Original Silent Hill art director and Pyramid Head creator Masahiro Ito has said he was too busy making Silent Hill games to get a girlfriend. PC Gamer spotted a handful of X/Twitter posts from Ito who made clear that his time as a game developer wasn't all sunshine and daisies — and not just because he was working on the terrifying survival horror franchise. For a four-year period between 1999 and 2003, Konami released Silent Hill, Silent Hill 2, and Silent Hill 3, and Ito was heavily involved in their creation.
"All the time I was attending my art university or was developing Silent Hill 1, 2, 3, and a cancelled title, I never had any girlfriends cause I had no time for it," Ito said. "I never thought I was a genius, but I was terribly competitive. The only way to beat geniuses is to give yourself up entirely to what you wanna accomplish.
" Though Ito didn't say he regrets his time working on the series, which is currently enjoying a resurgence thanks to the criticially and commercially acclaimed Silent Hill 2 remake , Ito has been blunt about the series in the past. "I wish I hadn't designed f**kin Pyramid Head," he said in a 2022 post. This comes alongside criticism of publisher Konami too.
"To use [Pyramid Head] in so many titles makes [Pyramid Head] cheaper," Ito said in a now deleted post. Konami partnered with developer Bloober Team to recreate the game where Pyramid Head debuted. It arrived October 8 to glowing critical reception and strong sales too , leaving many .
