Nothing new, Konami has announced their switch from video game development to pachinko machine nonsense for a while now, it's only natural anyone involved in their video game development start fleeing for their live(lihood)s. I, for one, figured they were losing the plot the moment they dropped IGA in favour of having Kojima head a Castlevania that is more akin to your nowaday 3D spectacle fighter action games.
I'll miss Contra, Gradius and Castlevania above all. At least Castlevania is getting a spiritual successor, Gradius and Contra are dead in the water though, dead genres if nothing else.
On the subject of companies who gave up on video games and went full time into pachinko, SNKPlaymore, maker of NeoGeo console/arcade board and producer of arcade classics like Metal Slug, King of Fighters, Last Blade, Samurai Showdown, etc is back with a brand new King of Fighters (XIV), full 3D though, so somewhat skeptical.
Anyhow, Capcom and Square Enix next. Here's hoping Square Enix end themselves trying to remake FF7, calling it now. CRY FOR YOUR REMAKE, FF7 HEATHENS, CRY.
Also, fully expecting Kojima to go the Inafune/IGA route of going solo/kickstarters.
Edited by reVelske, 20 September 2015 - 10:54 PM.