Hideo Kojima Says Kojima Productions Will Remain Independent - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 15 April 2022 / 2,752 Views
There has been speculation that Sony has acquired Kojima Productions following the addition of Death Stranding to the banner for the official PlayStation Studios website.
Hideo Kojima via Twitter has shot this down saying Kojima Productions will remain an independent studio and will not be acquired by any other company.
"[Kojima Productions] has been and will continue to be an independent production studio," said Kojima.
There have been reports that a deal between Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding creator Hideo Kojima and Xbox to work together had been in the works and in July of last year it was claimed a letter of intent had been signed. VentureBeat reporter and known leaker Jeff Grubb this week claimed the deal is still on as of two weeks ago.
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His wording leaves room for a publishing deal with Sony.
People overreacted over a picture.
Yeah, Death Stranding was published by PlayStation Studios on the PS4 & PS5 side of things. So having it in a PlayStation Studios logo makes total sense. I believe it was 4A Games that published it on the PC. And the Death Stranding IP itself I think is wholly owned by Kojima Productions, though at least with first (and only so far) title, I'm guessing that will always remain a PS exclusive due to that publishing agreement with Sony.
Playstation own Bungie and they are supposed to be independent still
Remember when Sackboy Adventure had the Playstation Studios logo on it even though it was made by Sumo Digital? Sony have to stop doing this.
every sony published game is considered playstation studios. it's a brand name for the publisher not a legal statement.
That's dumb. With a name like "Playstation Studios" they should limit it to their own first party studios.
If its sony published and sony owned it's a first party game from playstaton. Whether or not the developer is owned by the publisher has never mattered. that's partly why "second party" as a term was made up.
