Xbox Is Paying A Lot Less Than Normal For Kojima’s Physint, Possibly Under $200 Million – Report

New Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has made a lot of big moves since taking over for Phil Spencer in the role, one of which was signing Hideo Kojima's new spy-thriller game, Physint, after Sony walked away from it.

According to The New York Times, Xbox's agreement with Kojima was "substantially below what Xbox would typically spend to develop a premium game." What exactly would be typical, however, is unknown, because game studios are incredibly secretive about budgets.

The money figures for Physint have been a point of contention, with unconfirmed reports that Physint's budget at Sony was $400 million. This has never been confirmed, but it was also reported that one of the reasons Sony opted to drop Kojima and Physint was that the game was over budget and late.

Windows Central's Jez Corden said he was told by first-hand sources with "direct knowledge of the contracts" for Physint at Xbox that the real number is "far lower." …