Has turned down “ridiculously high prices” to sell.
Metal Gear Solid makerHideo Kojimahas said his development studio will remain independent - despite numerous offers from interested parties.
“It was 100 percent out of my pocket - no funding from anyone whatsover.
“Every day I am approached by offers from all over the world to buy our studio.
Some of those offers are ridiculously high prices but it’s not that I want money.
I want to make what I want to make.
That’s why I created this studio.
So as long as I’m alive, I don’t think I’ll ever accept those offers.”
Kojima iscurrently working on a mysterious new project for Xboxset to take advantage of Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure.
Unfounded rumours suggested this project would have been a follow-up to Death Stranding.
“And [Google Stadia boss] Phil Harrison ultimately rejecting that is quite impossible.
I’ve never once said anything to Phil about wanting to make a Death Stranding sequel.”
However, Death Stranding star Norman Reedus suggested earlier this year that asequel was now in the works.
Kojima did not comment on that on the podcast.
“Probably not Boktai,” Kojima laughed.
But they still send me stuff like this.”
