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Yes folks, Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater The Pachinko Slot Game (not real name) is really happening. Having long being the subject of farce, Konami seems to have taken the pachinko adaptation of the famous stealth action game seriously. From the announcement, it looks like it'll be out this Autumn.

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Think we might all need to take a fake-death pill for that one. What do you say?

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[migles]

i remember when they released silent hill slot machines..

i get why people hate them to waste so much effort on something so basic like a slot machine and lazying the actual game
but if it works for them...
i personally look to a casino machine like a casino machine.. i don't fucking care the theme or that it shows video boobs, the main game is basically a whish fountain, you throw away money hoping it will get you money.. having a theme or something to entertain when i decide to burn money is something nice but at same so trivial and "cheap compensation cookie"..

 

[CathyRina]

I'm shocked that they started at mgs3. Suikoden better watch it's ass.

Actually This isn't their first Pachinko. They started waay back with Contra and a few month before they announced a Silent Hill one, spawning the Konami related Joke "HIT THE LEVER!".
This isn't their first and neither their last.

 

[Foxi4]

Trick question. I'll still blame konami because they became unable to make money with videogames, so they were forced to look into other things in the first place. Not because the audience or taste changed, but because they actively ruined their own franchises in every possible way. They even had one game that didn't get shipped on its first week without any info, to the point where the director apologized on his personal twitter not knowing what the fuck was going on. They changed the font of signs in that shitty SH2 "remaster" to comic sans. This is some comedy shit, come on.

It's not about thinking of companies as friends, it's about knowing their standards are so low that nothing they make now is worth paying attention to. Following an industry takes time in itself. Hating and avoiding a clown company is useful.

Again, vote with your wallet. If you think they ruined their own games, don't buy them. It's the only effective way of establishing dialogue with a corporate entity.

 

[digipimp75]

Nobody cares about Pachinko... just the Japanese.

 

[CathyRina]

Nobody cares about Pachinko... just the Japanese.

which is why I feel really really sorry for Konami of America and Konami of Europe.
They have almost nothing to work with.

 

[Meteor7]

I'd say Konami has some serious balls for doing this, but frankly I don't believe for a second they had the brains to realize how much everyone would hate this. Doing this to Metal Gear after what they did to Kojima is like kicking a man out of his home then repeatedly prostituting his wife after having drawn penises and dollar signs on her face. I'm not even that big a Metal Gear fan, but... wow do I find this insulting. Not for myself, but for MGS fans, Kojima, and the games industry in general.

Maybe I should be thankful that Boktai isn't considered profitable by Konami, so at least that can remain un-bastardized.

 

[KingpinSlim]

I like how it's the end of the world when Konami releases a themed Pachinko, yet everyone's cool with Pokemon kitchenware, Super Mario Bros. ice cube trays and amiibo's. Gaming companies are only supposed to sell out in certain ways, it seems. I can see y'all slobbering at the thought of Nintendo cereal making a comeback. ;O;

The thing is that there is some point to that kind of merchandise since Nintendo actually DOES release proper videogames. What is Konami doing? They produce merchandise for IPs the company no longer cares about and kills off.
The merchandise is therefor advertising absolutely nothing.
Konami is shifting their focus away from actually being a company that produces quality videogames to produce product no one asked for and no one wants.

 

[Foxi4]

The thing is that there is some point to that kind of merchandise since Nintendo actually DOES release proper videogames. What is Konami doing? They produce merchandise for IPs the company no longer cares about and kills off.
The merchandise is therefor advertising absolutely nothing.
Konami is shifting their focus away from actually being a company that produces quality videogames to produce product no one asked for and no one wants.

Merchandise doesn't have to advertise anything. Pokemon plushies don't advertise Pokemon games, you got it the wrong way around. Pokemon plushies exist because people who watch the show or play the games might buy them - it's an additional stream of revenue. As long as the brand is recognizable, making merchandise of that brand makes sense. The G.I.Joe figurines were not an advert for the TV show, the TV show was an advert for the figurines - the show existed specifically to market the toys. In fact, some franchises have outgrown that interdependency altogether, for instance Transformers. A kid could never even see a Transformers show and still want a Transfermers figure because "they're cool robots". As a kid I've played with Transformers long before I even knew there was a show because it wasn't syndicated in my country - the figurines sold on their own merits. The same can be said about Pachinko - people will play it regardless of whether it's an MGS machine or a generic, the difference is that MGS fans or people who just find it "cool" might be more interested in a machine with a familiar theme.

 

[CathyRina]

The thing is that there is some point to that kind of merchandise since Nintendo actually DOES release proper videogames. What is Konami doing? They produce merchandise for IPs the company no longer cares about and kills off.
The merchandise is therefor advertising absolutely nothing.
Konami is shifting their focus away from actually being a company that produces quality videogames to produce product no one asked for and no one wants.

Konami is still developing Pro Evolution Soccer games and announced 3 Yu-Gi-Oh games for 3DS, PC and smartphones individually. They didn't completely left the Gaming market. They're just focusing on what sells best and costs the least to develop.

 

[Foxi4]

Konami is still developing Pro Evolution Soccer games and announced 3 Yu-Gi-Oh games for 3DS, PC and smartphones individually. They didn't completely left the Gaming market. They're just focusing on what sells best and costs the least to develop.

That's exactly my point. Corporations are in the business of making money, they're not making products that don't sell or that nobody wants. This isn't their first Pachinko - they did the same thing with Contra and Silent Hill. It stands to reason that if they keep making them then SOMEONE must be playing them, otherwise they would've given up on the idea after the first machine. It's also a matter of not being familiar with Japanese culture - they love their Pachinko machines. Something that's outrageous to you might be cherished elsewhere. Take deep-frying for example - Americans will deep-fry anything from a piece of chicken to a Mars bar while others just scratch their heads and wonder how you're not all dead at this point. It's a cultural thing.

 

[Xen0]

Do Japanese people stay so long at these machines that they can complete the game in one session? Or are there just boss battles?

 

[CathyRina]

Do Japanese people stay so long at these machines that they can complete the game in one session? Or are there just boss battles?

Pachinko are basically slot machines with a pinball-like minigame attached to it. It has some skill level which required for it to get into a grey area since Japanese Law forbids gambling.
It's not a game with gameplay, story etc. It's just a coin dumpster where you hope to win anything.
Which why I actually hoped they would call it "MGS3: Coin Eater" since they did that stupid "Erotic Violence" name for Castlevania.

 

[Xen0]

Pachinko are basically slot machines with a pinball-like minigame attached to it. It has some skill level which required for it to get into a grey area since Japanese Law forbids gambling.
It's not a game with cutscenes, gameplay, story etc. It's just a coin dumpster where you hope to win anything.
Which why I actually hoped they would call it "MGS3: Coin Eater" since they did that stupid "Erotic Violence" name for Castlevania.

Oh, so the video has actually nothing to do with the "game"?

 

[CathyRina]

Oh, so the video has actually nothing to do with the "game"?

Actually there are cutscenes I guess. And the CGI in the trailer will probably play while you waste your money. But still, you're looking at a coin dumpster, not like in an arcade machine, where you have an actually proper game attached to the coin dumpster.

I mean doesn't that look like fun to you?

 

[Xen0]

Okay got it now, thanks :3

 

[Blaze163]

Can't say I'm in any way shocked, Konami have got their heads so far up their anus they can lick their own lungs.

Personally, I'm just looking forward to when the Japanese government makes a serious effort to crack down on the country's massive gambling problems, pachinko machines stop making such mad bank off gullible morons, and Konami slink back to gaming full of shame and we all tell them to go get fucked.

 

[Foxi4]

Can't say I'm in any way shocked, Konami have got their heads so far up their anus they can lick their own lungs.

Personally, I'm just looking forward to when the Japanese government makes a serious effort to crack down on the country's massive gambling problems, pachinko machines stop making such mad bank off gullible morons, and Konami slink back to gaming full of shame and we all tell them to go get fucked.

What's wrong with gambling? It's not your money, don't worry about what people do with their hard-earned cash. If they want to dump their paycheck into a one-handed bandit then it's none of your business and all the power to them. The government should stop protecting people from themselves, stop treating them like children and let them make their own decisions.

 

[CathyRina]

Can't say I'm in any way shocked, Konami have got their heads so far up their anus they can lick their own lungs.

Personally, I'm just looking forward to when the Japanese government makes a serious effort to crack down on the country's massive gambling problems, pachinko machines stop making such mad bank off gullible morons, and Konami slink back to gaming full of shame and we all tell them to go get fucked.

Except that wouldn't fix the mobile market which is "the future of gaming". Even if Pachinko would go away they could still rely on cheeply made freemium smartphone games.
Not to mention in Japan Konami is more than just a game publisher.

 

[dronesplitter]

I like how it's the end of the world when Konami releases a themed Pachinko, yet everyone's cool with Pokemon kitchenware, Super Mario Bros. ice cube trays and amiibo's. Gaming companies are only supposed to sell out in certain ways, it seems. I can see y'all slobbering at the thought of Nintendo cereal making a comeback. ;O;

I can happily report to you that I don't buy any of that shit. I buy games.