Kojima's Physint to Be Developed for Xbox, Breaking with PlayStation Tradition

Hideo Kojima's next video game, Physint, will be developed for Xbox rather than PlayStation, marking a departure from most of his previous titles. Sony, which controls PlayStation, said it wants to work with Kojima again in the future. PlayStation had initially announced it made the "difficult" decision to end the collaboration, after which Xbox Game Studios said it stepped in and took over the project. Physint is highly anticipated because of Kojima's reputation; he has long been associated with PlayStation, the console on which most of his games were initially published. Kojima is known for a highly recognizable style and is one of the few game designers who uses the form of video games — their rules and ways of playing — to reflect on video games themselves and on the act of playing. His first game, Metal Gear, was released in 1987 and popularized the stealth gameplay mode, which lets players complete missions by evading enemies without being seen or heard.