DEATH STRANDING Has Become The Biggest Video Game Intellectual Property Launch Ever In Japan

Death Stranding, Hideo Kojima's most ambitious project ever, was just released last week; finally giving players the world-changing experience they had been waiting for since the game was originally announced almost 5 years ago.

While the game may have received somewhat mixed reviews from fans of Kojima's previous work, most agree on the story being already worth your time and money; giving credit where credit is due.

What has been an undeniable suprise, however, is the fact that Kojima Productions' long-awaited Death Stranding has already managed to become the biggest video game IP(intellectual property) of this generation in Japan.

This information does exclude Sony Entertainment Interactive's Knack, since the game was bundled with PlayStation 4 consoles at launch in Japan.

According to the information shared by @GameDataLibrary, Death Stranding is the biggest new IP launch since Bandai Namco and From Software's original Dark Souls.

With all that said, it was also reported that Death Stranding was actually the worst launch for a Hideo Kojima title since Zone of the Enders, and pretty much every title in the Metal Gear Solid series; again, this is only considering titles released in Japan.

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

But hey, if you want to somehow spin this negatively:

Death Stranding was the worst launch for a Hideo Kojima game since Zone of the Enders in Japan, and it's considerably below any Kojima led Metal Gear Solid game.

— Game Data Library (@GameDataLibrary) November 13, 2019

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