Ashley... Wood...

And most game directors do not have full creative autonomy and are not the be-all-end-all decision makers with their hands in all the aspects of the game.

Of course it's not the film industry, that's his point: it's an analogy & an apt one at that. Stop being pedantic.

Kojima should form his own studio, call it “Mother Base”, have it actually be on an Oil Platform, and he should recruit other developers by tranquilizer darting them and fultoning them out.

“And, hey, you could certainly argue that placing “A Hideo Kojima Game” on top of a title does something a disservice to all the other designers, programmers, producers, artists, sound designers, QA testers, and other developers who dedicated countless hours to the fifth (and presumably final) Metal Gear Solid.”

...But it doesn’t.

Nintendo knows where the important choice lies.

No, please. I’ve never felt that Reggie is anything more than a PR dude for Nintendo. He’s all talk, no walk.

Howard Stringer.

How about this guy?

Miyamoto seems like he would be the type that wouldn’t want to be involved in the running of a business side of things, as it would detract from him making games. Hopefully they do go with another person with a development background for next CEO, instead of a typical suit.

I’m not disagreeing with everything, but I think there are reasonings for some changes and I think a couple of your points are just wrong.

You’re wrong about One Piece on all counts.

Fuck you. Fishman Island was amazing

Sorachi over Oda?!

A tip, I’d start backing away from this conversation slowly.

actually Shenmue isn’t going to be on Xbox One. it has only been confirmed for PC and PS4.

Damn, this is probably the only video game press conference in history of video games where grown-ass men and women shed tears at three different occasions within the span of 40 minutes.

Rocksteady does not choose when their game ships, Warner Bros. does. You cannot blame anyone but Warner Bros. in this situation, full stop. They chose to ship this game.

The whole “Gotham is empty of everyone but criminals because Story Reasons” trope has become tiresome in this series. It was used in the last-Gen games because of technical limitations - the PS3 and XB1 could only render a 1-2 dozen characters at a time and still keep things pretty, so you needed a narrative excuse…