Board Thread:Metal Gear Solid V/@comment-6512-20150817184322/@comment-3566131-20150822032817

Terminator-HIX wrote: Whathopercy wrote: If I may provide a perspective from outside the fandom, I can see this as a way to show potential buyers that the quality of the game is what has been advertised. Microtransactions can make people very jumpy, and what with such colossal let-downs like Watch_Dogs, Dead Space 3 (?, I've only heard of that one) and Aliens: Colonial Marines, it could be a contingency to maximize sales on opening day. Maximising sales would be my guess. From what I've heard, TPP has gone over budget by a considerable amount. Combine that with the game's release being delayed in the past, it makes sense that Konami would be scrambling to get a return on their investment. It could also at least partially explain why the relationship between Konami and Kojima has imploded so spectacularly in the past year.

It's oddly nice to know that his eviction from the company isn't entirely unjustified.