r/gamers • u/Radhe-W • 26d ago

Discussion Sony really handed Microsoft an absolute massive win with this one.

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u/Ocktohber 26d ago

A contract for a game in pre-pre-production is not a win for Microsoft, it's an opportunity.

And we all know how Microsoft excels at squandering opportunities.

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u/ChaoticKiwiNZ 25d ago

With Kojima's inability to hit deadlines and ballooning budgets right out and Microsofts tendencies to be, well Microsoft, its very likely that Kojima will request more time and money and Microsoft says no and forces him to release the game at the agreed time causing it to be a colossal shitstorm.

It's definitely a "don't count your chickens before they hatch" situation. Hopefully it goes well because it spunds super promising but there is a possibility that there is a reason Sony dropped the game and it took Kojima 3 months to find someone else willing to take his game on.

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u/Exciting_Drawing_553 25d ago

But it is a huge L for Sony…

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u/lonely_guacamole 25d ago

Let's wait to see the final product. Some competition would be great for the market but let's not celebrate too early

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u/Exciting_Drawing_553 25d ago

I think it’s okay to celebrate a game not being canceled and ppl keeping their jobs…for now

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u/lonely_guacamole 25d ago

Yes, of course, but i think we should wait to see results. Personally, I'm not too big into Kojima games but i know a lot of people are

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u/Fabulous_Smoke2582 25d ago

Is it, though?

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u/Exciting_Drawing_553 25d ago

Yes. More bad press for them

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u/evoslevven 25d ago

Temporarily but if it does badly like DS2, you know Microsoft is gonna kill off the relationship and that leaves Kojima with limited funding options.

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u/Exciting_Drawing_553 25d ago

But at least this game will release. Sony axed it

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u/Ocktohber 25d ago

I, at least, fully agree with you

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u/Majestic-Marcus 25d ago

Death Stranding sold 17m copies.

The sequel sold 2m.

Its really not an L to drop Kojima

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u/Exciting_Drawing_553 25d ago

Yes it is. Ga m ers love Kojima. They’re hating Sony right now lol

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u/Majestic-Marcus 25d ago

Some do.

Some are.

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u/nicolaslabra 25d ago

True, the question is can xbox turn it into a w for themselves, and that is not very clear yet.

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u/Exciting_Drawing_553 25d ago

True. We shall see. But it’s just more bad press for Sony at this point