10 Video Games Cancelled For The WORST Reasons
8. Silent Hills (Konami)
Pee-tea - a hilarious prank to play on weak-stomached flatmates. PT - a hilarious prank to play on weak-stomached flatmates.
If you have absolutely any interest in survival horror games, you'll have likely downloaded PT, the "playable teaser" for Silent Hills, an extremely disturbing reimagining of Konami's classic psychological horror series. With names such as Kojima, Del Toro and Reedus involved in the project, the demo stirred up almost universally acclaim and respect, with some outlets even declaring "Silent Hill is back to brilliance" from the teaser alone.
However, Konami was beginning to tire of Hideo Kojima's presence, claiming his demands and methods were too astronomical; Konami was, at this point, limiting its AAA game development budget to focus on mobile and casino games, and with Hidsey-boy repeatedly going over budget for Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain, they decided he had outgrown his use and fired him.
With this, Konami rapidly tied up the development for Metal Gear Solid 5, cancelled Silent Hills, and went on to focus on making some absolutely diabolical Castlevania NFTs, to the excitement of nobody (except that one guy you always see practicing his jujitsu katas at the bus stop in a trenchcoat).