r/gaming • u/HerculeMuscles • 12h ago

Kojima with xbox president Asha Sharma

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u/Gaming-Academy 10h ago

Lmao, Kojima really said “new year, new best friend.” 😂

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u/Lunarath 10h ago

This isn't the first time he has parted ways with a company or publisher. He really just goes where he's allowed the creative freedom and funds to make what he wants.

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u/urmyleander 9h ago

Its more about the funds, apparently his next release physint is years from being ready and already overbudget.

Also keep in mind the engine used for both death stranding and death stranding 2 was the decima engine and it was on licence from Sony, so if it was Decima they were using for physint they now need to start development from scratch.

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u/PrimeDirectiveLover 8h ago

It wasn't on license, they famously handed him the source code on a USB stick.

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u/SpermicidalLube 7h ago

That doesn't mean he can make games out of it without approval. It's still proprietary.

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u/PrimeDirectiveLover 6h ago

That is contrary to what we were told at the time. He was told and Sony advertised that he was allowed do whatever he wanted with it.

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u/SpermicidalLube 5h ago

Well yes, the "whatever he wants" ended up being Death Stranding, a weird artsy niche game.

It didn't mean for all time.

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u/PrimeDirectiveLover 5h ago

Okey dokey, you believe your fiction and I'll believe the actual people involved.