I want to give away Metal Gear Solid series – Kojima

Hideo Kojima has said, even though past attempts have failed, he wants to give away the Metal Gear Solid series to another studio.

Speaking to GameTrailers, the developer commented:

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.

The legendary industry figure added:

I also want to take the numbered series, the official canon Metal Gear, and hand that off to someone. There will come a day, however, when someone else will have to take the reigns, that is if the Metal Gear series is to stretch as far as Kojima would like. 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,” he said. So even after I die, I still would love to have the Metal Gear Solid series continue.

Kojima is currently working on the next major console game for the franchise in some capacity with Metal Gear Solid: Rising.