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PlayStation Ditched Hideo Kojima’s ‘Physint’ on Budget Concerns, Missed Deadlines (www.bloomberg.com)
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[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 26 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

Death Stranding sold 20 million copies and they ditch the studio over a (probably really arbitrary) deadline? There‘s probably a little more to this but whatever the case Sony can‘t help but shoot itself in the foot.

[–] Goodeye8@piefed.social 1 points 2 hours ago

That's because this isn't about deadlines or budgets, it's about exclusivity. Sony wouldn't give two fucks about a deadline or a budget if the game was exclusive to PS. Kojima probably told them "No" on the exclusivity and Sony pulled the plug. I think it makes sense but overall yeah, the end result is that Sony keeps shooting themselves in the foot. I don't think their return to exclusivity is going to successful.

[–] 123@programming.dev 10 points 12 hours ago

This is the second large partnership he is part of that ends abruptly, it is possible he is hard to work with and could have an ego or work style that clashes with some others.

Gamers like his stuff, but he does seem to make odd decisions when it comes to celebrities on his projects (from an outsiders perspective).

[–] spip@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

And so far Death Stranding 2 has sold... just over 2 million. Perhaps a drop-off that steep had a hand in their willingness to light money on fire.

[–] Guitar@lemmy.world 8 points 9 hours ago

That might have contributed, but from what I have seen it basically broke even from it's sales. If they haven't lost money, this descision makes no sense. Kojima is basically Playstation royalty and his name carries so much weight in the industry. Especially since they were championing Physint as his triumphant return to the action espionage genre. I've never played one of his games and even I knew immediately this was a collosal fuck up on their part.