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Hideo Kojima Confirms He's Working With Xbox on a “Completely New Game”

Game creator Hideo Kojima took the stage (virtually) to confirm that Kojima Productions is working on a "completely new game" with Xbox Game Studios!

kenpachi1052d ago

Finally making that kinect game he promised years ago

Eonjay1052d ago

Something about using the cloud. I'm not a fan on it's face but Kojima is a visionary so I'm sure he will work it out.

FlavorLav011052d ago

Can’t wait to see it in 4-5 years. Just in time for next next gen to get going.

Obscure_Observer1052d ago

More likely his horror game, now called Overdose, starring Margaret Qualley as the main character.

People who mocked Phil´s travels to Japan are having a hard time accepting that Kojima is working on an exclusive game and all of the 3 Persona games coming to Xbox.

awiseman1052d ago

I don't want American companies to be successful in Japan.

Eonjay1052d ago

I'm not sure it's a horror game. I'm not even sure it's a game in the traditional sense. Also you said it was exclusive. I don't think you are right. Let's keep this open as a gentlemen's bet. Let's see which one of us is better at interpreting PR. No drama!

porkChop1052d ago

Hmm. I don't know why a horror game would need cloud computing, but you can certainly do a lot with the tech. I guess you never really know.

@awiseman
Wtf kind of comment is that? Japanese companies are successful all around the world so why shouldn't foreign companies be successful in Japan?

neutralgamer19921052d ago

Man busy enjoy. What's the difference between them hating and you celebrating? I for one am glad more gamers will get to play persona series

We have to grow out of this console war mindset and enjoy the games

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itsmebryan1051d ago

I guess the petition to stop this didn't work. Lol

LucasRuinedChildhood1052d ago (Edited 1052d ago )

Maybe Xbox made him a really good offer, idk, but ... Kojima likely would have asked Jim Ryan first for funding first given his relationship with Sony. Maybe it's to do with MS's cloud infrastructure?

I'm probably going to have to get an Xbox for this at some point (unless it's bad). They're rumoured to have greenlit Death Stranding 2 ... so why not this?

SoulWarrior1052d ago

That's a bit much isn't it? Literally nothing is known about the game lol.

LucasRuinedChildhood1052d ago (Edited 1052d ago )

I'm just venting a bit, tbh. MGS1 was the first game I ever bought as a kid with a second-hand PS1, and I've always liked Kojima's games.

If it's a good game, I will play it somehow ... and I don't like gaming on PC. I haven't seen any of the rest of MS's conference - I'm in no rush to buy an Xbox and I'm vocal about my issues with MS.

I just having a gut feeling that this was avoidable. Sony may have been disinterested in funding a completely new IP with another weird concept because Death Stranding didn't meet their sales expectations.

Resistance 3 also didn't meet their sales expectations, and then MS managed to get Insomniac to make Sunset Overdrive (Sony probably could have funded that game). After that, Sony secured their relationship with Insomniac, and the rest is history.

-Foxtrot1052d ago

Rejected the game?

He made Death Stranding for Sony, and that game...well, lets put it this way if Sony can support Kojima with that then I don't think they'd reject something else from him.

Basically Microsofts wallet is bigger.

Markusb331052d ago

Wait xb can reject marvel and kotor but Sony can't reject a game concept?
OK pal, as for a bigger wallet that's true and why I always find it incredible how xb makes mediocre titles

Eonjay1052d ago

I think he is work with Microsoft to bring this to the cloud but I doubt it is going to be Xbox exclusive. They would have said that.

SurgicalMenace1052d ago

They've pretty much confirmed Death Stranding 2 already so it can't be that. The rumor of Kojima working with Xbox is years old now and has always been known to be a cloud based game. No surprise here.

Orchard1052d ago

@Eonjay It’s a partnership with Xbox Game Studios - it’ll be PC and Xbox only.

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Eonjay1052d ago

That like saying Sony rejected itself when it went to Microsoft for it's cloud infrastructure.

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TheGreatGazoo301052d ago

Well, I doubt they rejected it because you are correct in saying Sony doesn't have the infrastructure. At least based on what was said it'll be using MS Azure Cloud somehow.

porkChop1052d ago

Kojima said he's using Microsoft's cloud tech. If you want to make a new type of game using cloud computing Xbox is pretty much the way to go. Their cloud infrastructure is really advanced and already has tools available for gaming.

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ChubbyBlade1052d ago

Why would he ask permission from Sony? His studio is completely independant

monkey6021051d ago

Here's an interesting point.

They never mentioned his game would be exclusive.

VenomCarnage891051d ago

Everything Xbox does releases on PC, why waste money on a console for one game?
"I don't like gaming on PC" plug the controller in, plug the PC into your TV, and boom, you don't even know the difference aside from your multiplayer suddenly becoming free

Zeref1051d ago (Edited 1051d ago )

He literally says it in the video. It's a cloud based game. Sony doesn't have a dedicated cloud infrastructure.
(in fact they're using Microsoft's for their own projects lol)

And some speculate that it was meant to be a Stadia game at first,
But then Google pretty much abandoned Stadia and their gaming plans, so Microsoft picked it up along with the leading Stadia game designer ,Kim Swift, She was supposed to work with Kojima on the cloud game for Google.

But now they're both at Microsoft.
https://gameworldobserver.c...

Sony wasn't even part of the conversation because they can't provide him with what he needed for this game.

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CaptainHenry9161052d ago

I'm still skeptical about a cloud game 🤔

Fishy Fingers1052d ago (Edited 1052d ago )

Probably not a "cloud game" but using cloud tech, like an online constant persistent world etc

CaptainHenry9161052d ago (Edited 1052d ago )

Hopefully it's not like Death Stranding which was average at best imo

ChubbyBlade1052d ago

@captainHenry

Death Stranding was fantastic.

RedDevils1052d ago

@CaptainHenry916 average? You don't like good game when you see one then, there lot of gamers out there replaying this game multiple of times.

porkChop1052d ago

I think it would be similar to DS only in that it would likely feature a more advanced version of "strands". So some sort of asynchronous interactivity between players. That's probably why he's using Azure and working with Xbox. Gameplay will in all likelihood be entirely different.

H91052d ago

After all the talk, it's official, seriously big news right here, love him or hate him, he does unique things, which I would rather have than any copy-pasted game of these days

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italiangamer21h ago

Well Sony never said that, the other camp did and we all know how that went.

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Not all know. I am betting those observing this while obscured may have trouble comprehending 😅

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Back in the day, there were even discussions and I believe statements from Spencer about wether Sony would allow Game Pass on Playstation.

At least for the time being this option seems definitely to be ruled out completely.

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Profchaos2d ago

As someone who travels for work I still care about portable systems.

I have found using remote play in a hotel room is an excellent experience in a major city as I've got my console hard wired to a gigabit connection at home however it's not perfect if power trips the console tends to go to the repair section and can't be booted remotely so it's a annoying call to family to power it on for me.

A hotel out of town or regionally though that can cause havok for remote play as I'm always on 5g using it hotel wifi is never good enough for a solid remote play session.

But leaving a stable location and getting onto a plane or train and there's little to no chance of a good experience with remote play thats where something like the switch 2 will really shine for me personally long haul flights are exhausting and one of my most hated things the switch has been invaluable for me and I'll absolutely be upgrading

Goodguy011d 8h ago

Nintendo has always done it the best, handheld is in their genes. I do wish their dock could be like an egpu though and it make it much more powerful, it's a bit harder for me to play portable now for some odd reason, love just sitting on the couch with a big screen and controller. And ofc always great to have the portable option and for me it's best for smaller games.

jznrpg1d 7h ago

I was hoping for a little more than 540p upscaled

UltimateOwnage1d 5h ago

IMO, 540P upscaled in portable mode to a 1080P screen using DLSS on the tensor cores will likely extend battery life using a lower TDP and provide much better anti-aliasing and similar clarity compared to native 1080P with med/low AA at a higher TDP. It’s just a better way to use a mobile chipset. That’s not a flaw or weakness, it’s a key benefit for the portable design of the platform.

repsahj1d ago

Lol, even the impressive upscaling feature of Switch 2 can now spin to a negative one.

jznrpg4h ago(Edited 4h ago)

Switch 1 was hitting 720p and above that with no upscale, so why can’t they have a higher res and upscale it more

repsahj3h ago

@jznrpg
Because of that even the current gen games will now run on switch 2 that looked as good and with decent framerate as the current gen consoles.

Do you watch Nintendo's hands on preview for switch 2? LOL.

badz14917h ago

because aside from Nintendo's own games which have their dedicated fanbase, portability is the only other thing it has going for it. Nintendo will be eliminated faster than xbox if they ever decide to do a dedicated home console again. going the hybrid way is the only way left for them and they are lucky they dominated the portable market all those years ago. imagine the power of the Switch 2 as a console this day and age with the same price as PS5. they will be the laughing stock of the market.