Der har på forskellige tidspunkter været udsagn fra Hideo Kojmia, manden bag Metal Gear-spillene, der har indikeret at den dygtige leder var ved at være træt af serien. Enhver spekulation om den holdning synes dog nu at være fortid, for VG247 kan fortælle at Kojima i et nyt interview fortæller at han vil blive ved med at arbejde på serien ligeså længe dens fans har lyst til at spille den. Faktisk håber Kojima også at serien vil fortsætte efter han er død, hvis efterspørgslen altså er der:
"First of all, I just want to say that as long as there are fans who want Metal Gear Solid, as a producer, I will always want to still make them and I want the series to continue. So even after I die, I still would love to have the Metal Gear Solid series continue,".
I interviewet fortæller Kojima også hvordan han flere gange har prøvet at give serien videre til en anden producer, men at noget altid synes at komme i vejen, og at han derfor nærmest altid bliver nødt til at tage over:
"So of course I have tried in the past. I've tried to hand Metal Gear off to other people within the studio and I've tried to raise people up so they have the ability to take over. And I think since Metal Gear Solid 3, I've tried this and actually did hand it off and have other people come up with the story and come up with the game design... But for some reason it just never really works out. And, you know, I end up having to step in again to take charge and kind of fix things here and there and just get sucked back in unfortunately."