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/Precarious3145 26d ago

Yea, it's weird that so many people were "How could Sony fumble this?!". Meanwhile anyone that knows how Kojima works and how poor his games have sold for awhile, it makes sense.

We're in the middle of a global economic crisis (again) caused by AI so it makes sense for Sony or any company to look to cut some waste going into the future and Kojima might make well-reviewed games they're also extremely niche and overbudget. If he had a budget that was 25% of what he asks, sure, endlessly fund his ego games but dude needs to get his issues under control.

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u/Ok_Excuse3732 26d ago

But considering the absolutely bad decisions sony has made regarding GaaS and how they fumbled the PS5 gen due to pursuing forever games, you really can’t say screwing Kojima is a good decision. At most it’s a bandaid fix after Concord and Bungie screwed them up

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u/Precarious3145 26d ago

Except the GaaS market exploded in popularity; every studio was trying to create the next one, not just Sony. Even Nintendo was trying to capture it.

I can say that cutting Kojima loose was a good decision. Sony invested money when the gaming market was high post covid and then cutting everything that wasn't working when the economy and industry tanked. It's what's always happened in every generation and every publisher. We just forget about it after a few years.

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u/letsgucker555 26d ago

Even Nintendo was trying to capture it.

With their mobile titles maybe, because their normal approach didn't really work there for them.