Ah, Silent Hill... We just can't seem to let you go.
In what appears to be a direct troll of publisher Konami, the SilentHill.com domain has been bought by an unnamed individual, displaying a single tweet from series veteran Masahiro Ito lamenting the design of the iconic Pyramid Head.
The joke comes as a result of Konami failing to renew the domain, which seems to be a repeat occurrence for the company, with the last expiration occurring in 2019. In that instance, Konami managed to repurchase the domain. As for now, Konami has a Silent Hill portal on its own website, so it's possible the company doesn't consider a separate domain necessary.
As for the tweet itself — which says "I wish I hadn't designed [censored expletive which rhymes with 'ducking'] Pyramid Head" — he doesn't go into any particular depth as to why he regrets Pyramid Head's design, but hinted that Konami's continuous use of the design cheapens the character.
The Silent Hill franchise has been dormant since 2012, with the last Nintendo release being the excellent Silent Hill: Shattered Memories for the Nintendo Wii back in 2009. Famed developer Hideo Kojima attempted to revive the series in 2014 alongside Guillermo del Toro with Silent Hills, but Konami ultimately opted to cancel the project outright.
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Nicely done! I wonder which is the next domain to expire???
You love to see it.
@spacemoe505 Castlevania?
Man the Silent Hill franchise is now as silent as the town itself. Ever since its downward spiral during the PS3 era, the series was never the same. RIP Silent Hill.
Konami you can't treat our fans like that.
Hopefully he sells it back to them as a time-limited NFT.
Pyramid Head is only real in SH2. All other versions are just a guy with a very uncomfortable looking sense of head wear fashion and not much better overall style and an oversized kitchen knife begging for accidents to happen. You can't just clone a good design in a great context out of context and expect it to work.
Buying and reselling virtual things... Only making it real through the 'real' virtual monetary profit they get for it... I've heard that somewhere before recently...
I always thought Pyramid Head was a pretty cool design. It's simplicity makes it iconic.
The guy should negotiate to give them the domain back with a condition Konami makes a new game
This is a reminder that they don't even care for SH.
The reason the creator hates Pyramid Head now is because the character is a horse well beaten past expiration. The creator made the character specifically for Silent Hill 2. The depth of his design, story purpose and intrigue, all of it was meant to only fit 2s narrative. But Konamis continuous use of the character cheapened him. He's become a mascot, not a being of sinful consequences and personal suffering.
To me Pyramid Head was the perfect design for that particular story, but as others have pointed out only matters to Silent Hill 2.
Played Silent Hill 2 for the first time last year. On the PS2 of course. It’s still an awesome game. Can’t believe I waited 20 years to play it!
@patbacknitro18 I thought he said that because any time konami sells Pyramid merch he doesn't recieve any money.
@Specter_of-the_OLED that PS3 silent hill game could've been epic but we'll never know 😔
@Fairburne Yes but I wish that those three (I'd say four) classic games were properly preserved and available for others to play on modern hardware which Konami is not going to do.
...now post something regarding PT.
@MarkyVigoroth Come join us on the Ruse Cruise!
Who’s to say this wasn’t intentional? It’s all part of the Abandoned marketing strategy, surely.
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