe we'll feel bad with you. It could be ANYTHING as far as we know.

[DragonKnight]

My guess is Konami wants to bring one of his planned PS3 exclusives to the 360 again. I doubt this has anything to do with L.A. Noire. Tech is tech. Kojima doesn't need motion capture tech to make a great game, and what's to stop him from making his own, potentially better tech?

This is something else completely different.

[DragonKnight]

Wow, some people are pretty pissed that I would dare suggest that Kojima doesn't want his games on the 360. It's not like the man himself never pretty much came out and said so. Oh well.

[supremacy]

Maybe is peace walker and the fact that now is getting ported from the psp to the ps3? Idk.

Just saying..

[droc1123]

He probably upset because he planned to recreate peace walker for the ps3 and now Sony is bringing it as a psp to ps3 port so it's pointless to recreate it now

[Aloren]

You really believe that a guy like Kojima didnt know about the PSP games coming to PS3? He's probably just sad cause his plan to announce PSP Peacewalker coming to PS3 at E3 are ruined cause people already talk about it.

[WitWolfy]

could've been that he wanted a playable demo at E3 but just ended up with a another 5 minute teaser trailer again... The possibilities are limitless really

[Calm Down Sunshine]

Perhaps he was going to confess his love for Macho Man Randy Savage... The man who sacrificed himself to prevent the rapture.

RIP

[ApexHell]

rofl

[Undeadwolfy]

XD

[anubis56]

Whatever the problems is, just cheer up Kojima-san, because there is always solution to them ^-^

hope he overcome this...

[Omar1st]

I too think it might have something to do with Sony's PSP remasterings for PS3. I think H.Kojima wanted peace walker to come to the ps3 as a full fledged ps3 title instead of a upscaled port....I dont know...Hope its nothing too serious.

[Dagobert]

I hope that's not it cause I want to see it being remade instead of just porting it with just higher resolution.

I'm kind of not liking this PSP remaster shit, I prefer actual remakes.

[Sidewinder-]

Hideo? More like Hidemo. lol.

Nah in serious mode, gutted for the guy. Anyone would be gutted spending a year on anything for it all to fall flat.

[christoph203]

it could be the psn downtime during E3 which would ruin his NGP/PS3 game showing.. or the fact the new nintendo stream console is doing something similar to this.

[Omega Zues]

Its viral marketing.

Gotta remember this is Kojima. Nothing ever seems so simple with him.

It could actually be a reflection of a game, that its possible in the game a time laps of an entire year of work becomes meaningless. Like a huge plot twist or something.

[Jack-H]

KOJIMAAAAAAA!!! Sorry. Actually the first thing I was thinking was if he is f*cking with everyone(you know his style) I hope so. Whatever it is the idea of working for a year on something, anything, and having that fall apart has got to be pretty brutal. But here's hopin he's just playin with us.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

He thought the world was ending on May 21st as predicted by the "Doomsday Preacher"....he now knows the date was wrong due to fuzzy math and its now Oct. 21st according to this guy. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/...

So we all should game as much as we can and don't worry about pre-ordering any games after that... honest...really...its the truth this time...he means it.

LOL

[JMyers]

Trolling but...

What Xbox 360 Development?

[fireplace]

Maybe it's about playing the same game on portable and console with same saves, etc.
He was talking about it at the NGP announcement and I read about it now in news about PSP remaster series.

Cross platform saving?

[Batzi]

Whatever he did that he felt was meaningless would probably turn out to be unbelievably awesome! He said that he didn't like how MGS4 turned out to be and that he envisioned a different game that he failed to achieve because of PS3 limitation, and guess what? MGS4 turned out to be one of the best games this generation and scored 10 on IGN and Gamespot and got a perfect score on famitsu. Take it easy Kojima, you ROCK!

[SuperStrokey1123]

Without knowing what he is talking about this means nothing.

[RowSand]

kojima sounds emo

[clrlite]

Kojemo...

Hope all is well and better than ever soon Mr. K.

I will be picking up your peace walker game very soon, as I haven't played it yet. I hear it is a great game from a lot of people.

[Jake_Butler]

play that violin Hideo Kojima !!

[Ascalon94]

Kojima is one of my many nerd heros, he will be alright

[TheComedian]

Ahhh Kojima I do get you you try to create a very serious deep thinking storyline about the philosophical death of the war hero martyr model and people say they do not get it and you need to smoke some weed have a beer and chill out a bit.Then you chill out and try to throw in the occasional fart joke to lighten things up with some silliness which is sorely needed and people say that the message you try to pass on and the story which you utilize in order to do so is pure bollocks.Kojima is depressed because he is trying to commune his way of thinking and general life philosophy (the reason for which his story telling seems to be complicated to the untrained mind) and trying to entertain people at the same time and people just refuse to get that due to their own individual (and sometimes pity) criteria of thinking like console preference.In other words you people make him depressed because you are not EVEN try to understand him.In fact the only mistake he did was not trying to write a book but opted to reach more people through a very successful media such as video games.
I really hope you people feel happy...-.-/s
Edit:it would be a book I would most undoubtedly buy.

[Jake_Butler]

バイオリンを弾く Hideo Kojima !!

[GodHandDee]

I think it's because peace walker ps3 news was leaked early, the man loves his surprises

[Ingram]

I hope some of you are right and he's just trying to get our attention for a new game reveal.

Might be related to 3DS/NGP, or even the 8th generation of full fledged consoles being forced upon us by Nintendo's café or whatever.Imagine the poor guy trying to optimize things for PS3, to squeeze its last drops of performance then...PUF, Nintendo's changing the game, everybody reset the console war now!

[bangoskank]

Maybe he finally realized how pretentious he is.

[killalot100]

I think it was that zombie game he was talking about. To many zombie games out know to make another one.

[TheTruth89]

sad, now join sony forces

[KillerPwned]

No matter what he releses I`m sure tons of people will love it including me. I have a feeling it is Peace Walker going to PS3. Maybe he did not know sony planed on this HD remakes of other PSP titles.

[blue7xx7]

Maybe it was something about Kinect remember he was very excited about Kinect when it was first announced saying it was going to change the world or something like that.

[MatthewMk2]

First thing to pop into my head after reading the headline -

[L6RD7BLU3]

Well everyone has disappointments in there lives, Hideo just has to try his best to stay positive.

[sickbird]

Probly had an idea for a new IP and Konami told him he had to make another MGS.

[kesvalk]

maybe he is talking about the lackluster 3DS selling and maybe they cancelled the MGS on it...

[Tommykrem]

He spent a whole year playing farmville?

[christoph203]

I just hope he still makes his anticipated E3 appearence at the sony conference for his new NGP/PS3 tittle.. and if he planned on remaking peace walker that would be a waste of a year anyway.. why would you remake a game that just launched a year ago..

[bilbobob]

I think he has been making this fantastic level on Minecraft only to find his idea has been done and shown on Youtube.

Bad luck Kojima. i too thought my little Castle was great. till I downloaded that bloody huge, enormous great thing some clever git has made and posted for anyone to load up and be envious of.

you gota hate some people!

[iNFAMOUZ1]

ahh suck it up bro bump out another award winning metal gear! you can do it kojima!

[Hyperbomb69]

The man is truly a genius...

[Hyperbomb69]

It probably has to do with Metal Gear Rising, I mean he has been "preparing for it" and after I heard that Quinton Flynn and David Hayter dont have anything to do with it, it struck me. This is probably Metal Gear Rising related... Something about that game just doesnt add up....

[milliniumstylz]

why do i think he's talking about move supported game.. lol

[Motion]

One year? That's it? I spent over 4 years preparing for BFA, and now I'm an engineer. Talk about meaningless.

[AC130-Gunship]

It's got to be about Peace Walker coming to PS3. I'd be pissed too. Kojima San is a master craftsman and crafted Peace Walker specifically for the PSP. Peace Walker is close to playing MGS4 on the PSP in my opinion. The focus on profit margins these days has the potential to spoil some of the best aspects of the gaming industry.

[No_Pantaloons]

He finally realized no one likes raiden and his MGS spinoff is gonna fail. Took some time for it to sink in, but now he know how big a mistake he made.

[ZBlacktt]

Bingo! Winner right here.....

[BeastlyRig]

he found out the cake is a lie?

[MetalNCarnet]

He found out that there wasn't going to be a zombie apocalypse this year. I too, was preparing for a while. Still am, YOU NEVER KNOW!

[xVeZx]

i hope he sticks to cutscenes not himself

[kirajc]

Konami I hate you! If ZOE3 WAS CANCELED OR ANY HIDEO KOJIMA PROJECT, KONAMI YOU SUCK...

[Bimkoblerutso]

He found out that Snape killed Dumbledore?

[Paragon]

C'mon, Kojima, MGS is still awesome!

[earbus]

What a whinny bitch.

[ZBlacktt]

He's realizing Metal Gear Solid with SNAKES or nothing. Everything else will never measure up to what Metal Gear has done for him and for the gaming world. So as much as he wants to break free from it. It owns him....

[DeadlyFire]

I believe its 99% likely that Konami has slapped some kinda restriction towards Kojima's project or this is a pre-E3 buzz type of deal.

[jay2]

Sounds like somethings been canceled then :(

[SolidMGSnake]

Its either because Peace Walker is ending up on ps3 as an enhanced HD port since Kojima really did emphasize the mobile connectivity for that game and it ended going to waste or Rising got canceled.

Peace Walker ending up on PS3 doesn't seem all that bad. More people will end up playing it and appreciating it since its a great game. I really dont think this is the reason though. He did say he was preparing something so its most likely somethin that was still in development which is why Rising being canceled sounds more like the bad news. There hasen't been any new info from the game lately.
We'll just have to wait till E3.

Its could also be something we dont know about. I want to know wtf it is, Mr. Kojima!

[Rashonality]

If anyone remembers there was a rumor about something about a crime game and serial killer who kills babies or something and the game's Protagonist will try to catch him, and if you think about it L.A Noire just got released with a concept that fits the rumor, to be more specific "Homicide division" part of the game, so.....hmmmmm.