Hideo Kojima on decision to develop Physint: “I realized that people die”
gematsu.comKojima Productions founder and CEO Hideo Kojima discussed how the decision to develop the recently announced action espionage game Physint with Sony Interactive Entertainment came about during a special edition broadcast of “HideoTube” that aired today.
“I fell ill in 2020,” Kojima explained. “It was also during the pandemic, so I was sick and isolated during all of it. I even had surgery. And I thought, ‘I can’t anymore.’ I was at my lowest and felt like I couldn’t go back to making games. I wrote a will, too. And in that moment, I realized that people die. But, I turned 60 last year. I’ll turn 70 in ten years. I hope to never retire. Having said that, if the users desire it so much, I thought I should change my priorities a bit. I still want to do new things, but I decided to make an action espionage game.”
He continued, “I get many requests from Hollywood to make films, but I’ve refused them. Because I have my own company now, I can’t leave for one or two years to go make a movie. The company would collapse. I was in a tough spot. And I talked to Guillermo del Toro about it. And he said, ‘Hideo, what you’re making is already a movie. Keep going as you are.’ His words saved me. And since we’ll be working with many creators in the business, though the output is a game, it won’t be too different from movies.”
Production on Physint will begin after work on Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is complete.
Get the full response from Kojima below.
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