Kojima’s new partner in the development of PHYSINT is the Xbox team, and he presented the project with Sony in 2024. As the game’s designer himself said, the game was in danger of being canceled in June of this year when Playstation announced that they were no longer planning to fund it. It was then that Kojima began looking for a new partner.
Former Playstation president Shuhei Yoshida on his social network reacted It is reported that Xbox has taken away the development rights of PHYSINT game from Playstation. He said he was shocked by the situation and included an eloquent emoji, as seen below.
Let’s remember that Shuhei Yoshida was the founder of Playstation and he also did many collaborations with Hideo Kojima. From 2008 to 2019, he served as President of SIE Worldwide Studios, where he was responsible for most exclusive projects developed for Sony consoles.
Previously, Asha Sharma commented on the collaboration between Xbox and Hideo Kojima on PHYSINT.
Asha Sharma
Xbox Head
Creators have a choice: where and how to bring their ideas to life. We are honored that Mr. Kojima chose XBOX to cooperate with KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS for the PHYSINT project. His desire to challenge convention reflects the type of creativity we want XBOX to support.
