Thread 720293921

Why are they coming back after like a decade of no gaems, I thought they were making bank from Pachinko?

Are there even any devs left?

>>720293921 (OP)
Pandemic hit their profit margins hard so they quickly shat out trashy re-releases of old IPs they have been hoarding as well as trash remakes for games.

>>720293921 (OP)
>Are there even any devs left?
Lolno, why do you think they have to outsource development and have no new original IPs?

>>720293921 (OP)
>Are there even any devs left?
exclusive to the bomberman series

They made a new Salamander game included in that Gradius collection.
That was cool and all but now do Parodius.

>>720293921 (OP)
I heard the japanese government has been cracking down on the pachinko industry. No idea if true though.

>>720294323
That might be it if pachinko shops had to close doors during covid.

>>720293921 (OP)
they’ve been focusing on arcade stuff, home gaming doesn’t make profit anymore

>>720295410
That was M2

>>720293921 (OP)
when the entire world was locked inside of their homes the Pachinko market collapsed and they missed out on the huge boom the industry had back then so consider it a panic move

>>720295647
The port is from M2 indeed, but did they also make the new game themselves?

>>720293921 (OP)
Re-release Axelay you stupid fucks!

>>720295410
I want it too, but I feel it would get more neutered than the PSP collection, losing those tracks hurt.

>>720297316
>losing those tracks hurt
Yeah it sucks because the PSP collection is otherwise perfect. Wish somebody made a romhack only to restore the "that's the way I like it" song.

>>720293921 (OP)
The CEO they appointed a decade ago and pushed for a focus on phone games and pachinko got ousted because neither of those fronts were making any money.
That's it.

>>720293921 (OP)
N64 amd Ps2 castlevania re-releases, plz. Nanobreaker, too

>>720293921 (OP)
>Are there even any devs left?
Literally every new SH project has been outsourced to fags like Bloober and Neobards, so you tell me.

>>720298213
Hybrid heaven
C'monnnnnnnnnnn

Konami's been making modest stuff (largely releases for the Japanese) market since 2017, but because it wasn't a new Castlevania, Metal Gear, or Silent Hill, nobody in America noticed.

>>720293921 (OP)
Aren't they just publishers at this point?

>>720295709
Yes. Same situation as Haunted Castle Revisited.

>>720293921 (OP)
They were making money but pachinko business went downhill after Japanese government started cracking down on gambling and because of scamdemic, which forced their core audience stay in home until 2023. They barely scraped by with mobile gaming and YuGiOh alone.
Now they try to get money through remasters and nostalgia bait because most of their talent got outsourced and they burned bridges with original talent who know how to work with their proprietary engines.
>>720299504
They are almost like Sega by now.

>>720294323
>>720299935
it's the opposite you dumbass. they have been having record breaking profit year after year thanks to powerpro and momotetsu. their stocks actually the highest of all japanse video game company

>>720301341
>powerpro
What do they have to do with fishing?

>>720302832
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Pros

New gambling laws, supposedly