- Kojima's Death Stranding Ranks 2nd UK Biggest PS4 Launch Title 2019 Beaten By Days Gone Leads
- Kojima's Death Stranding Ranks 2nd UK Biggest PS4 Launch Title 2019
Kojima’s Death Stranding is Sony’s second-biggest new IP on PlayStation 4 this year in the UK but still beaten by Bend Studios's franchise (Days Gone).
The highly-anticipated new ‘stranding’ game from Hideo Kojima debuted at the second spot in the UK boxed charts, while Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare retains its first spot in the UK charts for its 3rd week in a row. According to the latest report, Death Stranding sold 36% fewer units than Days Gone did when it launched back in April of this year. Death Stranding’s debut has Luigi’s Mansion 3 dropping down from the 2nd to the 4th spot on the UK boxed chart with a 59% sales drops week-on-week. Nintendo’s latest Luigi adventure launched on late October.
Hideo Kojima recently talked about the early Death Stranding reception among critics, and while the game’s average score is quite high, there have been some low scores as well, mostly coming from publications in the US. According to Kojima, this can be attributed to the preference for first-person-shooters in the US, whereas Death Stranding, in his own words, 'flies higher'.
Hideo Kojima recently talked about the early Death Stranding reception among critics, and while the game’s average score is quite high, there have been some low scores as well, mostly coming from publications in the US. According to Kojima, this can be attributed to the preference for first-person-shooters in the US, whereas Death Stranding, in his own words, 'flies higher'.
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"I must say that the game received rave reviews, especially in Europe and Japan. Here in the United States, however, we have had stronger criticisms", the creator of Death Stranding and the Metal Gear series said in an interview with Italian publication Tgcom24. “Perhaps it is a difficult game to understand for a certain type of critic and audience. Americans are great fans of first-person shooters and Death Stranding isn't one, it flies higher."
Source: GamesIndustry.biz
