Will DS2 come to Xbox?
- by Ben Kerry
Since the surprise release of Death Stranding Director’s Cut on Xbox Series X|S, we’ve seen lots of speculation about the sequel – and whether Death Stranding 2: On The Beach could one day come to Xbox as well. With how Kojima Productions has handled the first game, there’s a good chance DS2 will arrive on Xbox eventually – but we’ll likely have to wait until sometime after its PS5 release.
Will Death Stranding 2 Come To Xbox?
PlayStation owner Sony is publishing Death Stranding 2 next year — just like it did the base version of Death Stranding back in 2019 — so it’s extremely unlikely that Xbox will get the sequel on day one. The first game didn’t move to another platform until the PC release in 2020, with Xbox fans then having to wait another four years for the game to come to Series X and S.
So, the sequel’s release cadence could be similar to that, but there’s a chance that the gap to an Xbox release might be shorter with Death Stranding 2. As you may have seen, developer Kojima Productions now fully owns the IP – having announced the news alongside the Xbox release of Death Stranding Director’s Cut. While there’s no firm confirmation of DS2 on Xbox yet, KJP now owning the rights to the series can only be good for other platform releases down the line.
Who Would Publish Death Stranding 2 On Xbox?
505 Games has published every version of Death Stranding outside of the PlayStation release, so they’re the most likely to help bring the sequel to Xbox in the future. However, as we just mentioned, the developer does own the series outright – so it ultimately has control over who it partners with to publish the game.
And, well, that’s about all we know about Death Stranding 2 on Xbox so far. The game is only confirmed for PS5 at this time, and it’s being published by Sony on that platform, but it’s likely that the developer will want this game to come to other platforms at some stage – hopefully on Xbox sooner rather than later!
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Ben is a News Writer at Pure Xbox, and is a fan of action, racing and straight-up shootin’ in any Xbox game he can get his hands on. When he’s not clutching an Xbox controller like his life depends on it, Ben spends his time listening to music that’s far too old for him, watching football on the telly and probably eating somewhere.
