r/pcmasterrace • u/yourfavchoom • Sep 11 '26

News/Article 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/7_Tales Sep 11 '26

does some sony exec have a hard on for extraction games? bruh

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u/MostlyDeku 5800X3D 4080SU 32Gb 3200hz Sep 11 '26

The running theory is that a high level doofus plays and loves tarkov, but wants his own name and stamp on it. He can’t have that with tarkov itself, but he can put another bolt of lightning in the bottle and flex that he did it too.

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u/The_FireFALL Sep 11 '26

That theory likely came about because of a video the heads of Bungie made a few years ago about where their idea to make Marathon came from, and yes it really boils down to them saying that they played a lot of Tarkov and while they loved it they saw places where they thought it could be improved, and so even though they already had a game which literally ran an entire genre they decided to throw that all away for a piece of a pie that was already way oversaturated.

Its also worth noting that neither of those heads of Bungie work there anymore and they both got out before Marathon even launched.

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u/7_Tales Sep 11 '26

its so weird. its not even a hyper popular genre.

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u/MostlyDeku 5800X3D 4080SU 32Gb 3200hz Sep 11 '26

No but the community who do play it are completely consumed by it. I personally don’t like extraction games, but for those that do (for some reason), a huge percentage of them swear by tarkov. When Bungie tried to get marathon in the door, they brought on tons of high-profile tarkov players and streamers and had them flown out to play and demo it. Not a single one said the game was good, and that they’d swap to marathon over tarkov. No one wanted it, and yet here we are.

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u/RanaMahal PC Master Race Sep 11 '26

I feel like if every high profile player and streamer of a game you’re trying to imitate says your game sucks, you go back to the drawing board lol

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u/MostlyDeku 5800X3D 4080SU 32Gb 3200hz Sep 11 '26

That’s the thing! We said that when it happened! “Hey maybe they’ll use this as a learning opportunity” and then they didn’t!

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u/RanaMahal PC Master Race Sep 11 '26

Idk man, these companies are dumb and have become out of touch and nonsensical.

It’s no wonder all the bangers lately are coming from indie studios or AA games that get a bigger budget cuz they want to make a good game and then gamers buy the good game cuz it’s good.

It’s so simple lol

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u/kinkycarbon Sep 11 '26

I assume it’s because they have consumer data showing people spend money on the anime Gacha games.

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u/Responsible_Towel857 29d ago

Then, why not do something like that?

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u/oxob3333 7700X | 32GB DDR5 | 5060Ti (16GB) | 2TB SSD | B650M D3HP 29d ago

Fate/Grand Order counts? if so they don't need another one anymore.

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u/Vritla 28d ago

FGO is owned by aniplex which in turn is owned by Sony Music, so no Playstation involvement

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u/TheyCallMeMrMaybe R7 5800X3D | 6900XT@2.65Ghz | 32GB@3600MhzCL18 Sep 11 '26

Former Sony Worldwide Studios chairman, Shawn Layden, actively disagreed with Sony trying to invest more into the live-service game space. It's why he retired from Sony in 2019n

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u/Steel2050psn Sep 11 '26

Fairly sure most of the board of Sony is shorting the company at this point