“At the end, when we wrap up all the shooting, we'll do the usual celebrations with bouquet and stuff and everyone is all happy. But then it's hell from there. It'll take another two more years after that.”
Kojima described the commonly misunderstood chronology of a video game while filming Death Stranding 2: people often ask whether it is already finished, when it will come out, or assume it is already released — Kojima said not yet. He contrasted film and game production, noting that in cinema the end of shooting is almost the end, but in a game it is not: at the end, when they wrap up all the shooting they hold the usual celebrations with bouquets and everyone happy, and then it becomes hell and it will take another two more years. He added that he wishes an AI would do it for him in an instant.
“People often ask, are you done yet? They're like, when is it coming out? Isn't it out already? […] Not yet. So yeah, it takes a long time after the shooting. […] But then it's hell from there. It'll take another two more years after that. […] I wish an AI would just do it for me in an instant.”