“But now it's my own company... so if I mess up, there won't be a next project.”
Kojima said he has been making games for over 30 years and compared the risk then with the risk now: before, if he made a flop his staff could move to another department and would still receive a paycheck; now, with his own company, if he makes a mistake there will be no next project.
“I've been making games for over 30 years. Before, if I was to make a flop, my staff could just go to another department. They would still have a paycheck. But now it's my own company... so if I mess up, there won't be a next project.”