Direct quote 2023-06
“In my previous company, I was free to do what I wanted, but it wasn't my own brand. ... The only way is to produce it yourself.”
What it documents
Looking back after becoming independent, Kojima said that in his previous company he was free to do what he wanted, but the brand was not his: he had his own games and yet had to protect the company’s brand and profits, an environment in which it is very difficult to create something cutting-edge. He concluded, laughing, that the only way is to produce it yourself.
Source
Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds (documentary by Glen Milner; PlayStation Productions / Kojima Productions); official English SDH subtitles, 2023-06 (00:03:56,250–00:04:37,916). View source ↗
“In my previous company, I was free to do what I wanted, but it wasn't my own brand. I had my own games but I had to protect the company's brand and profits. In such an environment, it is very difficult to create something cutting-edge. The only way is to produce it yourself.”