Hideo Kojiman ja Konamin välit katkesivat vuosia sitten, ja siitä asti pelaava kansa on toivonut Kojiman joskus palaavan niin sanottujen vakoilupelien pariin tyyliin Metal Gear. Nyt sitten Youtubessa on julkaistu haastattelu, jossa selvisi, miksi Kojima päätti palata lajityypin pariin tulevassa Physint-pelissään.
Kojima sairastui vuonna 2020, ja tämä tuotti eräänlaisen valaistumisen ja päättäväisyyden.
"In the last eight years, every day on social media, from users all around the world, people have been asking me to create another Metal Gear and stuff like that [...]."
"Then, I fell ill in 2020. It was also during the pandemic, so I was sick and isolated during all of it. I even had surgery. And I thought, 'I can't anymore.' I was at my lowest and felt like I couldn't go back to making games. I wrote a will, too. And in that moment, I realised that people die [...] But, I turned 60 last year. I'll turn 70 in ten years. I hope to never retire. Having said that, if the users desire it so much, I thought I should change my priorities a bit. I still want to do new things, but I decided to make an action-espionage game."
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