The main reason for the falling out, at least in her opinion, is that Kojima gets paid a salary, and doesn’t make any profit share on the game. Thanks to /r/MetalGearSolid, there is also a condensed transcript of what was said: The portion of the podcast relating to this starts at 1:45:00 until roughly 2:03:00. It’s also worth pointing out this is a case of “someone said that someone said.” This didn’t come directly from Rika, this came from someone who was talking to Rika a while ago and is remembering it on a podcast, so take it with as much salt as you like. That, combined with an incredibly high budget, sparked the breakup. Apparently she said the reason Konami and Kojima split is because Kojima was not paid a portion of the profits on game sales, but was instead paid a fixed wage regardless of the success of the game. However, according to rumours on The Codec podcast, we might be a little bit nearer to the closure our society so desperately needs.ĭaley, Co-host of The Codec Podcast, claims he has been part of an interview with the series’ former composer Rika Muranaka. The section in question begins at roughly 00:35:00:ĭay 91: Silent Hills is still cancelled, Hideo Kojima’s still parting ways with Konami, and we still don’t know why we have been made to suffer like this. So if you now want to see exactly what Rika says herself, you can do so below. This wasn’t released at the time of the original publication of this article.
It was for another podcast he hosts called Metal Gear Central. [ Update: I’ve received word from The Codec podcast’s co-host Daley that the interview with Muranaka he discusses below is now online.