Recently, Sony has shockingly canceled Hideo Kojima’s new game named Physint which is now being developed in association with Xbox, and it seems one of the major reasons of Sony stopping funding the spy title was Death Stranding 2’s underwhelming commercial performance. Although, surprisingly, it’s just been revealed that Physint could easily become the single biggest selling title that Kojima could ever make, as he himself stated in a recent interview with The Washington Post.
“This is the biggest selling title I could possibly create.” He went on to say, as reported by Kotaku, “I didn’t think Physint would be on the list of being canceled.”
Kojima has said that Physint is currently in it’s conceptual phase and he’s working on the game’s visuals, designs and gameplay with a “very small team” on the project.
Kojima Productions has also released an official statement regarding Sony stopping Physint’s funding, and assured that the game’s development remains unaffected:
“You may have seen a recent article that mentions KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS, speculating on the reasons for the change in publishing partners for PHYSINT. Normally, we would not comment on unsubstantiated speculation on the internet, but these aspersions around our relationship with PlayStation, the commercial performance of the DEATH STRANDING franchise, and the broader production planning and investment for PHYSINT, have reached beyond the studio and have touched our fans, our creative partners, and colleagues we have worked alongside with for three decades. None of the claims written came from any official or on-the-record source and as such we encourage you to take them with a dose of scepticism.
Make no mistake, this was a serious situation for the studio with a range of potentially significant implications. While we recognise that the article may have caused alarm, we want to reassure you all, for the record: that the studio is in a healthy, profitable state, development for PHYSINT continues to move forward with XBOX, and our relationship with PlayStation remains strong.”
