Hideo Kojima was DENIED admission and travel to The Game Awards 2015 by Konami's lawyers, let alone - Polidicks

[QUOTE=SGTNAPALM;49242441]Fact of the matter is that gaming already [i]is[/i] as big as movies. Jurassic World earned $209 million in its opening weekend and grossed $652 million. Fallout 4 earned $750 million in its first day.[/QUOTE] And when porn sites report a 10% drop in traffic on release date, you KNOW it's huge.

[QUOTE=Zero-Point;49244621]And when porn sites report a 10% drop in traffic on release date, you KNOW it's huge.[/QUOTE] That was only among gamers iirc, not overall.

I used to remember watching these for the sole purpose that there might be a Half-Life 3 trailer.

[QUOTE=Bokito;49244681]That was only among gamers iirc, not overall.[/QUOTE] How would Pornhub be able to differentiate between who is and isn't a gamer among their visitors? Search terms?

[QUOTE=Coyoteze;49244712]How would Pornhub be able to differentiate between who is and isn't a gamer among their visitors? Search terms?[/QUOTE] I wonder if anything actually comes up if you put 'Gamer' in the search box. :v:

[QUOTE=kyle877;49244725]I wonder if anything actually comes up if you put 'Gamer' in the search box. :v:[/QUOTE] Here's a hint: [sp]porn.[/sp] And for some reason, [sp]a RuneScape gameplay clip called "Cute Petite Gamer Virgin Squeals in Delight".[/sp]

[QUOTE=Bokito;49244681]That was only among gamers iirc, not overall.[/QUOTE] It was overall. Suggests around 10% of their userbase are gamers who prefer Fallout to porn. (As someone above said, how the hell would they differentiate normal traffic from gamer traffic?)

Kojima is a huge fan of Star Wars. Imagine what it would've meant to him to receive an award from Mark fucking Hamill.

[QUOTE=Craigewan;49244845]It was overall. Suggests around 10% of their userbase are gamers who prefer Fallout to porn. (As someone above said, how the hell would they differentiate normal traffic from gamer traffic?)[/QUOTE] It was a 10% drop amongst gamers. They use google analytics to differentiate. [url]http://www.pornhub.com/insights/fallout-4-release-traffic[/url]

[QUOTE=Swiket;49244853]Kojima is a huge fan of Star Wars. Imagine what it would've meant to him to receive an award from Mark fucking Hamill.[/QUOTE] I'm sad now.

[QUOTE=Jimesu_Evil;49243956]It's not so much about the whole Doritos Pope thing, more that I wouldn't have expected him to essentially burn a bridge with a AAA developer, whether they're focusing on pachinko machines or not.[/QUOTE] He essentially burnt a bridge with a publisher who's only games now are one football game and the probably non kojima mgs games which more than likely will be shit. In terms of video games konami are effectively dead.

[QUOTE=Tudd;49242629]Because then you get the extreme like this that he brings into the industry; [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rbU0mzoMyw[/media][/QUOTE] I've said it before and I'll say it again. You can see his soul withering away just from being next to that crap :v:

How does a noncompete even prevent this?

[QUOTE=Sableye;49245079]How does a noncompete even prevent this?[/QUOTE] He is technically allowed to go to the show in a way, but if he had gone on stage to accept the award or been seen on camera there, konami would be all over him. if I'm correct he's still contracted by konami?

What a bunch of assholes though. It's his game, his award.

[QUOTE=Coyoteze;49244712]How would Pornhub be able to differentiate between who is and isn't a gamer among their visitors? Search terms?[/QUOTE]Google Analytics. You can read the full details [url=http://www.pornhub.com/insights/fallout-4-release-traffic]on their technically safe for work (it has "porn" in the url so you probably shouldn't CLICK it at work, but...) traffic analysis blog[/url]

[QUOTE=Kumari24;49245278]He is technically allowed to go to the show in a way, but if he had gone on stage to accept the award or been seen on camera there, konami would be all over him. if I'm correct he's still contracted by konami?[/QUOTE] Yea, he's still contracted but on 'vacation' aka no longer actually works on anything. I believe his contract ends at the end of the year, though. Wonder what he'll do then.

[QUOTE=Craigewan;49244845]It was overall. Suggests around 10% of their userbase are gamers who prefer Fallout to porn. (As someone above said, how the hell would they differentiate normal traffic from gamer traffic?)[/QUOTE] It's not about traffic, it's about web trace that users leave that helps differentiating them. That's the same way as web ads targeting works. Russian search engine made an article describing how it works [url]https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fyandex.ru%2Fcompany%2Ftechnologies%2Fcrypta%2F&edit-text=[/url]

[QUOTE=Selek;49245531]Yea, he's still contracted but on 'vacation' aka no longer actually works on anything. I believe his contract ends at the end of the year, though. Wonder what he'll do then.[/QUOTE] Join forces with Guillermo Del Toro, build a new Kojima productions, and fight Konami. Which, weirdly enough, could be seen as the story of Big Boss. Gets MB blown up by what could be seen as a sort of old employer, and then rebuilds it with Miller.

That's terrible of Konami. I mean, this feels like infringing upon a basic human right of free travel. I didn't even know corporations could do this.

[QUOTE=CoalTen;49244884]It was a 10% drop amongst gamers. They use google analytics to differentiate. [url]http://www.pornhub.com/insights/fallout-4-release-traffic[/url][/QUOTE] "it was gamers so it means nothing" Um, duh? It was a [I]video game[/I] release.

Kojima and gorilla de toro should team up and make a movie already

[QUOTE=Zero-Point;49246572]"it was gamers so it means nothing" Um, duh? It was a [I]video game[/I] release.[/QUOTE] That's the whole point of what he's saying. If the drop was only among gamers that's kinda obvious, whereas if it was among the general population it would be alot bigger because that would mean 10% of [i]people[/i] prioritize fallout.

[QUOTE=HybridTheroy;49242787]Nah, Tudd literally just searched "Geoff Keighley Doritos and Dew" into youtube and pasted the first result in an attempt at "huehue doritos pope" meme pandering.[/QUOTE] should have just used this tbh far more fitting [img]http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/776/431/3ba.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=zakedodead;49249433]That's the whole point of what he's saying. If the drop was only among gamers that's kinda obvious, whereas if it was among the general population it would be alot bigger because that would mean 10% of [i]people[/i] prioritize fallout.[/QUOTE] There are movie-goers, and there are people who would rather wait until it hits blu-Ray.

Kojima should have went there anyways. No fucking way konami could win this in court.

[QUOTE=Str4fe;49251214]Kojima should have went there anyways. No fucking way konami could win this in court.[/QUOTE] Japanese contracts are fucking brutal, man. Idols over there have to sign contracts agreeing not to get into relationships, since it hurts their market value. And that's a stipulation that the courts have ruled in favor of.