{"id":89825,"date":"2026-09-21T09:56:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T13:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=89825"},"modified":"2026-09-21T10:38:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T14:38:02","slug":"hideo-kojima-doesnt-know-if-physint-will-be-xbox-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=89825","title":{"rendered":"Hideo Kojima Doesn\u2019t Know If Physint Will Be Xbox Exclusive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a big twist, Sony just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/hideo-kojima-says-sony-dropping-physint-was-a-serious-blow-but-theres-no-bad-blood\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/hideo-kojima-says-sony-dropping-physint-was-a-serious-blow-but-theres-no-bad-blood\/\">dropped Hideo Kojima&#8217;s new spy game Physint<\/a>, with Xbox swooping in to pick it up. But will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/physint-release-date-estimate-gameplay-and-everything-we-know\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/physint-release-date-estimate-gameplay-and-everything-we-know\/\">Physint<\/a> be exclusive to Xbox? <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kojima himself said in a new interview with<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/hideo-kojima-reveals-what-happened-with-sony-in-exclusive-first-interview-since-playstation-ditched-physint\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/hideo-kojima-reveals-what-happened-with-sony-in-exclusive-first-interview-since-playstation-ditched-physint\"> IGN<\/a> that he does not know. &#8220;That would be a question for Xbox. But I don&#8217;t know for sure,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under former Xbox CEO Phil Spencer&#8217;s leadership, Microsoft began releasing some of its major games on rival platforms. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/after-25-years-halo-is-finally-on-playstation\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/after-25-years-halo-is-finally-on-playstation\/\">Even Halo is on PlayStation today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New CEO Asha Sharma has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/microsoft-gaming-is-dead-to-be-replaced-by-return-to-xbox-branding-report\/1100-6539586\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/microsoft-gaming-is-dead-to-be-replaced-by-return-to-xbox-branding-report\/1100-6539586\/\">signaled a return to exclusives<\/a>. Choices about exclusivity will be made case by case. Kojima said Microsoft\u2019s ambition is to help its games reach the largest possible audience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;In previous updates from Xbox, I thought that they have this kind of stance where they want to deliver to as many gamers as possible, no matter what the platform is,&#8221; Kojima said. &#8220;I think all of that will be announced at a later time. I&#8217;m not sure yet, and I can&#8217;t really say.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  https:\/\/twitter.com\/HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN\/status\/2099387994188939599  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Xbox is publishing not only Physint, but also Kojima&#8217;s horror game OD. Both games will feature celebrities. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/hideo-kojima-physint-casts-bill-skarsgard-as-its-lead\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/hideo-kojima-physint-casts-bill-skarsgard-as-its-lead\/\">Bill Skarsgard will star in Physint,<\/a> while OD features Hunter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a big twist, Sony just dropped Hideo Kojima&#8217;s new spy game Physint, with Xbox swooping in to pick it up. But will Physint be exclusive to Xbox? Kojima himself said in a new interview with IGN that he does not know. &#8220;That would be a question for Xbox. But I don&#8217;t know for sure,&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":89827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89825"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89825"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89828,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89825\/revisions\/89828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/89827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}