PS4, Xbox One and PC: Why Guillermo Del Toro NEVER wants to get involved with gaming again

PS4 and Xbox One fans look set to miss out on any new Guillermo Del Toro projects

PS4 and Xbox One fans who were excited by the notion of Guillermo Del Toro and Hideo Kojima partnering for another gaming project in the future, following the cancellation of Silent Hills, will disappointed by this latest news.

 

There was hope of another video game collaboration between the two after Del Toro revealed that he and Kojima still wanted to head up a project together during the San Diego Comic-Con.

However Del Toro has given an update, revealing that whatever they may do in the future could well be set apart from anything that would appear on PlayStation, Xbox or PC.

Speaking to Shacknews, Del Toro explained that his experience with trying to make Silent Hills and his earlier attempt to work with THQ on title, Insane before its cancellation, has led him to question his future involvement in the industry.

“I have proven to be the albatross of video games," Del Toro said.

"I joined THQ, and THQ goes broke. I join Kojima, and Kojima leaves Konami. I have decided, in order not to destroy anyone else’s life, I have decided I will never again get involved in video games. Otherwise, I’ll join someone and his house will explode, or something.”

 

"We put two years of work in THQ. It was insane. We mapped it out, we did the viable, we did the outlines, we did the screenplay. We did a bunch of stuff. I know some of the tricks, or the stuff that I wanted to learn, I learned."

"Then I went to the side of Kojima-san, because he’s a master, and I can gladly say that we are friends and I love his work and I will continue learning from him as a friend," he continued. "But I am not... if I join another video game, World War III will start.

“I can be creative about it, and I can be educated about it, and talk about it in a way that helps them make the video game. But no – I can’t.”