Anecdote 2026-09-20
“True story: after the meeting, the first thing I did was, I came back to my desk, and I started to write and add a little bit more to the concept for Physint.”
What it documents
After the meeting in which SIE withdrew funding, the first thing Kojima did was return to his desk and add to the concept for Physint. He, Shinji Hirano and Aki Saito initially kept the news among the three of them while they decided on a direction before telling the team.
Source
“True story: after the meeting, the first thing I did was, I came back to my desk, and I started to write and add a little bit more to the concept for Physint. […] I decided to just keep it between the three of us [Hideo Kojima, Shinji Hirano and Aki Saito] for now, and we didn’t tell the staff, because we needed to figure out a direction before telling anyone.”