Hideo Kojima er færdig med Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, og det bliver sandsynligvis hans sidste Metal Gear-spil nogensinde. Hvordan serien bliver behandlet i fremtiden, vides endnu ikke, siden budgettet på spillene lader til at være roden til problemerne imellem spiludvikleren og Konami.
Det er ikke kun fans der er utilfredse med situationen, men også EA-bossen Peter Moore. I et interview med a href="http://www.gamespot.com/articles/eas-new-empire-an-interview-with-peter-moore/1100-6429703/#comments-block-32323701" target="_blank">Gamespot</a> sagde han:
"I've always liked Kojima-san. I got on with him during my days at Microsoft. I just think... what's going on there... I just think both of them should kiss and make up."
Moore er ikke lige så pessimistisk som mange analytikere, og tror at Kojima og Konami vil begrave stridsøksen, og fortsætte samarbejdet:
"From my experience, and I've spent a lot of time working in Japan, I think that Konami and Kojima will figure it out. Those kinds of business relationships [in Japan] are typically for life, and Kojima is such an important part in what has gone on there.
Clearly, they're at a rocky stage in their marriage. But you could take what is said about [Kojima Productions], about a game not adhering to budgets, about a game not being ready, and you could apply that to a lot of people."