Parker Petrov said: Konami doesn't really make games anymore. They are all about mobile and pachinko. I could see them selling their gaming related assets to someone like Microsoft or Sony, etc. Click to expand... Click to shrink...

This is the move that is most interesting to me. We've all noticed that Game Stack is missing an engine. Buy the Fox Engine, Silent Hill, Metal Gear, Castlevania, Bomberman, and the rest of their IP, then give those projects to newly acquired and existing XGS studios. Use the existing developers (what's left of them) to make games in Japan.Not sure what Microsoft's plan with Compulsion is? Now they're making a Silent Hill game.Killer Instinct 2 is launching with Scarlett? First guest character is Simon Belmont.Need an interesting new XGSGP game? Give a smaller studio the Contra, Frogger, Gradius, or Bomberman franchise and see what they can do.Sony has MLB: The Show? Microsoft has Power Pros.Ninja Theory is interested in another project like Hellblade? Castlevania. Could you imagine a dark, gritty, AAA, 3D Castlevania game made by a studio like Ninja Theory? They could do all sorts of interesting stuff with music, characters, and concepts from the original games.Metal Gear would be a tough one, but I think the best move would be start a new studio from the ground up and load it up with Metal Gear fans and let them go nuts. Different game types, different characters, different timelines, all anchored by the Fox Engine.I don't know what Microsoft would do with PES. They could let Konami keep it or take it and let PES Productions operate like normal. FIFA is definitely vulnerable right now, in my opinion and with a solid investment, it could become a cash cow. I'm just not sure if Microsoft would want to make that investment.