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Let's Buy Hudson!

Started by jlued686, 04/30/2015, 03:47 PM

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jlued686

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2015-04-30-what-is-happening-at-konami

When Konami has their inevitable fire sale, we can all pool our money together and buy up all the old Hudson/Turbo properties. Just think: Arkhan can finally create a China Warrior sequel! The Old Rover can create his Neutopia 3 without worrying about getting sued! Nulltard can put together some sort of fully licensed Bonk/Princess Za erotica! The Turbo/PC Engine's legacy will be in the hands of the fans!!!

Or something...

Anyway, shitty about Konami.

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esteban

Quote from: guest on 04/30/2015, 03:47 PMhttp://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2015-04-30-what-is-happening-at-konami

When Konami has their inevitable fire sale, we can all pool our money together and buy up all the old Hudson/Turbo properties. Just think: Arkhan can finally create a China Warrior sequel! The Old Rover can create his Neutopia 3 without worrying about getting sued! Nulltard can put together some sort of fully licensed Bonk/Princess Za erotica! The Turbo/PC Engine's legacy will be in the hands of the fans!!!

Or something...

Anyway, shitty about Konami.
I would absolutely do this. Too bad we don't have enough $$$.

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Nazi NecroPhile

I'd toss in a few bucks towards buying the bee, even if it was just to buy rights to a few select properties and not the entire Hudson catalog.  Sadly, I doubt they'd ever split anything up; if (when) they fold up like a cheap tent, someone will pony up for all of Konami.
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Gredler

I'm in, let's get investors and form an LLC that owns the rights bought with investor's money, then make homebrews using official licences on the PCE, then port them to modern platforms a la pier solar.

Dicer

It will be in better hands that's for shit sure...


poponon

Shame about konami... When did they forget how to make good videogames?

wildfruit


Alt-Nintega

I'm in and hopefully there will be a new Turbografx coming out to compete with Playstation, Xbox and Wii.

ToyMachine78

Quote from: Psycho Alt-Nintega on 04/30/2015, 06:21 PMI'm in and hopefully there will be a new Turbografx coming out to compete with Playstation, Xbox and Wii.
I'm in. Let's develop the Hypergrafx-68000, with Cyber-Bonk 3010 as the pack in

PCEngineHell

Konami, much like Capcom, has been a shell of its former self for a long time now. No tears would be shed by me if they exited the game market.

o.pwuaioc

I'm legitimately down for this. I would definitely invest (sci. give cash in exchange for shares) in this enterprise with some $$$.

slinkyturd

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Quote from: wildfruit on 04/30/2015, 06:10 PMI'm in for £5
What the hell is "squiggly E" 5? This isn't Battleship. Real money or gold only please.
70/95 US Turbochips

elmer

Quote from: slinkyturd on 05/01/2015, 12:57 AM
Quote from: wildfruit on 04/30/2015, 06:10 PMI'm in for £5
What the hell is "squiggly E" 5? This isn't Battleship. Real money or gold only please.
Damn colonials!

Everyone (that matters) knows that real money has a picture of the Queen (God bless her) on it.

Just because you'll be celebrating Independence Day Mistake again soon doesn't make me doubt for a second that you'd all rather be British.  :wink:

ParanoiaDragon

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What I will miss from Konami is any & all chances of seeing my favorite franchises from years past(besides Hudsons library).  Most of all, Suikoden, we've been begging for a true sequel to Suikoden 5 for some 10 years.  We got Tierkreis(brand new universe but ok game) & a PSP game(I think another universe) that never got a US release.  Besides that, I'll miss the opportunity to see more Contra, Castlevania(original series, not the new one), & Metal Gear Solid(yup, I still enjoy them).  One can only hope that whoever gets these franchises will treat them with love, rather than drag them thru the mud.  It would rock for someone to take Bonk & do something really nice with it, among other Hudson properties! There's probably other Konami franchises I'm forgetting about, but, I don't think there's been any new franchises in a couple decades from Konami that have interested me other than Suikoden, which I think is 20 years old this year.

Come to think of it, I hope Microsoft doesn't buy Konami, now THAT would suck!  I'd rather Sony or Nintendo buy them, but more preferably someone who can do multi-console games for the benefit of everyone.
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xcrement5x

Reading the article, it seems more like Konami is refocusing where they want to spend their money into other parts of the business.  A "fire sale" of IP seems unlikely, but the benefit is that if they're getting out of console development then the IPs could go to licensees who make some amazing games instead of just pachislo Castlevania cashins and the like.
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Psycho Punch

How would the sale of individual IPs be handled in case it ever happens? How to enter the auctions? An individual obscure 1989 IP might be cheap enough for the community to buy.
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NightWolve

Good article, so I guess the shakeup news is getting more valid beyond the rumor stage.

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Tatsujin

I'm in. I will reside in their old building up in sapporo :D
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Konami Kat is a jerk.
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cr8zykuban0

im in! i'd love to see a sequal to china warrior! that would be amazzzziiiinnnnggggg

CPTBadAss

Has a company sold off their IP like we're suggesting before? Is it actually possible for the community to pool money together to get something or is this just a joke? I'm curious even though it seems like a joke to me :).
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grendelrt

Quote from: CPTBadAss on 05/07/2015, 09:04 AMHas a company sold off their IP like we're suggesting before? Is it actually possible for the community to pool money together to get something or is this just a joke? I'm curious even though it seems like a joke to me :).
If they were dissolved the IPs would probably go up for sale along with any studios they owned. THq a couple years ago were a good example of this, but I dont think Konami is going out of business...I wish they saw the light of day and sold all the Hudson IPs to someone who actually want to make games.

NightWolve

They'll be fine, I think they'll just keep their IPs and milk them over time - that is what the article's author thinks after all. They'll just be licensing out the franchises to other dev/publishers, let them do the heavy lifting in developing/publishing while still getting a cut.

Alt-Nintega

who is the dude with glasses that was slapped off the desk by the cat?

NightWolve

Konami's Hideo Kojima, mostly known for his Metal Gear series, but also writer/director for things like Snatcher and Policenauts.

Elder

When I started reading about Konami's shakeup, I really wasn't surprised.  Some of their biggest franchises haven't been seen in years.  Here's a simple example, and I might be missing something, but it proves a point.

Franchise - Year of last release in North America - Game Released

Metal Gear - (Sept 2015) - Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Castlevania - (Feb 2014) - Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2
Frogger - (2013) - Frogger's Crackout
Silent Hill - (Oct 2012) - Silent Hill: Book of Memories
Zone of the Enders - (Oct 2012) - Zone of the Enders HD Collection
Contra - (March 2011) - Hard Corps: Uprising
Rocket Knight/Sparkster - (May 2010) - Rocket Knight
Suikoden - (March 2009) - Suikoden Tierkreis
Gradius - (March 2009) - Gradius ReBirth

There may have been cellphone releases I'm not thinking about, but there are some heavy hitters in there that haven't seen a new entry in a very long time.  I'm a huge fan of Gradius and Contra, and both games have been on the back-burner for a while now.  Let's also be honest, with what happened to Castlevania, we won't see a new installment in the old-school formula ever again most likely.

All this to say that, I'm not surprised Konami is on the way out.  Silent Hills just got canceled, Zone of the Enders 3 got canned a few years back, and now it looks like they'll focus almost entirely on MGS if they decide to stay in the industry at all.  They're making serious money from Pachinko machines now, so maybe they'll go the SNK route and only focus on the gambling market O_o 

ParanoiaDragon

There was a Suikoden in January 2012, but with no worldwide release.  It's called Genso Suikoden: Tsumugareshi Hyakunen no Toki.  I forget what it translates to, something like Fate of 1000 Centuries or something like that.  I have it, but never played it.  Maybe I'll get around to it someday, but I'd prefer English of coarse.
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