Talk:Arasaka/@comment-185.18.135.27-20180806212432/@comment-1814425-20180806221551

Not really. Diamond Dogs, the MSF, outer heaven and the various PMCs from MGS4 were all inspired by real world companies that essentially offer private armys. The idea of mercenaries, private contractors and private military companies are nothing new and the original Metal Gear predates Cyberpunk 2013 by a year and featured Big Boss (or Venom Snakes) and Outer Heaven, a soldiers heaven,

Hideo is pretty vocal about his influences and Cyberpunk has never really come up in the past, nor are there any other explicit references in his previous games.