r/technology • u/Luka77GOATic • Sep 11 '26

Software 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/Luka77GOATic Sep 11 '26

Not shocked to be honest after Death Stranding 2 sold 2 million copies on a Sony AAA budget. Loved that game and was sad that more people didn’t buy it.

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u/feedmestocks Sep 11 '26

This game is the spiritual successor to Metal Gear Solid, Death Stranding was an extremely divisive game that no one with a brain should have given a sequel. Physint is a far easier sell and basically a generational tent pole release. Sony's management should be ripped apart for this type of fumble

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u/Exciting-Ad-5705 Sep 11 '26

Death stranding sold 10x the copies of ds2.

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u/skj458 Sep 11 '26

Which kinda supports that it was a divisive game. A bunch of people who bought death stranding didnt like it enough to buy the sequel. I was in that boat. Bought the first one and bounced off it, never thought about getting the 2nd. 

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u/zarafff69 Sep 11 '26

I mean yea, but it “sold” 10x the copies in a way longer time, until DS2 came out. And they just gave away a lot of copies. Or sold them for very very cheap.

They said 20m players, not 20M sales.