Hideo Kojima to part ways with Sony, will bring his new gaming projects to Xbox

Hideo Kojima is leaving Sony to collaborate with Microsoft and Xbox on his new game projects. Kojima will develop and publish Physint, OD, and other unreleased games under the new partnership. Physint, the game intended to be a spiritual successor to the Metal Gear series, was previously a PlayStation exclusive. Sony announced the end of its partnership with Kojima Productions due to the studio's expensive projects that were years away from release and not meeting Sony's internal revenue expectations.

These games, including Death Stranding and Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, failed to generate sufficient returns and were later ported to other platforms. Kojima and his company have found a new business partner in Microsoft, and both companies share a common vision for the future of video games. Xbox expressed its honor to partner with Kojima Productions, despite the company's own business challenges, such as its strategy of turning everything into a cloud service.