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Hideo Kojima on PlayStation Cancelling Physint: ‘I Was Just Shocked and Surprised’ – News
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Hideo Kojima and Kojima Productions studio president Shinji Hirano in an interview with The Washington Post shared more details on what PlayStation told him when they decided to cancel Physint.
“I just went totally blank when they told me,” said Hirano. “The biggest surprise was Hideo’s actions after that. He went back to his room and started working.”
Kojima said he was more worried about the company as they need funding in order t ocontinue operationg.
“I was just shocked and surprised,” said Kojima. “I didn’t have any anger or sadness. I was just thinking ‘what should I do?” It’s a big problem for us and I couldn’t tell staff at the time.”
He added, “We’re an independent studio. That means if they can’t fund us, our studio could collapse.”
Kojima didn’t want him and the team go through the another cancellation like they did with PT.
“The cast I already talked to and negotiated with, other artists and collaborators who were all happy to do it. I can’t tell them this is cancelled, especially after what we went through with PT,” he explained. “I didn’t want to go back and do it again and say to the actors ‘this is cancelled.'”
He added, “This is the 10th anniversary of Kojima Productions and my personal 40th anniversary of making <a href="https://comicvibe.com/sony-says-you-dont-own-the-games-you-bought-crypto-says-it-can-fix-that/” title=”Sony Says You Don't Own the Games You Bought. Crypto Says It Can Fix That”>games, and in the midst of all that, this was an important title for me.”
Despite PlayStation cancelling PhysintKojima said this hasn’t affected his relationship with the company.
“Corporations are like living things,” he said. “I still have this relationship with Sony. I use Sony cameras, Walkman still. We’re not in a dispute. We’re not fighting with them.”
Physint is an action espionage and is now being It is also up to Xbox if the game will release as an Xbox console exclusive or not
A life-long and avid gamer, William D’Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can follow the author on Bluesky.
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