U-Hideo Kojima ubelokhu ehlotshaniswa eduze nomkhiqizo we-PlayStation isikhathi eside njengoba eyangaphambili yayikhona. Lapho ephula ubuhlobo no-Konami futhi eguqula i-Kojima Productions njengesitudiyo esizimele, ngokushesha wasayina noSony Ukufa kwesibindi, ikhonsoli ye-PlayStation ekhethekile. Imibiko yakamuva, nokho, iphakamise ukuthi kungenzeka kube noshintsho olukhulu lwepharadigm oluzayo maduze, futhi okusolakala ukuthi, I-Xbox ne-Kojima sebeseduze nokusayina isivumelwano ngomdlalo olandelayo wasestudiyo.
Lokho kusonteka okumangazayo, uma kugcina kwenzeka, futhi abaningi basale bezibuza ukuthi kungani uKojima ezulazula esuka kwaSony aye kuMicrosoft. Nokho, ngokusobala, lokho kungenzeka kwakungesona isinqumo sakhe sokuqala. Esiqeshini sakamuva se-podcast ye-Xbox Era, ongaphakathi u-Shpeshal_Ed uthe i-Kojima Productions yaqala yaya kwaSony ne-pitch yomdlalo wabo olandelayo. U-Sony, nokho, akazange aneliseke ngokuthi kanjani Ukufa Kokufa wenza ezohwebo, futhi ngenxa yalokho, wasenqaba isicelo sokuphinde asebenze no-Kojima.
Uphinde aphakamise ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi uKojima ubenezingxoxo neGoogle kanye neStadia isikhashana, ngenxa yokuthi umdlalo wakhe ngokusobala usebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bamafu, kodwa ekugcineni, izingxoxo neMicrosoft zaqhubekela phambili. Isivumelwano seMicrosoft-Kojima ngokusobala siseduze nokuphothulwa, ngakho-ke uma kwenzeka, kungenzeka ukuthi sizwe ngaso maduze.
Umqondisi wezobuciko we-Kojima Productions u-Yoji Shinkawa usanda kukusho lokho umdlalo olandelayo wesitudiyo uzomenyezelwa maduze nje, ngakho-ke sithemba ukuthi akudingeki silinde isikhathi eside kakhulu.
