Hideo Kojima, revered director of the
Metal Gear series, recently talked about the PSP in an interview with
IGN. He noted the success
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops has had, especially with the younger demographic. He notes that teens in Japan love the PSP: "middle school students, from 13 to 15, are really fanatical with the machine itself -- look at
Monster Hunter Portable, for instance."
The rampant fervor of the teenage PSP audience is what helped drive the
Monster Hunter series into millions of units sold. This is obviously an audience that Kojima would love to capture: "I would like to continue with this, to aim at those middle school students because they are so interested with
MPO right now. I would continue to try to reach them."
He gives an anecdote about his son. "He has always criticized it: 'Oh,
Metal Gear is such a s****y game.' Until the point I released
Portable Ops." From the sounds of it, Kojima certainly wouldn't want to disappoint his son, and it appears that a new PSP game from Kojima Productions is inevitable: "My son is really into
Portable Ops as well: the use of the WiFi, the ability to play anywhere, bring it to school, etc ... It might not be the Metal Gear series, but I would like to consider this audience because it's very important and new."
Siliconera has discovered Metal Gear Solid Existence in the Japanese trademark database. We're going to give you a number of things this could possibly be. Let's make some predictions now and see who wins.
