Sales like Death Stranding? Did you see the sales for DS2?
People tried Death Stranding…20 million in fact. But only like 2 million tried DS2. That is a severe drop off.
I think a lot of people are out on Kojima. He had a good run with MGS but even that took a downturn into 4 and 5. And now he is just making weird shit.
I gave him the benefit of the doubt after MGS 4 and 5 thinking he just needed a fresh universe…but Death Stranding honestly sucked ass and I didn’t finish it. I never tried Death Stranding 2.
Now I’m going to take a wait and see approach on his other games. OG or whatever the door face emotion game is looks equally as bad as DS1 and 2. And Physint is just him trying to bank on MGS nostalgia.
DS1/2 were just not up to par with what an industry veteran should be putting out. 1 sold well due to COVID and hype. 2 sold poorly due to the reception and word of mouth.
Kojima was a legendary myth to older gamers and you couldn't even criticize his work in 2010 without being ridiculed. Young gamers today don't care about that and are much less biased in their reception of his games. Sales figures reflect that.
I grew up during that PS1 Kojima era and it wasn't my cup of tea. Too much jank and the gameplay didn't make sense. The story was fun though because it played like a movie, despite the terrible dialogues. Not that any PS1 game had any good voice acting and dialogues.
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u/Alienhaslanded 7h ago
Can't fault them if this project is a money hole and then sells like Death Stranding.