The rumor that shook social networks yesterday was that of a possible takeover of Kojima Productions by sony following the updating of the banner of PlayStation Studioswhich highlighted death stranding. But since the project between Microsoft and the studio still seemed to be relevant according to Jeff Grubb, there was reason to doubt this rumor, and this is now Hideo Kojima himself who comes to make things clear in a new tweet.
No PlayStation Studios for Kojima
I’m sorry for the misunderstanding, but KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS has been and will continue to be an independent studio. https://t.co/2M0n4ogRaa
— HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) April 15, 2022
It must be said that the Japanese creator himself participated in the confusion last night, by reposting the PlayStation Studios banner on his Twitter account, without comment. Enough to suggest that a takeover was possible, before he said quite the opposite in a tweet posted a few hours later, in response to this image:
” I’m sorry for the misunderstanding, but Kojima Productions has been and will remain an independent studio. »
It is therefore perhaps simply necessary to see a very strong close relationship between Sony and Kojima Productions, more than a possible takeover. And if some still doubt (as each time it is a question of near or far from Kojima, as on the theories aroundAbandoned), we preferred to rely on the words of the creator above all.