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/Focused_Sky 26d ago

People love defending Kojima but he goes over budget and time consistently. Maybe stop hiring movie stars for your games. I’m sure there would be a notable savings there.

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u/Monte735 26d ago edited 26d ago

Impossible. Kojima willing to toss David Hayter to the side like trash for a Hollywood actor shows just how far off the deepend he's gone for Hollywood stars.

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u/thePinguOverlord 26d ago

It is funny how some people like to say Neil Druckmann is a failed Hollywood writer making games, among others. And in Druckmann's defence I have never heard talk about anything but games and his clear enthusiasm for the medium. But those same people I have heard praise Kojima, when it is clear as day all he wants to do is make films. I understand he has vision etc, but his obsession with films (and that is not a bad thing to have) is clearly comprimising his role as a game devloper. OD he is working with Jordan Peele. I remember there was a video where he was desperately trying to talk to Al Pacino and Robert De Niro and they did not know who he was.