Hopefully Konami (and Capcom) are just going through a rough patch. I hope they can come back as strong as ever, because they have some killer IPs.
Capcom is solely into making video games and is actively trying IMO to get back into gamers good graces. Recent moves such as free DLC unlocked as you play Street Fighter V, talking about taking Resident Evil back to what made it great and actually releasing HD versions of the original, more popular RE games show they are trying.
Konami on the other hand is first and foremost a
holding company with interests in toys, trading cards, anime, pachinko machines and health & fitness clubs in Japan.
Where Capcom sees profits and revenue from video games alone, Konami makes money in all of their various ventures. In the changing game market, Konami has diverted away from making traditional console and arcade games, opting for the more lucrative free to play phone game market. Whether that trend continues is irrelevant. Konami sees the dollar/yen signs there and have moved in that direction. Konami has also scuttled most of their console game development and let go/terminated industry luminaries like Hideo Kojima and Koji Igarashi.
Konami is done with console games. And in the slightest chance that they may decide to return, their talent is gone and the only thing you would see is derivative sequels to their franchises with no soul or HD remasters and compilations of old titles.
Put a fork in her....Konami's done.
