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Bring on the Metal Gear!

by Billy Berghammer - March 20, 2000, 11:32 pm EST
Source: Computer and Video Games

Hideo Kajima plays dumb about Dolphin, sorta... We think something could be up!

Computer and Video Games Magazine recently spoke with Hideo Kajima from Konami (Metal Gear). Not a whole lot is said here. Personally, I think it's a lot of crap. "I don't know much about Dolphin." Yeah, right. And then he goes on to talk about it's similarities to the other systems. Interesting contradiction. Not that Konami and Nintendo aren't working on anything already. Cough...cough. Makes you think a bit. I'd sure like to see the next Metal Gear hit the Dolphin!

CVG: What are your opinions on the impending contest between Dreamcast, PlayStation2 and Dolphin? What are the strength and weaknesses, to your knowledge, of each of the systems?

Kajima: “It is more like coexistence and symbiosis than competition. Each hardware shall create its own market by maximising its strengths. I don't think one hardware will monopolise the market. If that happens, the whole industry will not advance. This is identical to what takes place in our ecosystem. Only when different consoles (and ways of thoughts and markets) influence each other can the industry advance.

“I don't know much about Dolphin.

“However, the hardware capabilities (graphics, processing speed, etc.) among PS2, DC, and Dolphin do not differ that much. The same is true with Internet and DVD-playing capabilities. What makes the difference is how we creators make use of these machines to their maximum capabilities. Even if the machines do not differ that much in specs, the markets constituted by different target groups differ a lot. Films shown in a metropolitan theatre and theatre in the countryside are different. When the creators create games matching each market, the vectors (directions) of games start to become diverse. These different vectors become the differences and characteristics of each hardware and its market.”

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