15 Crucial Questions For 2018's Biggest Video Games

4. Will It Bomb Without Hideo Kojima's Involvement? - Metal Gear Survive

The Question: Konami's upcoming Metal Gear Solid spin-off, a multiplayer-focused survival action game, has rubbed a lot of fans the wrong way as it's being created without the involvement of franchise creator Hideo Kojima.

So, will this righteous anger translate into a sales catastrophe, or will fans ultimately be helpless to vote with their wallets and still buy it regardless?

The Likely Answer: While it certainly won't sell anywhere near as well as the mainline MGS games, Konami likely knows this and has devoted decidedly less resources to its creation, despite their promises that the game will feature a "dense" single-player campaign.

Though press response to the game coming out of E3 this year was actually fairly positive and the reviews probably won't be disastrous as a result, a huge contingent of fans seem determined to take a principled stand against the game, so it'll probably quietly come and go, and Konami will quickly get back to their lucrative mobile game empire.