The rumor came from two different industry. A recent rumor has begun circulating that after disappointing death stranding sales last year sony may not end up funding hideo kojima s next game. According to his source death stranding was a disappointment to sony as sales came to an abrupt halt after its initial launch window and hasn t reached many of the milestones they were hoping for.
From the budget of the game to the amount of marketing and promotion to all the famous actors and singers present. Death stranding has been treated as the biggest exclusive of the year by sony. In the us death stranding was the seventh best selling game of november 2019 according to the npd group.
According to famitsu boxed sales data death stranding has sold 262 827 copies in japan. The game is set in the united states following a cataclysmic event which. It was released by sony interactive entertainment for the playstation 4 on november 8 2019 and by 505 games for windows on july 14th 2020.
Death stranding is an action game developed by kojima productions it is the first game from director hideo kojima and kojima productions after their split from konami in 2015. Initially the game was supposed to be darker and scarier. The production didn t go smoothly.
Currently more than 3 million copies of the game are gathering dust in warehouses. Initially the game sold well but then its sales almost came to a halt. Death stranding was a failure.