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Death Stranding Coming To PC Next Year

The emerging strand genre adds another platform.

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Death Stranding is just weeks away on PS4, which was believed to be the only platform it was set to release on. But it turns out that prior indications that it might also come to PC were correct. Hideo Kojima has announced that a PC version of the game is coming in Summer 2020. A more exact release date was not announced.

In an announcement, publisher 505 Games announced it will publish the PC version. Further details are said to be coming in the near future. The announcement didn't detail if it's coming to Steam or the Epic Games Store, but 505 has published games on EGS this year including Control.

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"We are extremely excited and honored to be working with the supremely talented team at Kojima Productions and to bring Death Stranding to PC gamers around the world," 505 CEO Raffi Galante said in the announcement. "Death Stranding will take gamers through a completely original experience that will delight PC gamers everywhere."

With Death Stranding on PS4 coming so soon--it launches on November 8--many in the community are waiting to hear more about it. We know the review embargo lifts on November 1, so that's when we'll get our first complete impressions of Kojima's latest experimental gameplay.

The studio has been teasing special guest appearances from celebrities, most recently comedian and talk show host Conan O'Brien. The cameos include some video game developers too, but Gears of War designer Cliff Bleszinski says he passed on the opportunity.

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I’m pretty happy to see more folks will get to be able to play this hopefully great game. I’ll be playing it on the Pro, since I expect it will be cross-compatible with the PS5 along with a few other upcoming Sony games.

Only reason to boohoo this is DFAA. Digital foundry analysis anxiety, a serious mental illness that affects thousands. Those poor souls, losing their minds over lazy conjecture and extreme close-ups of grass.

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My PC isn't that much better than my PS4 pro but i'll probably just wait for the PC release... Maybe i can get it to run with better fps at 1080p and i rather play it with a mouse and keyboard. Also, mods and trainers on the second run ;)

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How much pain can inflict a single news...

It is clear that the last century, was for consoles because the inaccessibility of PCs. But this is a bad century to continue being a console fanboy.

What I can't understand is why a 'direct' game causes that amount of pain when in PC we already have the entire Playstation catalogue via PS Now.

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I'll buy this just for RTX and even better visuals, just for shits and giggles.

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@Random_Matt: Who knows, maybe you'll even get an awesome game to go with those pretty visuals.

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@aross2004 said:

@Random_Matt: Who knows, maybe you'll even get an awesome game to go with those pretty visuals.

Have plenty of time to find out.

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Thank goodness another developer has shaken the single platform problem. Hope to see more and more shun this stupidity of exclusive madness.

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Now watch slowly as the PS fanboys claim for the game sink from "BEST GAME EVRE LULZ GOTY" to "It was overrated anyway, have fun with OUR left overs PC virgin losers hur dur".

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@Dark_sageX: LOL nailed it. But in the same vein, PC elitist Steam loyalists are celebrating now, then when the game is announced as an Epic exclusive "THE GAME SUX ANYWAY THANX FOR SAVING ME MONEY AHOY SET THE SAILS!"

Bottom line... people will rationalise anything to avoid the pain and discomfort involved with accepting that beliefs and opinions other than their own exist, otherwise known as cognitive dissonance.

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@bluzima: that all what they showed us sucks is a fact, the lesson here is that console fanboys only glorify what says "exclusive" in their boxes, even when clearly aren't good games. TLOU, GOW... boooooooring as a headache (saw on youtube); proof? simply nobody still playing those things, while the entire world still playing Skyrim with mods, a game 5 year older (and Oblivion, and Baldur's Gate, and Warcraft 3, and... etc, you get the idea of what a game IS). Now console fanboys will see this game as really is.

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@Dark_sageX: only kids care about that shit, ignore em. but in all truth u might very well be getting a giant turd, we all might, Kojimas' games are hit and miss, I love the dude cuz I grew up playing mgs1-3 but 5 gt 9s and 10s everywhere and i thought it was the worst action game he's ever made.

and the action in death stranding doesn't look particularly amazing.

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i knew it was coming to pc before the game even had a release date im 90% sure before we knew anything really about the game other then a name it was said it would be coming to ps4 and pc and ill for sure just wait saves me money right now cuz i am saving for a new pc :P

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It's stupid not to release on PC. And it's a nice FU to Sony and exclusives.

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@mursexxx: how's it an FU to Sony? They have a timed exclusive deal and am sure making money on the game engine. Looks like you have something against sony. Remember play games not corporations.

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@mursexxx: it was sony's choice to allow it, since they're not sat on billions like microsoft, and they have a ps5 to mass produce, it should come as a surprise to noone, sony sold huge chunks of their company to make PS4s, and PS5s will probably be more expensive to make.

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This is awesome news. Will be happy to wait to play this in all it's full glory. With Epic Store now having a 2 step security service, i'm much happier to buy on there now too. I'm sure that a lot of console exclusives will come over to PC now that publishers can make more of a profit.

I hope this is the start of this silly console / PC war is slowly coming to an end. Both platforms a good in different ways, but to have exclusive games is so archaic and only hurts consumers and also hurts the devs in-that they can't show off their awesome work to all the potential gamers out there if it's only for one device. But today, it's good news so I will think about this positive :)

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PC scrubs should consider themselves lucky

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as long as i don't need a new console to play a 3rd party game, then i'm fine with xbox controller support.

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Edited By lonesamurai00

No surprises here... Everyone wants their games on PC nowadays.

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@lonesamurai00: Speak for yourself

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@gamerforlife96: Okay, then let me rephrase that, every studio and developer wants their games on the PC nowadays.

Hurt, angry Sony fans don't factor into the equation.

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@lonesamurai00: đŸ˜µ

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Another reason why having a PC hooked to your 4k tv is better than a Xbox one x

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@tinoush said:

Another reason why having a PC hooked to your 4k tv is better than a Xbox one x

TV vs Monitor, hmm, hard choice.

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@tinoush: I have everything hooked to my tv including an xbox X. But tye X is getting sold soon because of it. I actually thank MS for the option of a PC gamer not needing an xbox. Hoping Sony releases a PC launcher in the near future.

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@tinoush: I have both hooked to my 4K HDR TV. They supplement each other very well allowing me to play both console and PC exclusives.

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im very happy since,

1. they didn't pull a RDR2 and wait till the console version launched for sales to announce it

2. i can wait till its on PC before i play since its a solo exp game and id rather exp it in 4k glory than on laughable console settings.

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HELL YEH

WHY NOT

DEATHSTRANDING WELLCOM HOME MY LOVE

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Thank god.
The only thing worse than a game being exclusive to PlayStation is a game being exclusive to Nintendo.

Platform options for the win.

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@skyhighgam3r: It will be exclusive to Epic Games :)

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@bluzima: The high seas says otherwiseđŸ˜‰

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@bluzima: Only greedy Western devs choose the Epic games store, since it looks like you haven't noticed.

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@lonesamurai00: the fees are cheaper

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@lonesamurai00: "In an announcement, publisher 505 Games announced it will publish the PC version. Further details are said to be coming in the near future. The announcement didn't detail if it's coming to Steam or the Epic Games Store, but 505 has published games on EGS this year including Control."

Since it looks like you didn't read the article...

If Kojima has any say in the PC port then yes I believe he will be against an exclusive deal but if the decision is left totally in the hands of this Western publisher then...

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@bluzima: i could see him more of a just put it on all the stores but if 505 has anything to say about it then who knows lol

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@bluzima: I raid the article, on this site, and on two others, but what does that have to do with the fact that only greedy Western devs have chosen these exclusivity deals? It's his baby and his vision. He will decide most likely.

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@lonesamurai00: The publisher decides where the game will be sold. Put it this way, Kojima would want his baby and vision to be available on as many platforms as possible, but no, his longstanding relationship with Sony prevented that from happening. Sony is not publishing the PC port. We will see what happens, either way I'm fine with purchasing on Epic but only if the game is good.

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@bluzima: If they do the Epic deal the game will suffer in sales as many games have done. EA is coming back to Steam, Microsoft is now doing the same. The writing is on the wall really.

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@bluzima: LOL good one

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Announcing this before it releases on PS4, makes me think it’s not going to sell well.

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