Direct quote 2023-06
“I wanted to offer another way, which is why I made Death Stranding.”
What it documents
Kojima placed the start of planning for Death Stranding at the end of 2015 and framed it in his moment: there was a lot of fragmentation and isolation, a world that was splitting apart and which, despite being connected to the Internet 24 hours a day, was not coming together. He said he wanted to offer another way, and that is why he made Death Stranding.
Source
Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds (documentary by Glen Milner; PlayStation Productions / Kojima Productions); official English SDH subtitles, 2023-06 (00:07:48,125–00:08:47,166). View source ↗
“We started planning at the end of 2015. At the time, there was a lot of fragmentation and isolation. ... Although the world is connected by the Internet 24 hours a day, it wasn't coming together as one. ... I wanted to offer another way, which is why I made Death Stranding.”