Key Takeaways
- PlayStation ended its partnership with Hideo Kojima’s upcoming game Physint.
- Sony announced it would stop releasing new PlayStation games on physical discs from January 2028.
- Xbox has become the new publishing partner for Physint, while Domino’s mocked Sony’s decision.
PlayStation has ended its collaboration with Hideo Kojima’s upcoming action-espionage game Physint, a move that has prompted Domino’s Pizza UK to mock Sony’s decision to move away from physical media.
Kojima Productions announced that Sony had unexpectedly cancelled the Physint project, leaving the studio to search for a new publishing partner. After three months, Xbox has stepped in to take over the project.
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma expressed pride in the partnership, stating that both companies share a creative vision. The expanded collaboration will also extend to potential projects in film and television.
Domino’s Pizza UK took the opportunity to joke about the name Physint, which it playfully suggested was a reference to the physical discs Sony was discontinuing. The company’s tweet read: ‘PlayStation thought the game was called physical and had to back out.’
This is not the first time Domino’s has targeted Sony’s physical-media strategy. In July, the company published a fake announcement claiming it would stop making physical pizzas, prompting a similar response from Sony.
Kojima Productions confirmed that the game’s name was a deliberate reference to the physical discs, adding that the project’s cancellation was a surprise. The studio spent three months looking for a new publishing partner before Xbox agreed to take over.
Sony’s decision to move away from physical media has been a point of contention in the gaming industry, with many companies and fans expressing concerns about the shift to digital formats.
The new partnership between Kojima Productions and Xbox is expected to bring new opportunities for both companies, with potential projects in film and television on the horizon.
While the exact details of the new collaboration have not been fully disclosed, both companies are optimistic about the future of the project.
