It has been confirmed that PlayStation is moving away from supporting Kojima Productions' Physint, the next major Kojima action-stealth game, and that the latter company has now turned to Xbox for funding, with Hideo Kojima himself commenting on the split with PlayStation. First and foremost, it's worth noting that the accounts are completely different: PlayStation makes it seem like a mutual decision, while Kojima says that it was unexpected.
Since those initial comments, Bloomberg has reported on the issue and outlined three main reasons that PlayStation is pulling away from Kojima Productions. The first is that the Death Stranding series hasn't sold as hoped and/or expected (although pedigree and artistic choice are arguably its purpose, not sales). Secondly is that Kojima's Physint is tracking "well over budget," which is every Kojima game ever and most likely well-known by PlayStation, and thirdly is that Sony itself is reluctant to invest in anything that's not fully PlayStation exclusive (a PC release was planned for Physint).
Legendary video game designer and longtime Sony collaborator Hideo Kojima shares some somber thoughts on the end of physical PlayStation games.
While it remains to be seen how this changeover in partnerships impacts Kojima Productions'...
