Konami's Counterpoint: "People and Creators"

Three days before the thread, Konami president Hideki Hayakawa published the opposite thesis in the company's Integrated Report 2026 (October 15): AI won't significantly shift the game market — engines and UGC already lowered entry barriers, and "the most important factors in producing entertaining and innovative video games are people and creators."

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Konami Group's Integrated Report 2026 (fiscal year ended March 2026) was published on the company's investor relations site on October 15, 2026; Dengeki Online first highlighted the AI passage.
"However, I do not believe the market will shift significantly," Hayakawa wrote — entry barriers were already lowered by generic game engines and user-generated content.
"Even if AI use does lead to improvements in production efficiency, I believe that the most important factors in producing entertaining and innovative video games are people and creators."
Konami says it gives creators "systematic support" to grasp new technologies, assess their risks, and apply them safely — tool-friendly, market-skeptic.