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Kojima Productions has announced that the Death Stranding IP now belongs to the developer.

The announcement, which came via automaton-media, read, “In addition, KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS announced that the IP for this work will belong to the studio. They said that they will continue to connect more fans around the world in various forms of entertainment”.

Death Stranding 2: On The Beach is scheduled to release for the PlayStation 5 in 2025. However, recent news could suggest that the game could launch on day one on the Xbox platform and PC, too, if PlayStation didn’t get some form of marketing/exclusivity deal.

Death Stranding IP Now Belongs to Kojima Productions

Kojima Productions has also announced that the Death Stranding IP now belongs to the developer, meaning Death Stranding 2 could come to Xbox.

insider-gaming.com

 

[GHG]

Switch 2 port incoming.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Decima engine doing the works in every platform

 

[Punished Miku]

Death Stranding fashion week, Paris 2025

 

[rm082e]

Good for them. More platforms, more sales.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Go fuck yourself Herman you stupid cunt

 

[Cert.in.Death]

Means we’re getting more, it would seem

“Like Mario and Princess Beach.”

 

[RoboFu]

Just means MS and Sony are merging for next gen's Xstation line of 3do like licensed manufactured hardware.

 

[GHG]

Go fuck yourself Herman you stupid cunt

How else is he going to survive in a post Concord world?

 

[skyfinch]

Series S owners be feasting!

 

[mansoor1980]

 

[Big Baller]

 

[Hookshot]

Did it not sell well?

 

[adamsapple]

DS2 on Xbox after 6 months.

 

[skyfinch]

DS2 on Xbox after 6 months.

Is it the wireless or wired Dual Shock 2?

 

[thekillergreece]

I'm confused, wasn't this IP always belonged to Kojima?

 

[AJUMP23]

DHL the game.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

DS2 on Xbox after 6 months.

Shut the fuck up

 

[Arachnid]

Kojima the GOAT

Also, more importantly, Kojima has the rights to Physint (planned Metal Gear successor).

 

[GHG]

DS2 on Xbox after 6 months.

If by "xbox" you mean PC, then yes it will be.

 

[adamsapple]

Shut the fuck up

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Why is this bad news for some? It's not like Sony didn't get something out of this. I wonder what though.

 

[mdkirby]

Weren't Sony literally complaining recently that they don't have enough well known current IP? Now they are selling off one of their recent successful ones?

 

[The Cockatrice]

GymWolf

I'm a psychic now.

 

[SlimySnake]

Weren't Sony literally complaining recently that they don't have enough well known current IP? Now they are selling off one of their recent successful ones?

Yeah but current Sony leadership has no idea wtf they are doing.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Weren't Sony literally complaining recently that they don't have enough well known current IP? Now they are selling off one of their recent successful ones?

Death Stranding? Well known IP?

 

[DenchDeckard]

 

[EDMIX]

Did it not sell well?

I think it sold amazing for them, Sony may have had a deal in place to sell back the IP after a certain time frame.

I mean, this is Kojima we are talking about, Sony wouldn't even do such a deal with Insomniac regarding Sunset Overdrive (ironic considering they bought them and own the IP anyway lol)

So I think they probably had something in place for a while now and the time frame of what ever deal they had has occurred.

 

[Bernoulli]

Switch 2 port is next

 

[M1chl]

DHL the game.

Fed Ex: Mankind Divided

 

[adamsapple]

DHL the game.

 

[DenchDeckard]

On ps5 pro launch day.....

 

[GHG]

I really gotta give Death Stranding a good go...I thought it was doo doo but I only got a few hours in.....

 

[Roman Empire]

Sony still makes money with Decima engine, but good that Kojima wants to take the IP and evolve it. It's better than be done with the game and let it to rot in the Sony IP Vault.

 

[Insanemaelstrom]

Lmao. Herman seems out of touch enough that I wont be suprised if he sells the Helldivers ip. Will result in more players though, so maybe that is somewhat of a good thing.

 

[AJUMP23]

Fed Ex: Mankind Divided

I love the affirmation.

 

[DenchDeckard]

I did think it was doo doo when I played the og. I owned the death stranding ps4 pro. Big kojima fan but the first couple of hours didn't grab me. but it looks great. I own directors cut on ps5 and xbox/pc now.
I can try it on ultra wide

 

[Fabieter]

Playstation has no games confirmed.

 

[GHG]

I did think it was doo doo when I played the og. I owned the death stranding ps4 pro. Big kojima fan but the first couple of hours didn't grab me. but it looks great. I own directors cut on ps5 and xbox/pc now.
I can try it on ultra wide

What?

It's been available to play in ultrawide since it's original PC release back in 2020.

 

[VolticArchangel]

I did think it was doo doo when I played the og. I owned the death stranding ps4 pro. Big kojima fan but the first couple of hours didn't grab me. but it looks great. I own directors cut on ps5 and xbox/pc now.
I can try it on ultra wide

This is very valid criticism for the game.

The first 2 chapters put off many players, and even the Death Stranding community unanimously agreed that it was bad pacing, incredibly slow.

But once you get past that, it's an incredible ride, throughout. The gameplay loop is amazing.

MGSV is still his best, but this is no short of excellence.

 

[A.Romero]

Just came for the meltdowns.

Not disappointed.

I'm happy more people get to play Kojima's crazy bs.

 

[LordOcidax]

Switch 2 launch game confirmed.

 

[dragonyeuw]

Switch 2 port incoming.

Literally my first thought when reading the title lol....

 

[Vick]

lol

The "evil is defeated" portion in itself is quite interesting. What evil?

The Sony who helped Kojima to get back on his feet after the whole Konami ordeal, by fully funding and supporting every step of the way his peculiar project, and providing him with an Engine to work with after his lost baby Fox Engine?

 

[onnextflix5]

think og contract allways sated, the ip would revert back to kojima after so many years and hitting certain conditions, don’t think a Xbox port is part of the contract tho, so Xbox fans don’t get ur hopes up lol.

 

[Kvally]

THIS NEWS IS AWESOME

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

And you're giving it to the rats for bargin bin prices? Really? REALLY?

You stupid fucking cunt

 

[FinalBossWithTheMostPower]

Great. Still haven't opened the first game. Probably never will.

 

[rm082e]

I'm confused, wasn't this IP always belonged to Kojima?

I'm pretty sure it was at least partially owned by PlayStation (maybe fully?) because they helped fund his studio getting setup to make that first game. It seems to have done well enough over time that Kojima had the money to buy out the IP rights from Sony. From Software did something similar with Elden Ring a while back, buying the IP from Namco.

 

[AtomicStarving]

Kojimbo afraid of woke Sony