To perhaps give a bit of a specific answer to this, because fighting games have always kind of been a niche product.SweetShark said:Yes, but this apply for other publishers as well. Sure, they didn't stopped produce other games of a series, but the do some other "sins".Chimpzy said:Well, the main difference is that Street Fighter, King of Fighters and Guilty Gear did not get their latest proper videogame instalments cancelled only for their publisher to announce a new title ... which turns out to be a pachinko machine.
In the case of Silent Hill that hurt all the more, because it had been a long time since we've gotten a game in the series that lived up to the likes of Silent Hill 2 or 3 (Shattered Memories can be argued about). While we have no idea on whether the Kojima/Del Toro team-up would've succeeded, the PT demo was at least intrigueingly promising.
I'm personally not really upset about it, but I can understand why big fans would consider it a punch to the face from Konami.
As for Metal Gear Solid, that's a whole other story which I really don't have the time to get into right now.
For example the recent Pachinko base of Guilty Gears series have the appearance of a MAJOR villain who doesn't still appeared in the main games of the series...
Why not hate for this thing, eh?
Damn you! Some part of me now wants this.hermes said:"Watchmen Babies in V for Vacation".
Konami is the worst, by far, where the fuck has Castlevania goneKibeth41 said:They could be far better publishers, mainly. The devs who work under Konami are pretty much shit on by the company, to the point where Konami pretty much trap them into employment. Everyone saw all of the garbage they put Kojima through, like where they barred him from accepting an award. Unfortunately, most of the other devs within Konami get it far worse.Saelune said:Because they could be focusing on being a good game developer and instead are doing that bullshit.
OT: The issue with the Pachinko machines isn't the machines themselves, but how the IPs are being held purely for the machines.
They've pretty much abandoned the gaming industry now, outside of a couple of titles, but they still hold all of the IPs, purely for one bullshit thing or another.
For example, Kojima and Del Toro wanted to make the Silent Hills game featuring Norman Reedus, but they're not allowed, because Konami wants Silent Hill pachinko.
There is another thread on the forum with the topic "Which company is the worst to their fans". These are just a couple of many reasons as to why Konami will always take the cake.
About that, Street Fighter wasn't hit with it, but one of Capcom's other franchises got the pachinko axe.Chimpzy said:Well, the main difference is that Street Fighter
Well, you asked:The White Hunter said:Konami is the worst, by far, where the fuck has Castlevania gone
That's not it.Something Amyss said:Because certain people feel entitled to video games, even though they are owed nothing by Konami.
Seems to be exactly it. Hence complaints that Konami's machines are a "slap to the face," etc. Complaints that predate the Silent Hills cancellation, even.BabyfartsMcgeezaks said:That's not it.
Gamers are kind of entitled to those series since a lot of gamers bought their games and are therefor a reason why MGS/Silent Hill became such successful series. Just to exclude those people for no good reason at all is kind of a slap to the face. That's just my opinion though.Something Amyss said:Seems to be exactly it. Hence complaints that Konami's machines are a "slap to the face," etc. Complaints that predate the Silent Hills cancellation, even.BabyfartsMcgeezaks said:That's not it.