"We're currently reviewing everything,” he told Famitsu, “in order to make Kojima Productions a team that can challenge foreign creators and software houses. Because of that, 2009 is going to be a very important year for us.”
Kojima also revealed that the success of Western games has been an interest of his in recent times: "I've thought a lot about how Western games have been winning, looking at it from a global perspective, and there are things that I've noticed,” he said.
“I've come to understand that the way we've made games up until now won't translate globally, and I've come to think that I need to make Kojima Productions a team that can compete alongside the rest of the world.”
It’s anyone’s guess how the studio’s new direction will translate via game content, with Kojima’s description of “Western games” being one too broad to speculate on.
Source: Develop.