Source: Stadia turned down an exclusive Death Stranding follow-up from Kojima

[John Elden Ring]

Source: Stadia turned down an exclusive Death Stranding follow-up from Kojima

Before Google closed it in 2021, Stadia Games and Entertainment turned down an exclusive follow-up to Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding.

9to5google.com

Before Google closed down the division in 2021, Stadia Games and Entertainment turned down the opportunity to have an exclusive follow-up to Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding.

A source has told 9to5Google that the game Kojima was working on was meant to be a Stadia-exclusive follow-up to Death Stranding, a game which initially launched as a PlayStation exclusive in 2019. Where the original Death Stranding was an asynchronous multiplayer game — where actions taken in your world can have an effect on other players, such as building signs to help others find their way — the proposed game would be strictly a single-player experience.

In fact, our source says it was that single-player nature of the game that led Google to cancel Stadia’s collaboration with Kojima, with the company believing there was no longer a market for solo experiences. Reportedly, the game had gotten initial approval from Google and had begun the early stages of development. However, shortly after the first mockups were shown in mid 2020, Google scrapped the project entirely.

 

[Darth Vader]

Absolute garbage, Death Stranding is a Playstation IP.

 

[peter42O]

Yep. This has already been known. But it wasn't Death Stranding. It was a similar game but horror and episodic. This is the game that's most likely being made for Microsoft and Xbox Series.

 

[Bryank75]

'follow-up' must not mean in the DS universe.... cause it wouldn't be possible.

Just a loose term to create buzz.

The whole idea of DS was to have that Asynchronous element. So continuing the IP without its signature gameplay wouldn't make much sense either.

 

[IntentionalPun]

Honestly seems like a poor rumor.

But it does seem likely all things considered Kojima was in talks with them for something.

 

[Umar]

Good thing they did. The game didnt deserve to be on a dead service no one wants

 

[ethomaz]

He is talking about Kojima’s follow up game after Death Stranding.

There is no relation at all with DS.

It won’t be a surprise that the game was the one Kojima announced some months ago to Xbox.

 

[Loy310]

This has gots to be pure bullshit, like how is that even possible?
I mean i know Kojima sells his ass to the highest bidder but how you gonna get DS past Sony, they own the ip?

 

[Gh0stnTheBashShell]

Absolute garbage, Death Stranding is a Playstation IP.

Death Stranding is a KP IP that was published on Playstation. It's a third party studio to give Kojima control he otherwise wouldn't by his own admission, I have zero clue why people think he's married to Sony if that was the case they would've written him a check a LONG time ago to lock him in.

 

[Darth Vader]

Death Stranding is a KP IP that was published on Playstation. It's a third party studio to give Kojima control he otherwise wouldn't by his own admission, I have zero clue why people think he's married to Sony if that was the case they would've written him a check a LONG time ago to lock him in.

Death Stranding is a PlayStation IP. He's not married to Sony, but that IP is.

 

[Gh0stnTheBashShell]

Death Stranding is a PlayStation IP. He's not married to Sony, but that IP is.

Clearly it wasn't lol

 

[MayorReynoldsTV]

It was previously reported that the KojiPro game that Xbox signed was the former Stadia exclusive which makes sense since both projects seem to be linked to cloud gaming.

 

[Darth Vader]

Clearly it wasn't lol

Clearly it is and the leak is wrong.

 

[Bryank75]

GazonDaily here with some comments...

 

[3liteDragon]

Absolute garbage, Death Stranding is a Playstation IP.

I think by follow-up they mean his next game after DS which is most likely the cloud game he’s working on with Xbox, not a literal follow-up to Death Stranding since Sony owns the IP. It’s badly worded.

 

[Darth Vader]

I think by follow-up they mean his next game after DS which is most likely the cloud game he’s working on with Xbox, not a literal follow-up to Death Stranding since Sony owns the IP. It’s badly worded.

That's the only option.