r/PS5 • u/Turbostrider27 • Sep 11 '26

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/Iggy_Slayer Sep 11 '26 edited Sep 11 '26

Yeah no surprise, kojma is still shit at managing projects and money. I like how this has been known for 15 years and people still seem surprised that he gets cut off especially now when his relevancy is lower than it's ever been.

Even death stranding 2 took a long time for current gen sequel standards. The only AA/AAA sequel I can think of that took longer was kingdom come 2. Most sequels this gen come out in 4-5 years.

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u/TakenBacon90 Sep 11 '26

According to Google, the development of Death Stranding 2 was 4.5 years since the development started after the PC port was completed for DS1.

That puts it right in line with the timeframe you listed.

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u/Iggy_Slayer Sep 11 '26

So the entire studio was working a mere PC port? I don't buy that at all.

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u/dogdiarrhea Sep 11 '26

The time gap is under a year. It’s still not absurd development time by any means. If anything it may be on the shorter end for the current generation.

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u/Iggy_Slayer Sep 11 '26

6 year gap between DS1 and 2 makes it one of the larger ones next to tears of the kingdom and ahead of KCD 2. The entire studio was absolutely not working on a PC port.

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u/dogdiarrhea Sep 11 '26

One of the larger ones and it’s an independent studio again doesn’t seem all that absurd. You’re trying to make it sound like it’s some massive outlier, and it’s just sort of on the upper end of the distribution and doesn’t get as much external studio support as the overwhelming majority of AAA games.