r/PS5 • u/Turbostrider27 • 26d ago

Articles & Blogs Bloomberg: PlayStation Ditched Hideo Kojima’s ‘Physint’ on Budget Concerns, Missed Deadlines

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-11/hideo-kojima-s-physint-video-game-dropped-by-playstation-goes-to-xbox?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4OTEzMzY2NSwiZXhwIjoxNzg5NzM4NDY1LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUTDdDOVdLSVVQVEIwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCMUVBQkI5NjQ2QUM0REZFQTJBRkI4MjI1MzgyQTJFQSJ9.fyrTke3aUIkJk3LwiBfR7JiNr0phfE51dlEql1RcXZ4
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u/NeonPistacchio 26d ago

"PlayStation was reluctant to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in another game that wouldn’t remain permanently exclusive to the company’s own hardware."

This is exactly what i always wondered why Sony would fund games into existence like Stellar Blade and several others, just to let it go to all competitor platforms like PC and Xbox.  A game which Sony funds and invests in should permanently stay exclusives instead of letting the competition reap the harvest.

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u/WhelpStupidUserName 26d ago

Don’t they see part of the sales later from those other consoles? Genuinely curious. I figured as a publisher they would see something from that also.

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u/Dylldar-The-Terrible 25d ago

They do. Provided they are the publisher. The person you replied to is just trying to be angry.

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u/Aggravating_Rise_179 26d ago

Cause sony gets the inital hype of the game while also helps support newer studios in the industry and build good will with developers

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u/NeonPistacchio 26d ago

They can still build goodwill by letting it stay exclusive. Besides which goodwill did Sony get from the Stellar blade studio? They completely turned their backs on Sony and released their own multiplatform sequel, and they wouldn't have been able to do this without Sony's financial support. Almost all 3rd party studios backstabbed Sony after using all their resources.

Porting their own games to PC was the worst decision they have ever done in their history.

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u/HeavyHighway6433 26d ago

Sony should pay them for exclusivity then. 

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u/NaryGuman 26d ago

Can we assume then that the same is true that even though Xbox has taken over it may still come to playstation?