Death Stranding has done very well for itself for a product that divided reviewers and gamers alike. Kojima Productions disclosed today that more than 10 million individuals had played the studio’s debut game, which is marking its third anniversary. The achievement includes all platforms where Death Stranding is accessible, including PC Game Pass. “It makes me glad to think that there are over 10 million “Sam one” players throughout the globe, all loosely linked,” Hideo Kojima, the game’s developer, stated on Twitter.
It may seem clear that a game from the developer of Metal Gear Solid will be commercially successful, but that was not always the case. According to some, Death Stranding was a failure when it originally came out. Sony was apparently displeased with the game’s sales, according to one ResetEra post from 2020, with the author of the article stating 3 million copies of Death Stranding were lying in warehouses as of March of that year. But then the game’s critical reevaluation started, aided first by the epidemic and then by its debut on PC. Many individuals found an experience in Death Stranding that helped them make sense of a society that had transformed overnight, and the game had sold 5 million copies by July 2021.
In terms of the future of Death Stranding, actor Norman Reedus recently said in an interview that Kojima Productions is working on a sequel. In recent weeks, the company has also begun to tease a game starring stars Elle Fanning and Shioli Kutsuna.
