3 “fatal mistakes” of the big guys in the world game village

And those are mistakes that they will surely regret and regret for years to come.

Konami lay off Hideo Kojima

Hideo Kojima, one of the most famous and successful game makers in the world, has officially left the company that he has been with since the first day he entered the game industry in 2015. When he was still at Konami, he was the leader. after the company’s brightest games, typically the series Metal Gear Solid or Silent Hill… In which, the Metal Gear Solid series alone has sold more than 49 million copies, and is obviously one of the best-selling games in the world.
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Unfortunately, Konami doesn’t seem to appreciate Kojima’s contributions at all. Must know, when making games in Japan, game studios always have billions of regulations to force the designers under them to go into the framework. Profit is certainly always the ultimate and only goal of game studios. On the contrary, as a game maker, that restriction will obviously limit Kojima’s creativity. Must know, it is the monstrous way of breaking that is what helps people like him to create masterpieces that gamers are passionate about all their lives. Therefore, conflicts between Konami’s leadership and their brightest game makers are inevitable.
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That conflict culminated, when during the production of Metal Gear Solid 5, Kojima was almost confined in a separate room, completely separate from the other members of the game team. He could not speak to or direct them directly, but could only convey words through others. 2 months after the release of Metal Gear Solid 5, Kojima officially left Konami.
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Konami’s damage from losing Kojima is hard to measure, as the game makers themselves are not something that can be quantified. However, Death Stranding – Kojima’s next blockbuster is about to be “on the shelves”, and it has absolutely nothing to do with Konami. Whether or not Death Stranding will be successful, and to what extent… when those questions are answered, Konami’s damage should be somewhat calculated.

Nintendo ‘betray’ Sony

PlayStation Currently one of the best-selling consoles in the world, but few people know that, without Nintendo, this system would not exist.
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Back in 1988, Sony and Nintendo had a pretty close relationship, and the two companies decided to join hands to create a machine called Nintendo Play Station, with the ability to run SNES games. (Super Nintendo Entertainment System) and games developed by Sony. This can be said to be an important milestone for both, as Nintendo was able to make a huge leap forward in technology, and Sony also got their first mark on the gaming industry. A win-win cooperation, which both sides benefit.
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All was well, until Nintendo suddenly stabbed Sony in the back with a fatal blow. Howard Lincoln – President of Nintendo of America – suddenly announced that the company would skip Sony, and instead cooperate with Philips – a company that also produced another CD player (CD-I). Nintendo’s betrayal not only caused the company’s reputation to plummet among Japanese companies, but also made Sony’s blood hot and decided to take revenge. Not long after that, the first PlayStation was officially born, and quickly surpassed Nintendo’s key product at the time, the Nintendo 64, with sales three times that of its competitors. Money lost, disabled, Nintendo must have regretted its blatant decision to “betray” before.

Sony sells PlayStation 3 for $599

The PlayStation is Sony’s hugely successful console, but it’s not without its fatal flaws. The biggest disappointment, was none other than the PlayStation 3, which was released in 2006.
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Recalling that year, Sony was full of confidence when it entered E3 to introduce its latest machine. Unfortunately, it was a poor performance, as their Dualshock 3-style controller barely worked. And yet, Sony kept the worst until the last minute, when it announced that the PlayStation 3 would be sold for $599, a price too high at the time (even now).
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Thanks to that price, the PlayStation 3 was called a “disaster” by Gabe Newell, Valve’s boss. Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, threatened to stop supporting PlayStation 3 if Sony didn’t lower the price. After all, the price of PS3 was also reduced, but it was too late (2013). PS3 sales were horrendous, and must have been a forgettable stain for Sony.

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