>>724537989
Kojima did the exact same shit in the end and he had been trying to kill off Metal Gear since MGS2. Except despite all his efforts it kept chugging along. MGS4 had all the same shit including loads of sardonic "fanservice" and shitty answers to shitty questions yet people still gobbled it up and cried out for more.
I think these gestures are more "carving a name on the tombstone of finality" than a sincere thank you. To Japanese auteurs, the mindless players and the hungry publishers become almost antagonists but they can't actually do or say much else because Jap corporate culture