On PT’s 8th birthday, the person who delisted it speaks out: ‘I wish it had gone differently’ VGC Open main menu Lengthy FIFA players MultiVersus characters Disney Dreamlight recipe list First for Video Game News Follow VGC On PT’ s 8th birthday the person who delisted it speaks out ‘ I wish it had gone differently’ “It was a tough situation all around” Video Game News 13th Aug 2022 / 2:44 pm Posted by Andy RobinsonEight years after its release, the person who claims to have been tasked with pulling Konami’s P.T. from PlayStation servers has spoken about the experience for the first time. P.T. was a critically-acclaimed playable teaser for Hideo Kojima’s cancelled Silent Hills game, which was released as part of a surprise drop during Gamescom 2014. The fan-favourite game demo was released under the developer pseudonym ‘7780s Studio’, and required the community of players to work together in order to solve its puzzles, and reveal its true purpose as a teaser for Silent Hills by Kojima. Death Stranding Director’s Cut Final TrailerSubscribe to VGC on YouTube Ultimately, the Silent Hills project was cancelled by Konami following Kojima’s departure from the company the following year. Controversially, P.T. was pulled from the PlayStation Store soon after and even the ability to re-download it blocked. Years later, it was made unplayable on PS5. To this day, many dedicated fans have kept the game on their console hard drives, as it’s impossible to access the teaser any other way. After Kojima acknowledged the 8-year anniversary of P.T. on Twitter on Friday, former Konami staffer Pearl L responded by claiming she had both been responsible for setting up the surprise release of the game on the PlayStation Store, and also putting in the call to have it removed. Notice: To display this embed please allow the use of Functional Cookies in Cookie Preferences. “Fun fact: since I was the [first-party] lead at the time at Konami, I helped get this product set up on the storefronts, fake publisher and everything,” she wrote. “And I was the one who had to call Sony and ask them to take it down and block redownloads. That was a super fun conversation”. Pearl went on to answer many fan questions around P.T.’s removal, although at the time of publishing she has declined to give a clear answer for exactly why it happened (asked by a fan, she replied: “I say this with love, ‘because Konami’). However, Pearl made clear in her replies that it was “a tough situation” for those working within Konami, and saved special praise for the teams at Sony and Konami’s customer support staff. “Sony (as always) was fantastic to work with. It was a tough situation all around,” she wrote. “It was a RIDE! Honestly, [it was] not a great situation all around – I really felt for Sony who had to bear the brunt of dealing with the situation.” She later added: “It was defo an interesting lesson in power and the importance of picking your battles in relationship management.”P.T. was a playable teaser for the cancelled Silent Hills. The staffer claimed that Konami’s support staff took a lot of the brunt of disgruntled fans. “They already had a tough time as it was (there’s a reason they have ‘work’ names when fielding calls), this did not make things better,” she wrote. Asked by a fan if having to ask Sony to remove P.T. was awkward, Pearl responded: “Awkward is right! We’d already gone thru a lot to get it set up, got a lot of operational exceptions. And then to add the request to block redownload? More engineering workarounds. It was exciting to see ppl hype about it and see the work pay off! But in a way also not.” Further reading 7 Kojima Productions will continue to work with PlayStation following its Xbox dealKojima's new cloud-based project was announced last nightAccording to the staffer, P.T. was the first time Sony had ever been asked to delist and block redownloads of a video game on its digital store. “Believe me, I wish it had gone differently too,” she responded to a fan. “It was definitely really fun to be plotting this secret cool thing for the fans. it was amazing to see everyone come together to try to figure out the experience and seem them come away with so much love for it! i’m super grateful I got to be a part of that in some small way.” 2 Comments Related VGC Content Elle Fanning will star in Hideo Kojima’ s next game it’ s been confirmed4 days ago On Metal Gear’ s 35th anniversary Konami says it s ‘ preparing’ to bring back delisted games2 months ago Popular Now on VGC1 Harley Quinn voice actor criticises Chris Pratt Mario casting ‘ It should be Charles’ 2 Phil Spencer could be teasing Xbox s game streaming device in a new office photo3 Modern Warfare 2 will seemingly require a phone number like Overwatch 24 Interview How PlatinumGames is betting on Nintendo expertise to shape its future5 Platinum thinks hiring of Nintendo veteran can take the companies relationship to the next level More Video Game News1 Reminder 2 weeks remain before 3DS and Wii U eShop cards are blockedAfter August 29, funds will only be able to be added via Nintendo Switch1 month ago1 Comment US PlayStation shipments were reportedly up 400% last monthPS5 supply appears to be increasing as Christmas approaches50 minutes ago Overwatch 2 servers down for some as Blizzard removes two heroes temporarilyThe game's rocky launch has caused much fan frustration1 hour ago3 The Ghost of Tsushima movie director wants to film ‘ in Japanese with an all-Japanese cast’ Chad Stahelski says he has the backing of Sony1 month ago3 CommentsBy commenting on this article you agree to adhere to VGC’s community guidelines. 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