Death Stranding Director's Cut Out Now for Xbox Series X|S - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 02 December 2024 / 2,352 Views
Publisher 505 Games and developer Kojima Productions have announced and released Death Stranding Director's Cut for the Xbox Series X|S and PC via Microsoft Store.
The game is normally priced at $39.99, however, it is currently discounted by 50 percent and is available for $19.99.
"It is my pleasure to finally announce that Death Stranding Director’s Cut will be delivered to Xbox players," said Kojima Productions boss Hideo Kojima.
"I would like to thank all the fans who have stayed connected with us as well as everyone in the Xbox community who have been patiently waiting. Kojima Productions (Death Stranding) will continue to connect more and more players around the world, so please stay tuned."
Kojima Productions also announced it now owns the Death Stranding IP and will focus on bringing its IPs to more platforms. The IP was previously a registered trademark of Sony Interactive Entertainment.
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I really enjoyed this game even though I felt like an Amazon delivery person. Glad it's on Xbox since I had to play it via GamePass PC.
Oh wow, out of nowhere.
Because it is on sale and 19.99 is a nice price (Wished SE did the same) anyway bought it
If you haven't played this it can start off a little slow. I recommend sticking with it because it gets so good. One of my favorites tbh.
$20?
I guess I'll play it again...
Well it don't hurt to release it elsewhere to add more sales
Didn't expect this on xbox, but i'm glad it's getting even more exposure. Hope the sequel get's good sales. I still can't believe we're getting part 2. One of the goats.
Very cool indeed. Love to see more people get to play this incredibly unique game.
Cant wait of the new Stealth-Action PS5-Game, by Kojima Productions. But first, i'm ready for "Death Stranding 2"-Release, with "Ghost of Yotei" =)
Im guessing this was done so he can put the Xbox game hes making on PS5? Great that more people can play this though. Good game.
Not for some time though, surely. Physint will be on PS first then Xbox later or what's the point of the partnership...
From my perspective, it looks like Kojima likes the idea of getting initial funding to get his concepts and games off the ground. OD from MS money, Phsyint from Sony, then later release on other platforms because part of those agreements are ownership of the IP is Kojima, not the Publisher.
In essence, Kojima is for 3rd party exclusivity for a time. ;-)
It's genius but I'd expect nothing less from the Legend himself.
Did Sony ever own it? Sony helped him setup his studio and that came with a thanks of "Sure, you can have my game first.".
The game released on PC just 7 months after PS4 release and was published by 505.
Not sure where this Sony ownership thing has come from, I always assumed he (or the studio) owned it.
Well if you start the game (also on xbox) the first thing you see is 'Sony Computer Entertainment Presents'
Even on the PC release? Odd if the case, as you'd think Sony would publish it themselves if it was theirs, no?
Don't know about the pc release but if you watch from 18 till 24 secondish it clearly states Sony interactive entertainment Presents (ok not computer but you know what I meant) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8DRmuRMwIE
Very interesting. Safe assumption that Steam does the same, ah well, still nothing changed for me, always assumed Kojima owned it. Guess it's more of a presents as they helped originally fund it.
Eitherway, not the point. All we can hope is Kojima is more open to allow more people to play his games, no matter how unique.
Yes. Historically it’s primarily been the case for platform holders to own the IP for any game they publish. But also Kojima straight up said they now have full ownership of the IP in the company’s press release along with this announcement.
Not to mention Death Stranding is a part of PS Studio’s literal banner (I assume that will be removed) and Sony patented one of Death Stranding’s gameplay features lol. Which I don’t think you can do if you didn’t own said IP. I wonder if they’re giving Kojima that patent back.
I know every article is claiming that Kjima stated they now have full ownership of the IP but i can't find that in any of their statements. The articles are even quoting Kojima and Kojima Productions director but there's no quote for that. The original japanese article seems to frame it as some exclusive scoop only they are privy to so there might not be such a public statement. I'd like to see some public clarification. As far as I can tell the trademarks are still registered to SIE in all the databases and the Xbox version trailer even still says the trademark belongs to SIE.
There might not have even been any change either. I think it was always the case that Sony owned the game titled Death Stranging while the world and characters belonged to Kojima. The movie he's been developing has no sony involvement after all.
The gameplay doesn't look very compelling imo...
Its not... though it isn't bad either
But you definitely play this game for the wild story, not the gameplay lol
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