r/videogames • u/TheDuckClock • Sep 10 '26

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This is just wild. PlayStation wanted to end their partnership with Hideo Kojima. So Xbox was like: "Your loss."

This year is really starting to feel like an inverse of 2014 when Xbox ruined their public image with some insane Always Online DRM requirements and PlayStation capitalized on that.

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u/stash0606 Sep 10 '26

Generation of fumbles from both parties.

Didn't XBox just close down a whole bunch of first party studios?

And now Playstation's like "hold on, I can fuck up too" with the discless bs and now losing Kojima.

Capitalism kills everything.

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u/ArgonianMagician Sep 10 '26

Xbox utterly gutted id Software to a point where it's just a skeleton crew now. Destroying a studio that created legendary video games and their spectacular idTech Engine, an engine that's practically magic with how it works is utterly criminal; a crime against human culture and talent.

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u/Brigon Sep 10 '26

ID also said the studio is about the same size it was then they made Doom (2016)