Ah, the rumor mill...

Man that Silent Hills rumor. Hmm. As good as Silent Hill has been and could be again, just looking at how those titles sell? Nobody is gonna drop billions for just a single game. It would be dumb to drop billions for the entire IP. I wouldn't necessarily be surprised to see Microsoft make a deal with Konami, but I'd expect it to be either less $$$ or more series. I could imagine them snapping up Silent Hill AND Castlevania, for example. Or even making a play for Metal Gear. But a billion dollar deal for JUST Silent Hills? No way.

Not to mention we've heard more than enough from various involved parties to know that the whole "it's 80% done" thing is pretty definitely not true. As for Konami taking down P.T. as a good faith gesture to Microsoft? Considering they did it before this rumored deal supposedly started being discussed? Besides, I'd imagine that, similar to Minecraft, Microsoft would enjoy Sony advertising for their new title.

That said, I'd be happy to see Silent Hill, Castlevania, and Metal Gear go to anybody else at this point. If Konami would really sell any of them off...good or bad, I'll take any studio giving them a go over whatever oblivion Konami heads for. And frankly, I could see a lot of potential for Konami IP at Microsoft. They've rededicated the Xbox focus to games, seem intent on doing it well, and very much want to put the initial One plans behind them, which adds up to me thinking they'd be a bit more invested in not fucking them up than others would be.

All that aside, I see people saying that if it's true, they'd rather Silent Hills not exist over it existing as an Xbox exclusive. The fuck is wrong with you people? That's a ridiculous level to take your console fanboy war bullshit up to. Would it be inconvenient to people who own a PS4? Yes. I could understand the annoyance of now having to purchase or otherwise get access to a new console unexpectedly. It's a similar situation to the Rise of the Tomb Raider situation, and I see the frustration, but come on. With Tomb Raider, the developers have said that the Microsoft deal is the only reason the game is getting to happen. With Silent Hills, it IS dead, and if this rumor were true, this would be the only way it comes back to life.

So yeah, it's irritating. If you get mad, I get that. But get mad at Square for their ridiculous budgets that spend God knows how much on marketing and have to declare by every account successful games a loss. Get mad at Konami for fucking up basically everything and chasing people away however they can. But don't sink into some "I HATE XBOX" fog and wish for cool shit to not happen at all. If you're a gamer or a supposed fan of any given series, you should want a game to happen, even if it may be a bit before you personally get access to it.