Comments on: What does Silent Hill’s poor performance mean?

By: Synthetic form

Synthetic form — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 20:09:54 +0000

That was a good article.
Konami tried to lure the western market with a western dev for the 2nd time but forgot that what made Silent Hill successful in the first place was the unique take on American horror from a Japanese (and talented) point of view.

I hope the success of Dead Space or Resident Evil 4 doesn’t dictate the way future Silent Hill games have to go in order to be financial successful.The series must try to find back its own unique place in the Survival horror genre.

Also i’m glad that Ito didn’t approve the poor marketing of his famous creation even if he is helpless against greedy Konami (and hollywood) executives.
Btw,can you provide us a link for the original or translated Ito statement?

By: DarkUsS

DarkUsS — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:49:00 +0000

Furin, you make some pretty good points in your article. Good read!

It would be great to have Team Silent develop another “true” SH game at some point but I’d also be just as happy if they start over and create a brand-new psychological horror game.

What I don’t want to see by any means is Konami outsourcing the SH franchise to another random developer. Let’s face it, SHH and SH0 were decent games but not nearly as good as the first 3 games in the series.

I’d rather watch the series die than get another mediocre sequel.

By: David

David — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:22:39 +0000

Agreed. Dead Spaces ending just left me thinking ‘are you serious?’ and felt as a massive let down despite the pretty relentless action.

And as for the Silent Hill franchise, im leaning towards it retireing while its still got some dignity. i liked SHH, but only so mor ethan SH4. If the original 3 of Team Silent get back together, id say why not. otherwise, i dont want it to be remebered as ‘a good franchise gone wrong’.

sorry if i didnt make much sense.