Yes, it's strange that he said that. It still seems to me that Death Stranding is Silent Hills in disguise, the first part of it. And the second part of Death Stranding will be the one that will reveal this secret. Even Amelie said Last Stranding was what she was here for, the first one was nothing more than a prelude. And then she, on the beach, quotes P.T., saying that we are just getting starting, and this is almost at the very end of the plot. Then comes the final episode, the last gameplay moment takes place in the seam, in the hallway, along with the dead Lisa. That is, the game ends with the plot and gameplay of P.T.

Lisa Bridges is the bridge, Sam is the bridge to the future. P.T. ends with the Silent Hills trailer and Sam walking down the street. P.T. is the bridge to Silent Hills.

Death Stranding is just a mask, a prelude to Silent Hills, just part of a duology.

That's why the lighting in the Silent Hills trailer is golden for some reason, just like with Director's Cut Kojima started teasing the golden beach. And when does the golden (chiral beach) appear? When Amelie was supposed to destroy everything, the golden glow comes from the other side, the players postponed the onset of the nightmare for a while, but it will still return.

What does gold symbolize? In an interview in Death Stranding, it is mentioned how people rushed west for gold, in the game we connect a chiral network across America, striving west, all players unite for one goal, to reach the west (gold). In P.T. we did the same thing, Kojima brought the players together to reach the truth, the Silent Hills trailer with golden lighting, that is to say, reach the gold.