I’d like to highlight the Gameboy player as well as the ability to connect a GBA to it for certain games. Nintendo at this time was really trying out a lot of interesting and unique ideas.

There are so many great games on it, and it was the birthplace of several fantastic series that are still going strong today. Some of my favorite games for the system include: Pikmin 1 and 2, Zelda WW and TP, Super Mario Sunshine, Kirby Air Rider, Luigi’s Mansion, Metroid Prime 1 and 2, Animal Crossing, Starfox Adventures and Assault, Star Wars Rogue Leader and Rebel Strike, Super Monkey Ball 1 and 2, and finally Soul Calibur 2. What an absolute fucking banger of a system.

Right, but it’s not just a spreadsheet descision. Kojima’s name carries immense weight and is one of the biggest in the industry. Just having him attached to your brand sells systems. The last time a company backstabbed him like this, they spent a decade making nothing but Pachinko and sports games.

Sony cutting him out is gonna be a lot more damaging to them than breaking even on a niche project. And let’s not forget that Physint won’t be nearly as niche as Death Stranding. It’s his return to the genre that made him famous.

That might have contributed, but from what I have seen it basically broke even from it’s sales. If they haven’t lost money, this descision makes no sense. Kojima is basically Playstation royalty and his name carries so much weight in the industry. Especially since they were championing Physint as his triumphant return to the action espionage genre. I’ve never played one of his games and even I knew immediately this was a collosal fuck up on their part.

There’s a reason everyone says they’re going to purchase a copy of a game. No one ever thinks they are buying the master and suddenly owns the IP. Everyone at Sony has rocks for brains.

I’m not buying it because Rockstar and Take Two are shitty greedy assholes.