Mike Mahardy
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5,442 appearances
16 recordings
1 series
first heard Dec 2025
last heard 11 Sep
Mike Mahardy’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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The decision to part ways with Kojima is a significant move for PlayStation that may have ripple effects.
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Xbox, which has been facing its own overhaul under new chief executive officer Asha Sharma, saw Phizzants as a good investment opportunity for several reasons, according to people familiar with the company's strategy.
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One key factor is the PC platform, where the
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Death Stranding games have generated some revenue.
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Earlier this year, Sony decided it will no longer release single-player PlayStation games on PC, Bloomberg reported.
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Sony would therefore not benefit when Kojima Productions released a PC version of Physin on its own or with a different publisher, as it did for the first Death Stranding.
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But Xbox releases all of its games on PC and play.
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To publish physant on PC and Xbox, said the people.
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The deal will also include film and television rights for both physant and a second title from Kojima Productions, the experimental horror game OD.
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Sharma has said that expanding Xbox's properties to linear to linear media is a significant part of her strategy.
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Madeline Stanley, there you have it, a little deep digging, a little deep dive from Jason Schreier going into the back end of PlayStation's decision to part ways with Kojima Productions on Physant.
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What are your thoughts there?
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Uh, you know what, Madeline Stanley, that brings up a great topic of discussion with the Xbox side of things.
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So we'll start there.
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Of course, yes, Xbox has now backed up the money truck and probably has a long line of money that they will be tied to with Kojima Productions as this game continues through its production side thing.
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So let's talk about Xbox.
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Of course, five studios have just been disassembled and let go just recently.
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Xbox was saying
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And Microsoft were set to lay off 3,600 employees.
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They did half of that at June, I believe, and the other half will happen over the course of this year into next.
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