Paraphrase 2022-11
“Some of those offers are ridiculously high prices, but it's not that I want money. I want to make what I want to make. That's why I created this studio. So as long as I'm alive, I don't think I will ever accept those offers.”
What it documents
In the midst of the acquisition era (Microsoft-Activision), Kojima revealed that he is approached daily from all over the world with offers to buy his studio — some at ridiculously high prices. He said it is not that he wants money; he wants to make what he wants to make, which is why he created the studio, and that as long as he is alive he does not think he will ever accept those offers.
Source
HIDEO KOJIMA presents Brain Structure, ep. 10 «TGA Special: The truths behind internet rumors?!» (Spotify Studios × Kojima Productions); official English dub, own transcription, 2022-11 (00:27:46–00:28:07). View source ↗
“And every day, I am approached by offers from all over the world to buy our studio. Some of those offers are ridiculously high prices, but it's not that I want money. I want to make what I want to make.”