“I like films, but decided to make games, and that's why I think my work is a bit unique.”
Kojima said he likes films but decided to make video games, and that is why he thinks his work is a bit unique. He framed this as a generational change: earlier creators crossed over from other media — Masaki Yamada, a novelist who got his start in film; Katsuhiro Otomo, who moved from an interest in film into drawing and anime — whereas today, people who grow up watching anime make anime and people who grow up playing video games make video games; that, for him, is the difference.
“I like films, but decided to make games, and that's why I think my work is a bit unique. Similarly, Masaki Yamada, for example, is a novelist but got his start in films. Katsuhiro Otomo is the same too. […] Nowadays, people grow up watching Anime, then make Anime. Or, they grow up playing Video Games and then make Video Games. That's the difference.”