Hideo Kojima has hinted in an interview with French website Gameblog that he didn't really have to pitch Death Stranding to Sony – and that the level of trust between the two partners is one of the reasons that he signed with the company for his first independent project. "Working with Sony afforded me a lot of freedom, and their support has been exceptional," he beamed.
He explained: "For example, if this had been with a 'normal' company, right now, I'd be preparing a pitch for my game, we'd be looking for financing, explaining what we wanted to do. Like with a Kickstarter. With Sony, of course I have to explain my plan to them, but they immediately told me 'go for it, do you what you have to do'. They offered me their trust."
Kojima concluded that, by saving energy not having to pitch the product, he's been afforded the opportunity to simply get started making it, which may be how the developer was able to put together a teaser trailer for the title in just five months. It's good to see that there's a mutual trust between the partners, and we can't wait to see how Death Stranding develops.
[source gameblog.fr]
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When you have one of the best video games directors and asks you to work with him, "do what you have to do" is the only logical answer.
DS trailer looks interesting and I will keep an eye on it!
A bit more supportive than Konami, then? As long as it doesn't get too expensive, I mean...
Wonder what engine it'll use since he's probably not getting the fox engine to easily.
I worry that tooo much freedom will lead to a creative, "artsy" piece that is vague and cool looking but not necessarily fun to play. Here is hoping otherwise.
@Mega-Gazz But all of Kojima's games have been both creative/artsy and fun to play.
Can't imagine what the gameplay would be from the trailer... which is perfect!
I want to play but if is full horror like Silent Hill I'll skip, now a suspense/action/terror I'm all in. And those figures in the sky, still gives me chills.
Sony is awesome like that
@Neolit thats great and kojima is a good director. But kinda bothers me that he is doing whatever he wants. Like telling the best swiss knife maker in the world u can make whatsoever you want , n he makes a watch with a built in screw driver......but I have faith that hr is far more intelligent than that.
It's gonna be rad.
@Mega-Gazz I for one hope that's the case except the fun bit! But I'm struggling to think if a company has bowed down to a developer like this in history, maybe for Super Mario World?
Or Sonic & Knuckles
See, Sony always gives their developers that freedom, this is awesome and This is exactly what Kojima needed, Kojima needs that freedom that Sony can provide. I hear about Sony doing this over and over again, they treat the freedom of their developers minds very well.
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