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Scott McCrae

Hideo Kojima says his pitch for OD sounded "crazy" to every publisher except Xbox

OD screenshot which shows the Unreal Engine 5 sceen test for actor Sophia Lillis.

Hideo Kojima says he was called "crazy" while pitching the concept for his upcoming horror game OD, and only former Xbox CEO Phil Spencer understood what he was trying to do.

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Kojima explains that he had trouble getting OD picked up by any publisher since "I pitched to many people, to the big companies, and also to the up-and-coming companies. All of them said the same thing."

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