Hideo Kojima's First Interview Post-PHYSINT Changeup

Hideo Kojima spoke with IGN in his first interview after dropping support for PHYSINT. "So in June, SIE said they wanted to have a Zoom call. I was so busy at that time — I had just gone to New York for a Prada event and then to LA right after. But anyway, I came back and we had this Zoom call. They said they can no longer fund development for Physint. I was shocked and I said, 'What did you say?' I couldn’t quite process what they had said. I wasn’t sure because I was in shock.... ...So I was surprised. But not just surprised. We didn’t understand the reason. I didn't have any anger or sadness; my first thought was, 'What am I going to do with my studio?' Because we signed contracts for projects. Of course I had OD, but I only have two projects in my studio: OD and Physint. And I hire according to how many projects we have, and we have two. If we lose one contract, I thought I might have to cut all the people working on Physint, right? Or our studio could end up collapsing because…