{"id":1854352,"date":"2026-03-29T17:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T14:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1854352"},"modified":"2026-03-29T17:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T14:30:08","slug":"death-stranding-2-on-the-beachs-pc-release-takes-sequels-total-sales-past-2-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1854352","title":{"rendered":"Death Stranding 2: On the Beach&#8217;s PC release takes sequel&#8217;s total sales past 2 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a 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data-unfollow-text=\"Following Death Stranding 2: On The Beach\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Death Stranding 2: On The Beach\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Death Stranding 2: On The Beach\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Death Stranding 2: On The Beach\" title=\"Follow Death Stranding 2: On The Beach\"><br \/>\n  Follow Death Stranding 2: On The Beach<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/death-stranding-2\">Death Stranding 2<\/a>&#8216;s PC release has pushed the sequel&#8217;s cumulative sales past 2 million.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s according to new stats from Alinea Analytics, which claims <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/personas\/hideo-kojima\">Hideo Kojima<\/a>&#8216;s second Death Stranding game has sold 425,000 copies in its opening week.<\/p>\n<p>On top of the 1.6 million copies sold thus far on PS5, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach&#8217;s total volume now tops 2 million.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Death Stranding 2: On The Beach - Official Performance Capture Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wiEGD8Q2DrE?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/wiEGD8Q2DrE\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Death Stranding 2: On The Beach &#8211; Official Performance Capture Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Death Stranding 2: On The Beach &#8211; Official Performance Capture Trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wiEGD8Q2DrE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That means porting Death Stranding 2 on PC has boosted Kojima Productions&#8217; sales by over 20 percent, generating an estimated \u00a382.6 million ($110m) on PS5, and \u00a324.5 million ($32.6m) on PC.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, the analysis also claims the PC release prompted a secondary spike in PS5 sales, too. While it&#8217;s possible a sizeable price cut helped convert sales, analyst Rhys Elliott suggests &#8220;the discount was only part of the story&#8221;, and believes the PC release was an effective re-marketing tool for PS5, too.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Players are getting sucked into Death Stranding 2 on PC,&#8221; Elliott wrote. &#8220;In a week, it has an average playtime of 18 hours. Over a third of the player base on Steam has already played for 20 hours or more, and almost 5 percent has played for over 50 hours. Fair play.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/death-stranding-2-pc-launch-trailer-arrives-alongside-features-details-while-the-steam-release-leaks\">Death Stranding 2&#8217;s port leaked and was promptly pirated after a misstep during Steam file updates in preparation for the launch<\/a>, making unencrypted files of the full game available by mistake.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/death-stranding-2-on-the-beach-review\">Eurogamer&#8217;s review of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach<\/a> described it as &#8220;both more and less radical&#8221; than the original.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/death-stranding-2\">Death Stranding 2<\/a>&#8216;s PC release has pushed the sequel&#8217;s cumulative sales past 2 million.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s according to new stats from Alinea Analytics, which claims <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/personas\/hideo-kojima\">Hideo Kojima<\/a>&#8216;s second Death Stranding game has sold 425,000 copies in its opening week.<\/p>\n<p>On top of the 1.6 million copies sold thus far on PS5, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach&#8217;s total volume now tops 2 million.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Death Stranding 2: On The Beach - Official Performance Capture Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wiEGD8Q2DrE?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/wiEGD8Q2DrE\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Death Stranding 2: On The Beach &#8211; Official Performance Capture Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Death Stranding 2: On The Beach &#8211; Official Performance Capture Trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wiEGD8Q2DrE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That means porting Death Stranding 2 on PC has boosted Kojima Productions&#8217; sales by over 20 percent, generating an estimated \u00a382.6 million ($110m) on PS5, and \u00a324.5 million ($32.6m) on PC.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, the analysis also claims the PC release prompted a secondary spike in PS5 sales, too. While it&#8217;s possible a sizeable price cut helped convert sales, analyst Rhys Elliott suggests &#8220;the discount was only part of the story&#8221;, and believes the PC release was an effective re-marketing tool for PS5, too.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Players are getting sucked into Death Stranding 2 on PC,&#8221; Elliott wrote. &#8220;In a week, it has an average playtime of 18 hours. Over a third of the player base on Steam has already played for 20 hours or more, and almost 5 percent has played for over 50 hours. Fair play.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/death-stranding-2-pc-launch-trailer-arrives-alongside-features-details-while-the-steam-release-leaks\">Death Stranding 2&#8217;s port leaked and was promptly pirated after a misstep during Steam file updates in preparation for the launch<\/a>, making unencrypted files of the full game available by mistake.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/death-stranding-2-on-the-beach-review\">Eurogamer&#8217;s review of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach<\/a> described it as &#8220;both more and less radical&#8221; than the original.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Death Stranding 2: On The Beach Death Stranding 2: On the Beach&#8217;s PC release takes sequel&#8217;s total sales past 2 million PC port is thought to have sold 425K copies in its opening week. 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