PlayStation Ditched Hideo Kojima’s ‘Physint’ on Budget Concerns, Missed Deadlines

This week, PlayStation announced that it had pulled out of publishing Hideo Kojima's next game, Physint. But the company didn't give a reason. So I made some calls. Here's why PlayStation bailed and why Xbox snapped Kojima right up: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Bloomberg: PlayStation ditched Kojima's 'PHYSINT' on budget concerns, missed deadlines ▪️Death Stranding didn't meet sales expectations ▪️PHYSINT reportedly on track to be "well over budget" ▪️Sony reluctant to invest in another game that's not fully exclusive ➡️ www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

"One major factor behind the decision was the commercial performance of Kojima’s previous two games, Death Stranding and its sequel, which didn’t meet PlayStation’s revenue expectations"

Bloomberg: Sony pulled out of 'Physint' because of budget concerns about potential profitability and missed deadlines. The 'Death Stranding' series also did not meet Sony's expectations. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

・Concordの失敗以降SIEはより厳しいマイルストーンを設定していた ・DSシリーズの売り上げがSIEの収益予測を下回っていた ・PHYSINTはDSシリーズと同じくPlayStation時限独占であり、他プラットフォームで発売される非独占タイトルへの投資に消極的だった ・開発に遅れが出ており予算の超過が見込まれた ・小島秀夫と親しかったPlayStation幹部の多くがここ数年の内にSIEを去っていた うーん、厳しい。

Sony has turned into Konami lol

Jason's article: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Hideo Kojima's Physint Video Game Dropped by PlayStation, Goes to Xbox - Bloomberg www.bloomberg.com/news/article... - 소니 플레이스테이션이 예산 초과, 일정 지연, 전작 흥행 부진, 영구 독점 불가 등을 이유로 코지마 히데오의 신작 '피진트(Physint)' 투자를 철회 - 약 30년간 이어진 소니와의 파트너십이 결렬되자, 코지마 프로덕션은 대체 파트너로 소니의 최대 라이벌인 마이크로소프트 엑스박스를 선택 (🧵1/2)

looking forward to learning how long it takes xbox leadership to start leaking "wow this guy is really annoying and everything takes forever" only slightly less eagerly than i'm looking forward to pirating the game www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

FUCK EM i never would've played Death Stranding without the PC release. the man can simply do no wrong. @diedfrombeing.labeledrude.online : pop-pop :: jenny : ojisan

There we go, my hunch was 100% spot on www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

And there it is 🤷‍♂️ www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Jason Schreier reports on why PlayStation ended its partnership with Kojima • PHYSINT had missed deadlines and was on track to be well over budget despite being years away • Death Stranding 1 & 2 didn't hit Sony revenue targets Bloomberg: www.bloomberg.com/news/article... youtu.be/aOWwGl6d0Iw

Uutistoimisto Bloombergin lähteet ovat valottaneet, miksi Sony päätti siirtyä sivuun Kojima Productionsin vakoojapeli Physintin kumppanina. Hankkeen kerrotaan missanneen mm. määräaikoja ja uhanneen myös jo ylittävän reilusti budjettinsa. www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #pelit #pelaaminen

The legendary Japanese creator of ‘Death Stranding’ will take his new game to Xbox

Well, would you look at that? Since I don't expect a reply, I guess we can leave it at this.

بلومبيرق: سبب تخلي SIE عن Physint من كوجيما هو تجاوز المواعيد النهائية وتجاوز ميزانيته • مبيعات لعبتي DS حققت أقل من توقعات SIE • أبدت SIE تردد في إستثمار مئات الملايين في لعبة لن تكون حصرية دائمة • مايكروسوفت تنوي نشر اللعبة على البي سي والإكسبوكس www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Undoubtedly some degree of face-saving work on Sony's part here but I suspected this was the reason. I love Kojima, I think he's brilliant, but he has a reputation for this sort of thing www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Pues un poco lo que ya sabiamos: que Death Stranding 2 no había vendido tanto, que no podian ayudar a rentabilizarlo en PC y que Kojima tenía pinta de pasarse ampliamente de presupuesto.

Hideo Kojima's Physint Video Game Dropped by PlayStation, Goes to Xbox - Bloomberg www.bloomberg.com/news/article... - 소니 플레이스테이션이 예산 초과, 일정 지연, 전작 흥행 부진, 영구 독점 불가 등을 이유로 코지마 히데오의 신작 '피진트(Physint)' 투자를 철회 - 약 30년간 이어진 소니와의 파트너십이 결렬되자, 코지마 프로덕션은 대체 파트너로 소니의 최대 라이벌인 마이크로소프트 엑스박스를 선택 (🧵1/2)

デスストと デススト2がソニーの収益予想を満たさなかった。 今回の撤退は、予算、収益性、独占販売権に関する懸念によるもの。 発売がまだ数年先でもあるにもかかわらず、予算を大幅に超過する見通しであり、独占権が確保されないゲームに数億ドルを投資することに、ソニーは消極的になっていったと。 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

This was the source of the excerpt, also. I vaguely remember people complaining on Twitter about the reporter, but I have maintained (alongside my reflexive distrust of hate-wagons that started on Twitter) that I’ll be perfectly willing to go to different articles reporting on this when they exist.

Reading Schrier's reporting on why Sony dumped Kojima, I have to be perfectly honest, I understand it. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

No longer speculation. That is exactly what it was about.

Jason Schreier reports on why PlayStation ended its partnership with Kojima • PHYSINT had missed deadlines and was on track to be well over budget despite being years away • Death Stranding 1 & 2 didn't hit PlayStation revenue targets Bloomberg: bloomberg.com/news/article... youtu.be/aOWwGl6d0Iw

Sony and Kojima Reportedly Clashed Over Physint’s Budget and PlayStation Exclusivity Sony reportedly walked away from Hideo Kojima's PHYSINT after concerns over the project's development, increasing budget and lack of long term PlayStation exclusivity, according to Bloomberg journalist Jason…