I've been following this pretty closely since it all started, and here so far is my take on whether or not Abandoned is actually Silent Hills from Kojima.
First, years ago, Kojima teases MGSV with a fake studio (Moby Dick) and claimed to be a fake dev. We saw EXACTLY the same play with PT when it first came out - fake studio, fake devs, even putting out red flags to make it look like it was all a load of absolute nonsense.
So assuming that this is actually attempt #3 from Kojima, he's going to try and make it MUCH more difficult for us so people don't immediately find out - things like creating a deepfake of a developer to make it seem more legit (we know the tech is there and he's mentioned deepfakes in past tweets before any of this started), hell, how about creating a game studio with a history of constantly failing to deliver projects which no-one has ever heard of until they start searching? Just launch a series of kickstarters and close them down. Quite a ruse right?
We then hear about this Abandoned game, from a developer with no successful history. The trailer gets released, and we notice in the trailer, 2 letters are missing off some text on a wall - PT
I'm not gonna go into the delays/misinformation etc. (but misinformation again is something Kojima has continuously tweeted about), but it's the first of it's kind to get a dedicated app on PS5 - this was before even the Unreal 5 Matrix tech app came out.
Sony were completely silent on the whole thing - how did the app get through approval if this has literally never been done before, by some tiny studio no-one even knew existed? (Because Sony are directly involved with all of this and know EXACTLY what the plan is).
A couple of weeks before the app gets it's first content (yes, music over the 6 sec footstep vid), Kojima tweets out that he's just finished editing the shortest game trailer he's ever done in his life. Days later, we get a Death Stranding Directors cut reveal with new added gameplay.
There are two things of note that were added which link us back to previous Kojima tricks and PT:
First, we have a shower scene with what looks eerily similar to the ghost of Lisa discontorted.
Second, and perhaps more importantly is a link to a trick used for MGSV, and 2 links to PT - the scene where Norman Reedus sees the big whale (Moby Dick). So Kojima is referring back to when he created a fake studio to promote MGSV, but not only that, we hear the sound from PT when Lisa is breathing down your neck.
We also have the head in the bag from P.T. The Bag mentions that "he" sees another "him" that isn't actually "himself". In PT, this relates to the theme about multiple parallel universes (which we also have in Death Stranding). Evidence to this possibility is later shown in his next quote: "Watch out. The gap in the door... It's a separate reality. The only me is me. Are you sure the only you is you?".
This is as Sam Bridges goes through a gap in the doorway, we hear Lisa and we see the reference to Moby Dick studios.
So let's assume for a sec that actually, "Sam" has passed through into a seperate reality. The Norman Reedus we know in Death Stranding and that particular cut scene isn't actually the only one of him. There can be multiple parallel universes, with multiple Norman Reedus's. However..... in another universe, Norman Reedus doesn't look like Sam Bridges.
And here is where my theory is going to become speculative and absolutely mental....
What if these universes were actually all different games? All done by studios with no previous track records, no dev presence, but with imagery, themes, hell even actual content which crosses over several games?
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you (and i'm not making the name of this game up and the caps are part of the title)..
WRONGED US
WRONGED US is an upcoming open world survival horror game from indie studio called "Delusional Studio". Set for release in 2023, trailers of this game have recently dropped on Youtube.
There's absolutely zero information online about this studio, anyone who works there, or any company history.
Now why do I think this links to Abandoned?
First off, the meta joke within the title of these games. First off, those of us who have been following this all along have been left "Abandoned". We've been left hanging out to dry with failure after failure to the point where we feel we have been wronged. Hence - WRONGED US.
Second, the title. When abandoned was released - it was all caps ABANDONED.
Now we have a game WRONGED US.
Third - the font for the title is EXACTLY the same as Abandoned (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YONakVv3mSY)
Now what if there was a game linking us from WRONGED US back to Abandoned? And what if these 3 games shared the same assets?
Ladies and gents..... STRAY SOULS
As i'm nearing my character count. I'll leave you with one thing - watch any Stray Souls play through and how does it end?
"To be continued.."
Where have we seen those dots before?..
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