UPDATE: Kojima Productions has confirmed that they now own the Death Stranding IP. This could mean that we see Death Stranding 2: The Beach on Xbox and PC a lot sooner than initially anticipated.
In a very surprising move this morning, former Playstation exclusive Death Stranding was put on Xbox Series X/S. The former exclusive is a Playstation IP and the sequel, which is set to be released next year, is still planned to be a PS5 exclusive, but that may change. A few months before the first game came out Hideo Kojima, the game’s creator, announced that it would only be exclusive to the PS5 for a limited time and then would go on PC. The same might happen for Death Stranding 2.
While the game has never been available on Xbox consoles before, it was available on Game Pass PC for about a year. 505 Games has published the game on PC and Xbox, while Sony Interactive Entertainment published the game on Playstation.
This is surely a surprise move as it was published on Xbox and no announcement was made before hand. Exclusives seem to be dwindling down as it seems both Sony and Microsoft are becoming more open to putting their IPs on other platforms. Indiana Jones and Doom The Dark Ages are planned Playstation releases and those IPs are owned by Microsoft. Sony is putting their Lego Horizon Zero Dawn game on Nintendo Switch and while no Xbox version has been announced, given today’s shadowdrop, it coming to Xbox does not seem out of the realm of possibility.
What do you think about this exciting new drop on Xbox? Is it a game you’ve been wanting to play? Right now it is on sale. I played it on PC and I will say it’s a unique experience. It may not be for everyone as there’s a lot of walking and playing delivery man, but it was a great story.
