Bayonetta creator Hideki Kamiya peels out of Platinum in a Lamborghini after 17 years to start a YouTube channel: 'I'm out of a job. Please subscribe'

pcgamer.com:

Two weeks after announcing his surprise exit from Platinum Games—the studio he co-founded back in the mid-2000s—Hideki Kamiya has departed in the most Hideki Kamiya way ever. The Bayonetta creator peeled out of Platinum's parking lot in a Lamborghini, announcing that he's «off to the unemployment centre» and starting a brand new YouTube channel.

In the first video on that channel, Kamiya appeared to be revelling in his newfound joblessness. Carrying a box of anime and movie figurines he had presumably cleared from his former desk, he told the camera that he's been having an ace few months sat in front of the TV since deciding to quit. «I've been watching Netflix, YouTube, Disney Plus and stuff like that,» Kamiya told viewers, «I've already lost track of what day it is.» God, that's the dream, isn't it?

So a lot of new information about Kamiya's preferred streaming services, but not so much about the creator's actual reasons for departing the company he co-founded. Back when news broke that Kamiya was leaving Platinum, he only said that the move «came after a lot of consideration based on my own beliefs, and was by no means an easy decision to make.»

That's basically the message in his video, too. Asked why he quit, Kamiya repeats «How can I put it?» a few times before settling on his answer: «There's no way I can put it.» Instead, he kind of rewords his previous statement, saying that he left Platinum «to follow my beliefs as a game creator and to choose the path I think is right and move on.» He confirms that he's got no plans to retire, though, and says he wants to keep making games in future, so I guess ol' Kamiya didn't peace out of Platinum to become a full-time YouTuber.

It'll be a while until we find out just what