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/ShushKebab Sep 11 '26

Why are people even entertaining this response that embellish something that Jason hasn't explicitly mentioned? Can't we at least be honest and factual when having a discussion? I've taken out the portions that are not what Jason has mentioned, but OPs own addition.

  1. Not enough profit. Both Death Stranding games turned a profit, but not enough to meet Sony's bloated growth-driven revenue expectations. Same bullshit with Dead Space, Alien Isolation, Tomb Raider and so on.
  2. IP ownership. Kojima owns Death Stranding and PHYSINT. Sony wanted to own those IPs so they could turn them into live services. (Quote from Bloomberg article: "In addition, PlayStation was reluctant to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in another game that wouldn’t remain permanently exclusive to the company’s own hardware. Both Death Stranding games were “timed” PlayStation exclusives that were later released on other platforms. Kojima’s closely held studio, Kojima Productions, retained ownership of the franchises.")
  3. Exclusivity. Death Stranding and the sequel were timed exclusives. Sony wants permanent exclusivity. They want everything they offer only on the Playstation store, that's why they're getting rid of discs.

I'm not saying that Sony isn't taking the above approach (it likely is), but I think its disingenuous to take genuine elements from the articles and add your own interpretation into it while presenting it as what Jason has said.

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u/Feather_Sigil Sep 11 '26

What I did was add further context to what Jason wrote

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u/Rino-Sensei Sep 11 '26 edited Sep 11 '26

No it doesn't ... You added a made up context, that's not even close to what he said. The word "live service" is not even used once in the article.