Earlier this week Konami, a former gaming giant, officially announced the cancellation of Silent Hills, after a weeks of speculation of the game's unknown status. Around the same time it was found out that Hideo Kojima, of of the last driving forces of the companies, would be leaving the company with Metal Gear Solid V being his last game. Along with that Konami delisted themselves from the New York Stock Exchange. Now Konami said that it was a move made to save money, and they are not in any financial troubles. This doesn't surprise me since in Japan they're also known for Pachinko and other Casino Machines, as well as fitness. But being a gamer, it's their video game division I'm worried about especially since outside of MGS all they have is Pro Evolution Soccer, Yu Gi Oh, and tons of lost IPs

The Future of Silent Hill

After disbanding the team of the original developers, Team Silent, and several attempts by Western Developers to make a Silent Hill games, each with mixed results, and the series was in hard times. Many hoped for a grand comeback for the series after the reveal of the Playable Teaser(dubbed PT) however, especially with the team of Hideo Kojima, Guillermo Del Toro, and Norman Reedus, it felt like a match made in heaven. The PT demo alone was considered by many to be one of the scariest games made, became a viral hit. Unfortunately the game will never come to light with the issues between Kojima and Konami. Also the fact that Konami that it would continue making MGS games instead of re-affirming the status of Silent Hills set its fate in stone. One month later Konami said it will continue working on the Silent Hill series, but after everything that's happened, no knows for sure.

Castlevania

Last year marked the year the franchises' head honcho, Koji Igarashi, would leave the company. Meanwhile the series was still in limbo after Lords of Shadows 2 bombed critically and financially. Lords of Shadows was a divisive game among, despite strong critical reception, while both Mirror of Fate and LoS2 were unpopular, and after that it seemed like Konami has been afraid to touch the franchise. Once one of the company's flagship franchises along with Contra, MGS, and Silent Hills, the series still has yet to see a new game

Metal Gear

Metal Gear is one of Konami's only IPs left that is still profitable, with Metal Gear Solid V releasing in September, and in light of recent events, this will be the last Konami game many fans will purchase, with some even going to buy the game used. It's likely that Kojima chose to leave the company so he can finally work on something new as for the past 10 years he's worked on almost nothing but MGS. The first thing Konami said after news of his departure broke out was "don't worry, we'll still make tons of Metal Gear games!". As a huge fan of this series I should be happy with this news, but if anything it has me absolutely terrified, as I feel Konami will try to milk the franchise and make money off the name alone.

Contra

Last major games were download releases, Rebirth for the Wii in 2009 and Hard Corps Uprising for the 360/PS3 in 2011, and the last physical game was released in 2007 for the DS. Other than that all they've been is iPhone ports of the first game. Much like Castlevania and Silent Hill, the former arcade hit has been in limbo.

Konami's other IPs

Konami has a plethora of other well liked IPs along with the aforementioned 4. Franchises like Suikoden, Geomon, Rocket Knight, Frogger, Gradius, and Zone of the Enders are just a few franchises loved by many fans everywhere. However, by the turn of the 7th generation, anything other than the Big 4 have been more or less out of commission and haven't seen any rereleases, let alone new games, say for a couple of exceptions like ZOE and Suikoden. Anything new they released were either unremarkable or gained a very niche standing

Hudson Soft

Hudson Soft has to be the most tragic casualty of this entire debacle. The company behind beloved franchises like Bomberman, Bonk, Adventure Island, unfortunately went under around 2012, and all of the company's assets were purchased by Konami, and needless to say Konami has done jackshit with any of them.

Konami was once a giant among Japanese developers and to see all of these franchises go down with this sinking ship, as Guillermo Del Toro put it "breaks my fat, greasy heart"