Metal Gear Solid V comes out today and a large number of the people reading will most likely be buying it. Here’s a friendly suggestion for when you get it home.
Personally, I will not be doing this. As much as I love Kojima and his work, it’s always bothered me a little that he puts his name on the box. Hundreds of people worked on this game, not just Kojima. Video games are, more than any other medium, a proper team effort. Kojima’s name has value as a brand and that’s probably why it’s usually put on the box, that and its penchant for imitating cinema, but I never really saw the big deal with his name being removed from marketing. It’s part of a bigger picture battle between studio and publisher — I get that. But yeah…
At least the whole kerfuffle has resulted in some hilarity from JB Hi-Fi. That’s been the highlight of the whole situation for me.
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