I think this is compounded by his reputation goes past just his fans.
I actually don’t think I’ve ever played a Kojima game and I don’t know that I ever will but even I understand he has a reputation of making extremely solid games even if it means he’s fighting tooth and nail to continue that trend.
More devs make good games, polished ones. Why are they not there then if that is the reason?
Pretty much any one with a comparable track record directing iconic games does have that recognition, though.
The list of developers that known is small because the list of developers that have that level of success is small.
I think this is compounded by his reputation goes past just his fans.
I actually don’t think I’ve ever played a Kojima game and I don’t know that I ever will but even I understand he has a reputation of making extremely solid games even if it means he’s fighting tooth and nail to continue that trend.
Because they don’t have the cult of personality of Mr Kojima.
Probably because not that many devs have being making good, polished games since the 80s