Death Stranding creator Hideo Kojima is passing ideas onto his staff for after he dies, but he doesn't want them to copy him, because they "will go out of business": "I am not going to pass the baton to anyone"

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Mere weeks away from 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Hideo Kojima has spoken about his legacy. Now 61, he’s been making video games for 40 years, and though he expects Kojima Productions to live on without him, he doesn’t want the team to approach things the same after he's retired🅺.

The topic came up during a🎀 wide-ranging interview with , where Kojima addressed being in the twilight of his career. The Metal Gear Solid creator still has plenty of ideas, but when someone else is in charge, he'd rather they serve as inspiration than become an MO.

"I am not going to p🔥ass the baton to anyone. I will rather crush the baton," he laughs. "I don't need to give ‘ﷺHideo Kojima’ to anyone. If I pass the baton to my staff and tell them to make things the same way I do, the company will not succeed and will go out of business."

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He elaborates by explaining that creators often contact him to explain how his work impacted their lives. He wants to inspire his team members in the same way, igniting their pa𝔉ssion and creative flowꦛ.

"They say, 'I'm a creator because of your games.’ Bu🔯t they didn't receive the baton of Hideo Kojima," he states. "They received my small fire. They're not copying me. They're not trying to be me. They꧅ have this fire, and they light up their own. And they'll probably give that to someone else."

It sounds like whatever unfinished work he leaves at his company will be just another resource, something to tap into, but not an outright guideline. His position is admirable and remar♚kably forward-thinking.

Kojima Productions has finished two games thus far, both Death Stranding installments. Two more are in the pipeline: OD, a horror project for Xbox, and Physint, another Sony production. Besides☂ those, Kojima intends to direct a movie, a longtime aspiration of his.

Whatever you think of his work, anything with his name tends to stand on its own and ge🌸t people talking,ℱ and his comments suggest he wants his company always to operate that way.

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Anthony McGlynn
Contributing Writer

Anthony is an Irish entertainment and games journalist, now based in Glasgow. He previously served as Senior Anime Writer at Dexerto and News Editor at The Digital Fix, on top of providing work for Variety, IGN, Den of Geek, PC Gamer, and many more. Besides Studio Ghib🐠li, horror movies, and The Muppets, he enjoys action-RPGs, heavy metal, and pro-wrestling. He interviewed Animal once, not that he won’t stop going on about it or anything.

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