Direct quote 2015-08-21
“In the beginning, I would say the answer to that is yes. I had very specific people in mind when I created a game, and I had a message that I wanted to pass along. But now my thought process is changing.”
What it documents
Asked in 2013 whether moments in the Metal Gear saga reflected what he felt and what he wanted to tell the important people in his life, Kojima paused and, lowering his voice, said that at the beginning the answer was yes: he had very specific people in mind when he created a game and he had a message he wanted to pass along, but his thought process was changing after twenty-five years making games and traveling the world and meeting many fans he had never met, who do not know him and whom he does not know and who are devoted; he said he feels like he is needed to fill a role for them and that he feels he has an obligation.
Source
“I feel like I'm needed to fill a role for them. I feel like I have an obligation.”