> it never was a commercial success for Konami. AFAIK MGS2 WAS a commercial success ( > 6.000.000 copies sold in 2001 ), if it wasn't the case the Konami would

> it never was a commercial success for Konami. AFAIK MGS2 WAS a commercial success ( > 6.000.000 copies sold in 2001 ), if it wasn't the case the Konami would have ditched that franchise a long time ago. It's true that both MGS4 and MGS5 went over budget, but MGS5 prologue was sold separately and had a moderate commercial success. No what happened is that Konami decided Patchinko machines and Mobile Games with micro-transactions were more profitable than developping AAA Games(and they are in Japan) so they "fired" Kojima and its team earlier this year, making them unable to finish the game as they wanted.