Death Stranding is coming to PC Game Pass. The official announcement is tomorrow.

[John Elden Ring]

Update:

Tomorrow Is in Your Hands: Death Stranding Available August 23 with PC Game Pass - Xbox Wire

Welcome, Porters! Today, we at Kojima Productions and 505 Games are incredibly excited to announce that Death Stranding is launching August 23 with PC Game Pass. Keep your eyes on @XboxGamePassPC Twitter for updates exactly when you can play, as well as the official 505 Games and Kojima...

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Xbox Might Be Teasing Death Stranding for PC Game Pass - IGN

Xbox's official PC Game Pass Twitter account may be teasing the arrival of Death Stranding on PC Game Pass based on its new profile pic.

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Xbox's official PC Game Pass Twitter account may be teasing the arrival of Death Stranding on PC Game Pass.

Earlier today, the account changed its profile picture to a foggy landscape featuring grassy hills and rocks. After changing the photo, the account posted, saying, "sometimes we just like a good landscape picture #NewProfilePic".

 

[Gods&Monsters]

Kojima is starting his new job as a GP ambassador like a cheap ho.

 

[adamsapple]

This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

 

[Lord Mittens]

They usually do this... But for Death Stranding? Interesting. Wonder if Xbox is next?

 

[Remember_Spinal]

Microsoft are like mosquitos

 

[Lord Mittens]

Microsoft are like mosquitos

Sounds like typical business to me

 

[adamsapple]

Sounds like typical business to me

But it's the big bad M$. We hate them on this forum, remember.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

But The Green Rats fucking HATE "cinematic games and " Walking Simulators".

 

[Lord Mittens]

But The Green Rats fucking HATE "cinematic games and " Walking Simulators".

The Green Cats dont, still playing Horizon atm

 

[peter42O]

But The Green Rats fucking HATE "cinematic games and " Walking Simulators".

Not every green rat hates cinematic walking simulator type games. I love Tsushima, God of War, Horizon (both), Days Gone, TLOU, Uncharted, Ratchet, etc. These games are definitely cinematic but not walking simulators even though in general, technically applies to every game.

As for Death Stranding coming to PC Game Pass, while 505 is the publisher, I would think that Sony owns the IP unless they don't and Kojima owns or that there's simply no clause from preventing it to go on PC GP.

 

[Remember_Spinal]

Not every green rat hates cinematic walking simulator type games. I love Tsushima, God of War, Horizon (both), Days Gone, TLOU, Uncharted, Ratchet, etc. These games are definitely cinematic but not walking simulators even though in general, technically applies to every game.

As for Death Stranding coming to PC Game Pass, while 505 is the publisher, I would think that Sony owns the IP unless they don't and Kojima owns or that there's simply no clause from preventing it to go on PC GP.

 

[peter42O]

That's weird then. Of course, there's always the chance that Kojima acquired the IP from Sony. Either way, it's weird and funny at the same time.

 

[Heisenberg007]

That's weird then. Of course, there's always the chance that Kojima acquired the IP from Sony. Either way, it's weird and funny at the same time.

Although we aren't privy of what's actually in the contract, apparently it is the publisher who makes decisions like these. And Sony did not publish Death Stranding on PC.

MLB was the publisher on PC and Xbox, so they made the decision for the game to come on PC and Xbox Gamepass.

Sony isn't the publisher in both these cases and may not have any say in the matter.

 

[MScarpa]

Awesome for those who haven't played it. Haters gonna hate. Play games, be happy.

 

[Theap99]

Fucking disgraceful if true

 

[Lord Mittens]

Fucking disgraceful if true

Why? you can elaborate

 

[peter42O]

Although we aren't privy of what's actually in the contract, apparently it is the publisher who makes decisions like these. And Sony did not publish Death Stranding on PC.

MLB was the publisher on PC and Xbox, so they made the decision for the game to come on PC and Xbox Gamepass.

Sony isn't the publisher in both these cases and may not have any say in the matter.

In this situation and like with MLB, I believe that Sony doesn't have a clause in the contract that prevents the game from going on PC Game Pass and as such, if they can't overrule that despite owning the IP, then like with with MLB, it's an oversight by Sony's lawyers when agreeing to the contracts.

 

[Remember_Spinal]

I doubt 505 would put the game on gamepass pc against sonys wishes, sounds like creating an unnecessary enemy with a platform holder. Odds are if sony didn’t want it they would block it just like they did with the GeForce streaming of it on xbox.

Unlike MLB, Sony owns Death Stranding and have final say in what happens to it. Having publishing rights doesnt overrule the IP holder

 

[Heisenberg007]

In this situation and like with MLB, I believe that Sony doesn't have a clause in the contract that prevents the game from going on PC Game Pass and as such, if they can't overrule that despite owning the IP, then like with with MLB, it's an oversight by Sony's lawyers when agreeing to the contracts.

May be, but not necessarily.

It could be the publisher's right to do with the games they publish -- regardless of who owns the IP. In this case, 505 gets to make that decision.

Either way, this seems like a very temporary problem (if any) for Sony. Because when Death Stranding was released, Sony wasn't publishing games on PC. Now they do, so this isn't going to be any problem for any of the more recent games.

 

[rofif]

I don’t imagine many people who held playing this because it costed money