As a composer I don't really care, because Masafumi Takada is perfect for Grasshopper as far as I'm concerned, but his experience as a producer could come in handy.

Ok I'm torn...  As a Nintendo fan I've had the luxury of being front row and center to Suda 51's rise to stardom, I love his team's works so far and I eagerly await anything that they plan to work on in the future.  But Silent Hill is one of my favorite games to date.  I'm psyched to hear the Yamaoka is joining Grasshopper Manufacture, but that means that any new Silent Hill entries will not necessarily be created with him having some integral part in it's genesis!  That really sucks!  *sigh* oh well, here's hoping they can hire him on to at least work with Climax (or who ever handles future SH games) when they need him, I never heard of him working on any other Konami franchise now that I think of it.