Hideo Kojima spoke about game development now versus when he was starting out in an interview with Toyo Keizai. He started off by saying he is grateful to Konami for letting him make the things he wanted to make.
Whenever he would pitch a plan, including the budget, they would tell him it's OK. On the other hand, excluding when he was new to the company he was never commanded to do specific things. Until the very end of his time at Konami, he was always permitted to carry out his game proposals which included his aim, the time needed, the number of people needed, and his vision of the future.
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