«Quiero hacer algo nuevo. Pero vi que muchísima gente lo pedía. Y pensé que quizá solo me quedaban diez años. […] Nos dimos la mano y así comenzó la colaboración.»
EN“I want to do something new. But I saw so many people requesting it. And I was thinking, maybe I only have 10 years left. […] And we shook hands and that's how the partnership started.”
Kojima explicó que no quería volver a Metal Gear, que considera parte de su pasado y cuya propiedad pertenece a Konami, pero las peticiones reiteradas de los fans y la sensación de que quizá le quedaban diez años de carrera lo llevaron a concebir un nuevo juego de acción y espionaje. Poco antes de retirarse, Jim Ryan apoyó la idea; ambos acordaron iniciar Physint con un apretón de manos.
«I get so many messages from people saying, "Please make another Metal Gear!" I wasn't really interested, because Metal Gear is the past. I want to do something new. But I saw so many people requesting it. And I was thinking, maybe I only have 10 years left. Of course, I can't make Metal Gear — that’s Konami’s IP. But I was thinking, "Okay, maybe I should create a new action espionage game." […] I was meeting with Jim Ryan, the former CEO of SIE. […] I was talking to him, and he said, "Oh, that's a great idea. Let's create a new action espionage game." And we shook hands and that's how the partnership started.»