Unironically what happened? He was pretty much Jesus for video game nerds through the 2000s and then even MGS4 and Peace Walker being duds on the plot front didn't dent his image. Now he's something of a polarizing figure with people openly talking shit about him relentlessly, which you couldn't really even imagine in the post-TPP #FuckKonami environment.

Is it all down to Death Stranding being really out there?