Hideo Kojima is happy with the PlayStation 3
- Posted May 11th, 2008 at 23:43 EDT by
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Hideo Kojima took a complete 180 in relation to his recent comments about being unsatisfied with Metal Gear Solid 4 and has reiterated his statements in new fashion. Below are several interview quotes describing how Kojima truly feels about the hardware he has been developing for.
"On the internet, there's stuff saying 'Hideo Kojima' isn't satisfied with the PS3. I'd like to talk about that today. I just got back from Paris and did 15 interviews and everyone asked me about it, did I say that. The meaning of what I said has totally been changed, made totally different. Today, I'd like to talk about that. Why did it turn into that? When I'm doing an interview, I answer in Japanese, and I can't control how the writer will interpret that into English... What I say is then translated in English, and the writer then changes that into their own words and writes that. So, right there, the meaning of what I say changes a lot."
He continued on throughout the interview taking unexpected shots at the personalities of Americans in a generalized statement.
"I am Japanese, so I try to be modest. I'm especially modest person. I dont wish to brag about it to say 'I am the amazing Metal Gear guy' or to say 'This is the best one,' just like how Americans brag stuff like this... That's why i interview in Japanese, and Mr. Sai (translator) translates my side of the inteviews very well in English. Westerners do not have a tradition of modesty. And so, the statements are translated correctly, but the original meaning is totally different. And those statements are on a totally different website and the meaning totally changes. Regarding my recent comment about my disappointment with MGS4, the comments derived from the article 'MGS4, Inside The Biggest PS3 Game' to the post 'Hideo Disappointed with MGS4.' It's become totally different. This was in English, and here's where it gets strange. Japanese readers then translated that in Japanese and put it on their websites, writing things like 'Oh, the PS3 is dead.' Then that spread through the internet and now people are writing things like 'Hideo Kojima Is Making MGS4 on the PS3.' This is no good... It's funny how others think 'Did Hideo really say that?' then ask me, and my answer is obviously 'No' but then... I guess I am responsible for all of the articles...
"Now I'm going to say what I really wanted to say, and this is what I told those 15 reporters. Let's say this developer is making hardware, in this case a game, and that hardware is at the level of a car. And when looking at the specs, the developer claims the car is able to fly. Now there is no stopping when you say, 'This is a car that can fly.' When you claim that it can fly, the speculation grows from "oh so it can FLY?!!!" And the developer would set his goals higher. The specualtion is that if the car flies, then it should reach a MACH speed...but it doesnt stop there...it'd go beyond the specualtion of then 'it should go into space!' with all the excitement around, and the developer would go deeply into making the car going into space... however, he'll come up to the public and say the car reaches the MACH speed, but it fails to go into the space. But he shouldn't give up, because for a car to even reach a mach speed and go into air is revolutionary. I wished to convey my thoughts like that, but I guess it didn't work very well.
Recently I've been thinking about not giving interviews. That's not my job. My job is making games... The next time I interview in America, I will just say 'MGS4 is the best, the end.' It's not cool for a Japanese man to speak so blatantly, and I don't want to say that. But if I don't, things like this [above] can happen... If you look at MGS4, I think you'll understand... MGS4 isn't exactly my property, so I don't have a total control over it and sometimes I get confused with it. Some may be disappointed the way I say things, but I do release the game with confidence. In fact that what ... (continued on next page)
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default13 |
default13- 11:53pm BST - May 11th, 2008
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Whether thats really true or Sony wasn't happy with his statements towards MGS4 has me questioning, but from the look of the beta, i'd be happy just to get it now. lol he's prejudice to Americans.
to Dave W
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forzanerazzurri |
forzanerazzurri- 11:57pm BST - May 11th, 2008
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Umm American isnt a race lol. Fools on here.
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Mondax |
Mondax- 12:26am BST - May 12th, 2008
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Im pretty sure we all knew that Kojima was never really serious about the PS3 comment, he just didnt want to seem arrogant by saying he was the best and he had the best game, so instead he said that he felt that he could of done better. But it all got blown out of porportion.
And on the side,
Sarad was let go?
He was one of the cooler reporters on PSU!!!!!
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Fiddlesworth
- 12:29am BST - May 12th, 2008
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Everyone's trying to find something controversial in what people say and the truth is lost.
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Final_fantasy |
Evil_Alliances- 12:30am BST - May 12th, 2008
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well, i can agree with him completely (journalism, stupid thing really...)
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1solidsnake |
solid1snake67- 12:39am BST - May 12th, 2008
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goood. read. i can't wait for MGS4. i'll be there at 8:00 on june 12,2008 8 p.m.- 1 a.m. when getting the game. i'm going to try to be the 1st in line to get the limited edition that i have pre-ordered and fully paid. also thinking about getting MGS/ps3 bundle. but, probably not... if i hear someone say " i wish MGS4 was on the 360" i am going to call them a looser, and that will never happen
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Odium_Generis_Humani
- 1:10pm BST - May 12th, 2008
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I love it when people speak unpopular truths. Good on him! Welcome to media spin, Mr. Kojima. Hope you enjoy it.
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Also, this guy doesn't have to answer to anyone as far as his team's hard work or expertise. They squeeze the max out of the any platform when they make games. EVEN THEIR PORTS ARE GOOD.
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D3v1lwqer23
- 1:20pm BST - May 12th, 2008
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ill be arriving at Gamestop right after work to wait for this game June 11th. God the Beta was a blast, just like REFLEX's mom.
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Staticneuron |
Staticneuron- 3:07pm BST - May 12th, 2008
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There are enough people who understood what he said. And it sounds like he's a little miffed at the western reporters. Granted it seems as if there was some sort of mistranslation going on here agan with the modest statments ( It sounds like he is describing himself as reserved instead of modest) but then again thats the beauty of human languages and shoody reporting.
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Odium_Generis_Humani
- 3:14pm BST - May 12th, 2008
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@Limanima
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You're a tool if you think that's what happened.
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zombieking36
- 3:19pm BST - May 12th, 2008
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Japanese words have multiple meanings, you will see it when you watch a subbed anime to the dubbed one made by translators. So Sony may have asked him to say this, but this man seems like the kind of man that believes in honor, same with the company itself.
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