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. I checked quickly and seems like it s the biggest new ip launch since the original. Launch sales of death stranding is the biggest ip launch we ve seen this generation yet knack doesn t count.
When the game. Death stranding for the ps4 not pc is on sale for 17 99 at best buy a 22 drop from its previous sale price of 39 99 and a 40 drop from its original price of 59 99. As of march 2020 update the game s sales in japan have reached 262 827 physical copies and an estimated 136 279 digital copies for an estimated total of 399 106.
Death stranding remained in the famitsu top 30 best selling physical games chart for five weeks until december 15 having reached over 253 000 physical copies sold at that point. 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.
Now the pc version has released and it s on sale at cdkeys. Death stranding released on the playstation 4 last year and it was met with critical acclaim. In an interview with japanese website livedoor translated.
Hideo kojima has insisted death stranding was a sales success and has enabled kojima productions to fund its unannounced second project.
