wraggster
September 28th, 2012, 22:51
Metal Gear Solid creator sees his peers as 'the last generation' of single visionaries
Metal Gear Solid designer and industry icon Hideo Kojima has predicted that there is little future for auteur developers in the games industry.
Speaking at today's Annual Games Lecture 2012 at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Kojima was asked if he saw himself as an auteur.
"I guess you could say that yes, I could be considered an auteur," offered Kojima, speaking through a translator.
Kojima takes complete control over his titles' gameplay, narrative, control scheme, presentation and just about every element of a Metal Gear Solid Game.
"But that said," he added, "I do think that that particular type of games creation is like indie film making. It is becoming more and more unusual."
http://www.develop-online.net/news/42104/Kojima-Games-dev-auteurs-a-dying-breed
Metal Gear Solid designer and industry icon Hideo Kojima has predicted that there is little future for auteur developers in the games industry.
Speaking at today's Annual Games Lecture 2012 at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Kojima was asked if he saw himself as an auteur.
"I guess you could say that yes, I could be considered an auteur," offered Kojima, speaking through a translator.
Kojima takes complete control over his titles' gameplay, narrative, control scheme, presentation and just about every element of a Metal Gear Solid Game.
"But that said," he added, "I do think that that particular type of games creation is like indie film making. It is becoming more and more unusual."
http://www.develop-online.net/news/42104/Kojima-Games-dev-auteurs-a-dying-breed