News: Hideo Kojima explains the surprise split with Sony

[NateDog]

“We need to stand firm as a games industry, otherwise the games industry may be on the brink of extinction,” he warned.

For Kojima, that concern also lies with his studio. He worried that its failure could discourage others from funding other independent studios.

“So many people who went independent and made a new studio have struggled to become really successful,” Kojima said. “If my studio closes as well, that’s all the more reason for people to not go to independent studios anymore. I wanted to stand firm for indies, so I needed to find a new partner.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/202...with-sony/

I get his point here and he may be right, although it does also partly bang of self-praise. I get their position in the market especially with this title but let's not pretend Kojima has made anything resembling an indie game in a long, long time, if ever (if we're speaking relatively).

I said in the main Physint thread that I wasn't confident that this project will see fruition even though the acquisition is a win for Xbox. Well, this is from an hour ago. 

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In addition, Microsoft has at the same time announced that the proposed sale of Ninja Theory has fallen through, and so they're shutting the studio. I just do not see how something like a new Kojima game is going to be financed for 5+ years while Microsoft continually gut studios until the point of dissolution and streamline projects to the levels that they keep on the line to that extent.