With the new year merely a half dozen days under way, Hideo Kojima let know in an interview with Famitsu that this year will be a very important year to his studio.

That said, he is currently reviewing his staff and working structure to compete with ‘foreign creators’ as he steps in a new direction.

I’ve come to understand that the way we’ve made games up until now won’t translate globally, and I’ve come to think that I need to make Kojima Productions a team that can compete alongside the rest of the world

I’ve thought a lot about how Western games have been winning, looking it from a global perspective, and there are things that I’ve noticed. So 2009 will be a year of change, a year where we start from zero again

Though we are not sure how he thinks that Western games are winning. Metal Gear Solid 4 was chosen as ‘Game of the Year’ by many game sites and industry people. That surely doesn’t mean your losing.
By moving ‘west’ many have the feeling this is Hideo Kojima first step to creating a Xbox 360 game along side a PS3 version. The question that then arises, which will be the port or will they both be developed equally?

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