A difficult concept hasn't hindered success: Death Stranding has attracted almost 20 million players

Exactly five years ago - 8 November 2019 was the release of Death Stranding - an experimental and unusual game from Hideo Kojima.

The Japanese developer offered the most unconventional gameplay, a deep story and laid in his game a lot of hidden meanings and allusions.

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In the beginning, many gamers did not understand Death Stranding and thought that Kojima overcomplicated the concept of the game, but after a while they figured it out and now they play it with pleasure and still discuss it.

In five years, Death Stranding has been played by 19 million people, according to a press release on the release of Death Stranding Director's Cut on the Xbox Series and Amazon Luna.

This figure does not reflect the number of copies sold, as Death Stranding was given away several times in various shops, and it was also available on PS Plus. Nevertheless, it's a great result and Hideo Kojima can be proud of it as it fulfilled its goal and united almost 20 million gamers.

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach will be released in 2025 and the sequel promises to surpass the original game in every aspect.

By the way, now the franchise is fully owned by Kojima Productions, so if the new game and will be an exclusive PlayStation 5 (as stated at the moment), then a short time, after which it will be released on other platforms.

Source: News Denfaminicogamer