PlayStation drops Kojima's game, Xbox picks it up

[the-pi-guy]

An update from PlayStation Studios: After careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to step away from collaborating with KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS on its project PHYSINT. We continue to have great admiration for Hideo Kojima's vision for the game.

Our relationship…

— PlayStation (@PlayStation) September 10, 2026

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/09/09/xbox-and-kojima-productions-expand-partnership-to-publish-physint/

"Creators have choices about where and how they bring their ideas to life. We're honored that Kojima-san has chosen XBOX to work with KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS on PHYSINT. His ambition to challenge conventions reflects the kind of creativity we want to support at XBOX," said Asha Sharma, XBOX CEO.

"This expands our relationship with XBOX beyond OD. As we move forward with the development of PHYSINT, we remain committed to redefining the action-espionage genre for players around the world," said Hideo Kojima, Game Creator and Founder of KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS.

[Legend]

wtf is sony braindead??

zero zero zero reason to do this. Better to release it as a flop vs give xbox this pr win.

also isn't sony making a movie for it?

[kitler53]

what. the. fudge.

[Legend]

PlayStation thought the game was called physical and had to back out https://t.co/yMUkhNHSGV

— Domino's Pizza UK (@Dominos_UK) September 10, 2026

[the-pi-guy]

But the new project has also missed deadlines and was on track to be well over budget despite being years away from release, the people said. In addition, PlayStation was reluctant to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in another game that wouldn't remain permanently exclusive to the company's own hardware.

Bloomberg

[Legend]

Well Sony should have bought it as an exclusive  

[nnodley]

I suspected it being kojima that it was over budget and not hitting targets. People are just using this as more stupid ammo to hate on Sony.


But ehh Sony was due for backlash they have been pretty arrogant and dumb lately 

[nnodley]

I still don't think this is the huge get for Xbox that people think it is. I'm still pretty positive Xbox is pretty much dead and will still put most games on PlayStation and switch