小島工作室近期經歷了一次重大轉型，結束了與PlayStation的合作關係，轉而成為Xbox的全職合作夥伴。如今，Xbox正在資助小島的兩個重要項目，分別是《Physint》和《OD》。
然而，小島秀夫最新發布的《OD》推文卻引發了粉絲的強烈反彈，原因是他啟用了一位跨性別女演員亨特·莎弗（Hunter Schafer）。粉絲們甚至呼籲全面抵制該項目。
If Hunter Schafer is in the game I'm not buying it. Go woke go broke. https://twitter.com/BigCheeseTX/status/2100638396116775190
小島秀夫在X上發布了一段影片，展示了《OD》的開發過程以及兩位主演：分別是電影《牠》中的索菲婭·莉莉絲和《亢奮》中的亨特·莎弗。後者引發了粉絲之間的爭議。
許多玩家在留言區紛紛留言，威脅要抵制《OD》，因為片中出現了跨性別女演員。他們認為小島秀夫已經落入陷阱，像業內其他人一樣變得「覺醒」了。
在社交媒體上，有網友明確表示，只要莎弗參演就不會購買，正所謂go woke，go broke。
同時還有玩家批評小島秀夫現在過於搞名人崇拜和身份政治，而不是真正製作一款引人入勝的遊戲，「小島秀夫對名人的舔狗行為已經正式跨入尷尬地帶了。那個曾經讓遊戲自己說話的傢伙到底怎麼了?輕鬆PASS……」
Hunter Schafer is such a bad move, man... There's no reason to hire that dude. I'm out on OD. Good luck with PHYSINT, I guess. https://twitter.com/JayViperTV/status/2100629302387601465
You think casting Hunter Schafer, a man pretending to be a woman is some kind of win? Lets see how many of the imaginary "Modern gaming Audience" show up for that dude. WOW Hard pass. WTF with entertainment that feels more focused on celebrity worship and identity politics than actually making a compelling game? Kojima’s celebrity glazing has officially crossed into cringe territory. What happened to the guy who used to let the games speak for themselves? I know, the amazon delivery guy games 1 & 2, blah, blah, blah but wow its getting bad! Easy PASS. https://twitter.com/GinevraGameGirl/status/2100683729576542262
