RJ 17 said:
Just as a reminder: Konami isn't just a games company, they have numerous other facets to their corporation. The current CEO clearly wants to get out of the games industry (or at the very least cut out AAA development and focus purely on mobile games so they can "make cheap games with high profit"). Even if their gaming "wing" goes under, they're still going to be doing just fine thanks to the other industries that they're part of in Japan.
Hey, finally someone else who knows what's up!
This announcement isn't Konami specifically giving Silent Hill fans (or any other) the middle finger (not directly anyway). Rather, this move is in line with the company's transition into gambling, recently legalized due to recent legislature in Japan.
And the reason Konami is doing this is because they had an existing manufacturing apparatus specifically for Pachinko Machines well before that legislature was enacted (they exported them elsewhere). Right now, they're in a uniquely powerful position to capitalize on the newly legalized gambling immediately (which won't be going away any time soon either).
Konami is just re-purposing their existing valuable franchises for extra leverage.
(incidentally, this is also why they've "apparently" started grotesquely mismanaging and abusing their game developers; it's to make them quit voluntarily, to avoid repercussions from the public press and Japanese labor laws. It's much cheaper to get rid of their game developers that way than having to pay full severance and endure bad press by firing them).
Business-wise, it's a no-brainer.
But it's the worst possible news for fans of their games, because this basically shuts out any possibility of their continuation as games. After MGS: The Phantom Pain, I'm betting that's the end of their games division as anything other than shameless exploitation.
So make your peace with your favorite Konami franchises and move on best you can, right now.
I did years ago. (farewell, Suikoden)