Topic: Silicon Knights and Nintendo break up

[odifiend]

That last theory would be SOO cool.  But it is kind of unrealistic.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

So SK is one big SOLID SNAKE?


Don't be nasty, now.

[almondblight]

Weren't we supposed to be getting the confirmation of the split like half a year ago?  Don't tell me people are still sating that there's nothing suspicious.

[Rancid Planet]

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Originally posted by: UrkelAnd I bet the game would've sold a lot better if Konami had actually, y'know, advertised it. It's a pity that whenever somebody points to the weak sales of MGS:TS, they happen to forget that insignificant little fact.

Hey Nintendo themselves should have been pushing this game like there was no tomorrow. Nintendo should have realized that they don't get many opportunities to shed their "NINTENDO IS FER GAI BABIES!!11one" image. They should have jumped at the opportunity to say "HEY LOOK! WE HAVE METAL GEAR TOO!"

[Mario]

"Hey look, our new console only plays old games you've already played!"

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

The early Who Are You?/WTF are you?/MGS:TTS commercials sucked, and the timing of releasing those commercials was bad.  The hype leading up to the release wasn't strong either.

[Rancid Planet]

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Originally posted by: Mario
"Hey look, our new console only plays old games you've already played!"

Yes, but wonderfully remade versions of old games you've already played.

[ThePerm]

sure i like alot of nintendo's commercials, however sometimes they like to run with themes for a long time..and you know that doesnt always work out for certain games. Like if you remember the metal gear solid 2 commercials for box there was a bunch of people running around cubicles..bu they used classic metal gear exclamation marks and it made it funny.

[Rancid Planet]

Yeah Perm those were funny to those in the know but the more generic comercials probably sell more products.

It's sad. People are easily confused yet so hard to entertain.  

[Rob91883]

  When I first heard of Twin Snakes I really felt like shooting someone.  Why would anyone want to play something  that's already been out, with the same gameplay when gamers everywhere could have been playing something different, and innovative(Too Human).  I can say that because Silicon Knight's past history in games is a good one.

[Ian Sane]

"When I first heard of Twin Snakes I really felt like shooting someone. Why would anyone want to play something that's already been out, with the same gameplay when gamers everywhere could have been playing something different, and innovative"

When Twin Snakes was announced I was at least happy that we were getting something worthwhile from Konami.  I was however disappointed that Silicon Knights was working on it because to me it seemed like a complete waste to have a talented developer handling an enhanced port.  There's no point in having a creative developer working on someone else's game.  Plus I was angry that Konami wasn't willing to work on it themselves.  The "deal" seemed pretty one sided with Nintendo doing most of the work only for Konami to completely sabotage the game's sales by focusing on MGS3 instead.

If Twin Snakes contributed to Silicon Knights' departure I'm going to really pissed off... at Konami.  They were a bunch of stubborn dicks who didn't feel like doing the grunt work, or providing an original title, or promoting the game.  Had they put more effort into the project then Silicon Knights probably wouldn't even have been involved and things could be different now.

[Rancid Planet]

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Originally posted by: Ian Sane


When Twin Snakes was announced I was at least happy that we were getting something worthwhile from Konami.  I was however disappointed that Silicon Knights was working on it because to me it seemed like a complete waste to have a talented developer handling an enhanced port.  There's no point in having a creative developer working on someone else's game.

That's exactly how I felt about the whole situation. I mean I had fun playing TS but c'mon that was so not a job for a talented developer like SK. But who knows, perhaps the game was supposed to be a gift for SK. So that they might see some big sales for once. God knows they deserved them for Eternal Darkness.