Hideo Kojima has introduced that the Loss of life Stranding participant depend has reached the ten million mark, that means that an entire bunch of gamers have skilled his deeply bizarre magnum opus. Not unhealthy for a sport that by no means noticed the sunshine of day on Xbox.
Over on Twitter, Kojima revealed the milestone, which commemorates Loss of life Stranding‘s third anniversary. The sport was initially launched on the PS4 on this date in 2019, with PC and PS5 releases following in 2020 and 2021 respectively. Kojima says it “makes [him] pleased” to consider the ten million Loss of life Stranding gamers around the globe, who he says are all “loosely linked”.
On condition that the theme of Loss of life Stranding is connection regardless of isolation, there’s something somewhat poetic concerning the sport racking up a ten million participant depend. It is value noting that the ten million determine consists of each gross sales and gamers on providers like PlayStation Plus and PC Recreation Go, nevertheless it’s nonetheless a fairly spectacular quantity.
When you’re out of the loop on Loss of life Stranding, here is a fast primer. Created by Steel Gear‘s Hideo Kojima, it is a troublesome sport to summarize; it is a post-apocalyptic courier sim with an emphasis on strolling and stability mechanics, in addition to asymmetrical multiplayer to make the panorama simpler to traverse for deliveries. Even that description feels prefer it does not fairly get to the guts of issues.
The sport carried out fairly nicely commercially, as its excessive participant depend partially signifies, and a sequel was revealed by lead actor Norman Reedus again in Could. The unique sport is accessible on PlayStation consoles and PC, and if you happen to’re a PC Recreation Go subscriber, you possibly can play it by way of that service as nicely. When you’re a fan of Kojima’s and also you’re but to expertise Loss of life Stranding, it is a very unusual sport, as you’d anticipate from the person who masterminded Steel Gear, nevertheless it’s value a glance.
