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/Shell_fly Sep 10 '26

I think it’s likely that death stranding 2, as absolutely brilliant as it was, cost more money than desired and sold less than desired. Kojima famously goes over budget (it shows in the quality of his games). From an artistic standpoint this sucks but from a business standpoint it makes total sense.

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u/Grayman103 Sep 10 '26

Artistic means fuck all when he blows 200 mil to hire his favorite celebrities to cameo his walking simulator. TWICE. The man is a financial blackhole.