Quote Originally Posted by Sephex View Post
I'm actually considering not buying the new MGS now that this information has been brought to light. Anyone who knows me the slightest realizes how big of a deal that is.
I was already considering not buying it because Ground Zeroes just wasn't that exciting if you ask me, but now I definitely won't. Probably borrow it from a friend at some point if anything.

I do look forward to spending my money on whatever Kojima does next partly because he'll finally get to walk away from the series and do something else and partly because smurf Konami.

And given Konami's previous handling of the Silent Hill franchise, their complete inability to properly launch any title that wasn't named Metal Gear Solid in the last several years, the many criticisms leveled at them in the past by journalists like Jim Sterling, and their subsequent childish black listing of Jim Sterling, I have little doubt that this is all true and Konami have finally gone completely off the deep end.

Quote Originally Posted by Bolivar View Post
Konami has invested millions of dollars in this team, entrusting them with its confidential and proprietary information. And every one of them is leaving to follow Kojima after this game ships. It's not out of the ordinary for companies to install cameras, monitor building activity, and restrict computer access in these scenarios.
No it's not, but the extent it's being reported in that article goes far beyond the usual company paranoia into outright battrout insanity. Going to the extreme of shuffling around employees who like the status of someone leaving for a new job is just smurfed up. Especially considering they're a company that hasn't really made games outside of this team for the last few years as it is, and who I would not be surprised to never see make a game again at this point.