Technophilz wrote: Peter wrote:
It's very generous of him. I bet Kojima wasn't walking about the public show floor after the Sony showcase in 2016, meeting and talking with fans.
I personally wouldn't recommend any Kojima/Suzuki - Kojima Productions/YSNet comparisons. We (Shenmue fans) already have enough disappointments through out the past 17 years ...
I know you're past this already, but I can confirm that Peter's assumption is accurate. At PSX last year, Kojima was not accessible to fans in such a manner. I heard that the line for his autographs on the first day had filled up in the first 30 minutes of the event, a few hours in advance. When I went thinking I could get in line about 30 minutes before it started, I found out there was no chance. He was ushered to where he needed to be by people and taken away when done.
Kojima wasn't the only one though. When I went through the outdoor area in the middle of the building during the afternoon, (it's an area with tables where people can eat, outside but surrounded by the conference center so you don't have to leave the building and wait in the security line again to get back in) there was some Japanese guy that I didn't recognize sitting at a table eating by himself with 3 or 4 bodyguards standing around him. I'm assuming he was the Resident Evil director who gave autographs later that afternoon, but never actually figured out.
On the other hand, there were other less famous people who just floated around the floor normally. Tim Schafer had his own autograph session, yet after it was over he just went to his company's booth and people could just walk up and talk to him, and he did autographs and selfies for people without having to wait in a long line for them. I was waiting in line to try the Psychonauts VR thing when he got back from his autograph session and he just walked up to the line to ask how people were doing. I had heard other people mention that David Jaffe was also just walking around the show floor checking out booths himself.
I'm glad to hear that Yu is willing to meet with fans right on the Gamescom floor.