Initial reports regarding the budget for Hideo Kojima's upcoming stealth game Physint were walked back over the weekend, with insiders clarifying that Xbox is paying significantly less than $400 million for the project.
- Christopher Dring initially stated on his podcast that Xbox was signing Kojima for Physint with a budget around $400 million.
- Physint was originally a PlayStation project before Sony reportedly pulled funding in June.
- Xbox picked up the publishing rights under a deal that includes movie and TV licensing rights for Physint and improved terms for the horror game OD.
Budget and Negotiations
Christopher Dring later clarified on X/Twitter that Xbox is paying quite a bit less than the figure Kojima originally quoted Sony. Bloomberg's Jason Schreier and Windows Central's Jez Corden also reported that Microsoft's negotiated figure is significantly less. Jez Corden described the final amount as only a fraction of the initial estimate.
Project Background
The stealth game changed publishers after the initial Sony funding fell through earlier this summer. Microsoft secured the publishing agreement alongside multimedia rights for the IP and better financial terms for the separate horror title OD.
