User blog comment:Gekkou30/No David Hayter So?/@comment-68.45.180.241-20130521191245/@comment-1672596-20130521192345

I'm pretty sure that MGS3 was cited to be his final game, and before that, MGS2, and then probably MGS1 before that. I think he might have also initially felt not to pursue MG2 when MG was released, with only Snake's Revenge giving him the drive due to someone's advice on the train. Probably the only Kojima-made-directly game where he DIDN'T state was his final game was Peace Walker. Heck, according to KazRadio, MGS4 wasn't even supposed to exist. At least, that's what I've heard.