After 3 years in development, Death Stranding hit the PlayStation 4 this past Friday on November 8th, bringing with it the most unique gameplay loop of 2019.
The crazy part? Most people are loving it! After failing to take the top spot in the UK from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Japanese Gamers helped make Death Stranding have the best opening week sales of any new IP in Japan this generation according to GameDataLibrary.
Launch sales of Death Stranding is the biggest IP launch we've seen this generation yet (Knack doesn't count).
I checked quickly and seems like it's the biggest new IP launch since the original Dark Souls, and if you don' want to count that either, then the original Wii Fit. pic.twitter.com/qPmhlmTLuJ
— Game Data Library (@GameDataLibrary) November 13, 2019
The rest of the top ten the week ending November 10th:
Game Sales (Nov 4 – Nov 10)
1[PS4] Death Strading – 185.909 / NEW
2[SWI] Luigi's Mansion 3 – 54.680 / 205.329
3[SWI] RingFit Adventure – 52.240 / 235.925https://t.co/SDso8vvZEY pic.twitter.com/ox5W1OGNp7— Game Data Library (@GameDataLibrary) November 13, 2019
How will the game do in the North America market? The game certainly isn’t for everyone yet positive impressions online could give it the chance to reconnect more of us to continue the strand, Brah!!
