Hideo Kojima suggests video game pilots to combat rising next-gen dev costs

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Legendary developer Hideo Kojima has come up with an interesting idea for combating rising video game production costs: the video game pilot.
With the next-generation of consoles on the horizon, publishers are faced with potentially increased development costs. One way around this, the Metal Gear creator told Edge, would be to release a video game pilot to test the waters before full production begins.
"There's a different way of tackling this problem," he said, "something similar to a TV series, where you can use pilot episodes to test the waters before you jump completely into the project.
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