Talk:Death Stranding

Single vinyl release

Article contains incorrect information regarding label that distributed this record. It links to Mondo Records but it should be Mondo. Someone please edit it as I am unable, due to semi-protection. Source: https://mondotees.com/collections/archive/products/death-stranding-low-roar-ill-keep-coming-12-single — Preceding unsigned comment added by PomstaZLesa (talk • contribs) 11:24, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

 Done ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 00:34, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

Release date

Hi @Dissident93:,

I removed the line because it is unnecessary to point out that something *isn't* known. If there is no release date that can be mentioned, the absence of it makes it clear. There is no information on microtransactions currently either, but we don't say that either. soetermans. ^{↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK} 19:41, 27 September 2016 (UTC) soetermans. ^{↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK} 19:41, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

• I get that, but the game will 100% have a release date announced some day (unless it goes the way of Silent Hills), which can't be said of microtransations. The fact it has no current release date should be mentioned in the article somewhere. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 19:45, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

Does it? Isn't it clear that if it's an upcoming game without the mention of a release date, that there isn't one known? And you're saying it will "100% have a release date", but how do you know that? Like you said, it can still get cancelled. soetermans. ^{↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK} 19:55, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

Of course, unless the game gets canceled (which would be announced and covered by tons of reliable sources), it's absolutely going to be released some day. Why even create articles for any future event if that's how we should think? ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 22:46, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

• It's fine to say "No release date has been announced" if it's something sources say too czar 05:41, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

What if one was to go online after seeing the death stranding trailer in order to find the release date of the aforementioned game only to find no line on Wikipedia denoting that the release date is to be announced? Sleepdelay (talk) 04:07, 25 April 2017 (UTC) Sleepdelay (talk) 04:07, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

• Because one hasn't actually been stated? The 2018/Akira stuff isn't official enough to claim as the actual release date. I'm not even sure if we should have that in the infobox to begin with, we don't normally add speculation/hints like that on other articles. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 17:10, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

PC release

I added info about the planned PC release and someone removed it. Is it deconfirmed or something? ~T900Kassem

• The PC release hasn't been hinted at since the Q&A that mentioned the possibility of it was deleted. More than likely, it's not coming to PC anymore due to Guerrilla Games' (and Sony Interactive as a result) heavy involvement in the title. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 09:22, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

I'm deleting the "The possibility of a PC version": the Q&A was not only never verified by anyone (it was as good as a reddit rumor), it doesn't even exist in the source which cites it. The only point of including this is for someone to find a way and contact the Sony employee (Lucas Liaskos @ PadPoet EU Community Manager for PlayStation) that the Q&A is credited to Virtuous.Gizzard (talk) 15:34, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

• Adding here that more discussion took place on my talk page, for anybody else who wants to enter the debate. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 00:58, 22 December 2016 (UTC)
• Happy to weigh in if you need a third opinion, but I need a better summary of events/sources. "The possibility of a PC version was mentioned in a deleted Q&A session published on Medium months before its unveiling at E3 2016." is a little overbearing because it gives a lot of unnecessary detail. Depending on what the sources say, you could try, "The developer (or whomever) considered a PC version but none was announced (or it got shoveled or whatever)." I don't know the details. You want to be a bit more direct about why the PC discussion matters—the blow by blow of X discussion at Y deleted site at Z time isn't necessary in the scheme of the game's development.  czar 05:40, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

• @Czar: It was reported on by basically every reliable source on gaming, so this wasn't just a Twitter rumor that lasted a week or so (like Zelda Wii U being canceled). And the user keeps continuing to say "it's not verifiable" despite the sources directly stating so. The articles were also edited saying that the Q&A was deleted, but that doesn't automatically make it invalid. And let's say a PC version is reconfirmed in the future, wouldn't the fact that it was planned years before it was first released be notable? No other editor currently argues in favor for having it removed, so until a consensus is brought up for that, I'll continue to revert any removal of the information. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 21:53, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

Right, but I'm not sure how much the issue is the source or the phrasing. PC Gamer reports that the comment was about the timed exclusivity and Windows release, so we repeat what they said. If there is more information to confirm/deny, we can add that alongside. I took a stab here but feel free to massage it. czar 02:13, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

@Czar: The Q&A was from December of last year and was deleted shortly after, not this month, so I adjusted the sentence to be more accurate. Also, I've tried getting a Wayback archive of the original Medium post, but the site gives an error on two separate links. At any case, you agree that due to the large coverage the PC news from the Q&A received, it should allow for it to remain on the article, despite the original post being deleted? That has been the entire debate thus far. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 02:48, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

Ah, I specifically made a point to type December 2015 but wrote 2016 anyway... so that was my typo. I don't think we need to link to the interview or even mention that it was on Medium—the point is that PC Gamer reported that the game was discussed as a timed exclusive with a possibility of appearing on Windows afterwards, but that this factoid came prior to the game's announcement. I wouldn't include anything more or less, including and especially anything about the interview now being deleted. You can even skip the December 2015 and just say prior to the game's announcement, an interview said their upcoming game would be a timed exclusive, etc. czar 03:15, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

@Czar: I'm fine with whatever, as long as the statement remains in the article somewhere. One thing that needs to be stated is that the developers have not made a single reference to a PC version since the Q&A was deleted last year, and I'm not trying to argue in favor of that. @Virtuous.Gizzard: something being deleted doesn't make it automatically unusable. As long as reliable third-party sources commented on it, it remains verifiable. And as a warning, you are beginning to become disruptive and WP:UNCIVIL by spamming my talk page, so I would stop unless you want admins to become involved. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 05:15, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

• I'm fine with whatever, as long as the statement remains in the article somewhere. Dissident93 ^(talk) 05:15, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

Our back and forth has not changed the fact that the PC mention is unverifiable and thus has no place on a wiki page. Lucas Liaskos, the European Community Manager at Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe that the Q&A posting is attributed to DOES NOT want to put his name behind it. The reason the Q&A made the rounds was that it was attributed to him. Without that, it carries no weight so you are wrong: regardless the fact it was mentioned on many cites, it is unusable. You tried to make this matter personal by saying "I don't like the info" which is irrelevant. Discussing the nature of the information belongs to another forum. I could argue that since half of Kojima's games were ported on PC, the same could apply to DS but that is not what we are talking about. We are discussing HOW verifiable this content is. Content which has no signature, no credible name or brand behind it cannot be used on a wiki page. You have been very unwilling to work me since I have been trying to keep you up to date with this reddit originating rumor and you keep talking about credible websites. Virtuous.Gizzard (talk) 07:06, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

• due to the large coverage the PC news from the Q&A received Dissident93 ^(talk) 05:15, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

The extent of the coverage by no means makes it verifiable. As I have been pointing out since the beginning the VERY reason the rumor made it out of reddit and gave it credibility was the name of the European Community Manager. Without it is as good as a speculation. Other important details we are omitting are 1) that the Q&A was suspiciously deleted from medium within the same day it was posted 2) the Q&A does NOT mention the names of the parties invovled. Up to that point Kojima was doing all of the game's press so the name of the Kojima Pro staff member that gave this information not being mentioned also makes it suspicious. Virtuous.Gizzard (talk) 07:18, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

• And as a warning, you are beginning to become disruptive and WP:UNCIVIL by spamming my talk page, so I would stop unless you want admins to become involved. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 05:15, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

Taking this discussion to your talk page was careless mistake, I bookmarked this wrong thing ! But on topic you are categorically wrong: the fact that many websites reported on a "LEAKED" Q&A without names or a signature does not make it credible. I would not object on an admin settling this. Virtuous.Gizzard (talk) 07:18, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

Just do a compromise and mention both. Use a RS like IGN or whoever reported it to show that RS's reported a mention about a PC version, then cite the QA itself to cite that the mention was later removed or isn't currently there. Or whatever combination of sources you'd need to cite it. The point I think both sides of your argument would be worth expressing in the article with the proper context. Sergecross73 msg me 14:55, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

• For what it's worth, the initial press release announcing Death Stranding refers to the game as a "PS4 console exclusive title", which is their corporate euphemism for "also on PC" (otherwise it would just be a "PS4 exclusive"). It's possible that Kojima Productions might've worked out a deal with SIE for a PC port sometime in the future, but that's not really a guarantee that they'll actually make one. Jonny2x4 (talk) 01:51, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

• It's definitely not out of the question that Kojima and Sony have some special deal that will allow him to port the game on PC (what happened with MGS1 & MGS 2) and they are trying to hide it. But I don't think we will learn about that until after the game is released. Virtuous.Gizzard (talk) 05:15, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

• Again, I'm not arguing for the PC version being real, but rather the possibility of it being mentioned in the past, as covered by reliable sources. At any case, I don't have the dedication to continue to edit war over this when the info is probably not that important anyway, as it was never really confirmed to begin with. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 08:23, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

• MGS1 and 2 were not Sony-produced games, so there was never any exclusivity clause to them. They just happened to be games made for PlayStation consoles since multiplatform development was not as prevalent back then as it is now (and even then, the PC port of MGS1 is just a glorified emulation of the original and not a true port in the conventional sense). Death Stranding is not only being published by Sony, they own the copyrights and are involved in its development. Jonny2x4 (talk) 01:34, 25 December 2016 (UTC)

Break

• Dissident93 - Just noticed this now, but the reliable source that was being used even explicitly acknowledges the fact that the Q&A went down shortly after it was up and that they're unsure what that's supposed to mean for the game. That's an even stronger rationale supporting what I proposed above. I thought the idea would have to be constructed in conjunction of many sources, but this source states exactly what I felt should be stated. Sergecross73 msg me 21:15, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

• @Sergecross73: Hmm, well feel free to do as you see fit. I don't have the patient to return to any potential edit warring here, and it's probably not that important anyway. I had just thought that the reporting of it by multiple reliable sources made it more notable than something like the false Breath of the Wild Wii U cancellation rumor that was going around recently, which wasn't covered by any good sources AFAIK. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 09:08, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

• I had been more passive about it when I thought it was merely something editors had noticed, and it could be pieced together by using multiple sources. But I feel more strongly about including it if a RS literally pointed out the entire thing - how it was stated in a Q&A, but then removed - and they themselves even point out that they're unsure how to interpret that. It completely invalidates VirtuosGizzard's whole argument. Reliable sources point it out, so it's fair game to cover in the correct context. I see no valid reason for removal now. Czar seemed to agree as well, and all other discussion was irrelevant debate on whether or not it'll happen - which doesn't matter - all that matters is that an RS said everything we want to include and completely covered the situation. Sergecross73 msg me 14:15, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

For those watching the article, a PC release has been added recently by IP 71.82.217.177 (talk) without any reasoning (other than using the above PC Gamer reference while doing so) and ignores an invisible comment stating not to add it unless officially confirmed. – Hounder4 21:14, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

referred to in Japan by kanji?

What's the problem with the japanese name of the game and transliteration, @Dissident93:? Lone Internaut (talk) 03:00, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

If it's not actually used in Japan, then there is no reason to use it here, even as a footnote. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 08:54, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

@Dissident93: Still I don't see the point. As you can see by the japanese article, デス・ストランディング is the name, which translitered is "Desu Sutorandingu". It's not that strange, actually it happened even on other games as Metal Gear Solid (メタルギアソリッド, Metaru Gia Sorrido) and so on. Then it would be good to specify that the teaser poster in the infobox, is from E3 2016 since there are 3 other teaser posters at least (Mads Mikkelsen and Guillermo's in December 2016, Normand Reedus in December 2017), so I think it would be good to specify it. Or the old one can be moved in "Development" section, and the more recent uploaded in the infobox. Lone Internaut (talk) 14:00, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

WP:VG/JP says "If a game was originally titled using the Latin alphabet, there is no need to include its title in any other writing system" too. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 17:35, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

@Dissident93: Seems fair. Even if a lot of exceptions has been made, as far as I can see. Besides the things about the teaser poster in the infobox, I would also suggest to re-add: Then the game director admitted that "I’ve been reading a lot on the Internet of people saying I’ve spent the last year just traveling around and having fun. A lot of people saying I’m wasting time and money. But that couldn’t be further from the truth", to contrast the common belief that he was proceeding too slowly in development. It may seem trivial, but actually it has a lot of importance being something said by the director of the game, about a personal situation he is/was living that has an impact on the game's development. Maybe reworking the text. Lone Internaut (talk) 19:16, 6 February 2018 (UTC)

Fine with that, it just needs to be less quote heavy, which can be seen as a copyright violation. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 22:13, 6 February 2018 (UTC)

 Done Attached to the text, without directly reporting the exact quote. Should be ok. Lone Internaut (talk) 23:05, 6 February 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 16 April 2018

In a section about pre-release reception the game is said to have caused public "uproar". I believe this term is the wrong as it carries negative connotations and should be replaced with something more positive such as "has been subject to acclaim" or similar. CriticalHazard (talk) 00:18, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

 Partly done: I've used the word "excitement" which I think is the most fitting. Thanks, NiciVampireHeart 00:54, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

Adds and changes

On the official PlayStation website, a description of the game's plot appears. It's very short, but it explains how the death stranding is a phenomenon in the game. Paraphrasing, could it be used for a "Plot" section? Temporarily, I mean.

Furthermore there is this. A summary wrote by Kojima, about his intentions and what has been the development of the game since 2016 to today, where for example it is officially revealed that Sam is a blue-collar worker. Precious source, for the "Development" section, which I think now should grow up to introduce important details (as well as for example, the fact that he discovered the music of Low Roar by chance, then used the song in the trailer), also because, sincerely, I saw the same thing also on other video games articles, so I do not see why it should be different here.

In conclusion I found this information, which indicates how Death Stranding is one of the games with the most viewed trailers in the E3 2018 period; could it be used in the "Reception" section? Unfortunately the source is not among the "Reliable sources", this automatically excludes it? Lone Internaut (talk) 07:16, 15 June 2018 (UTC)

• You can always ask over at WT:VG/RS to see if it can be considered reliable or not. If can't find another RS that claims the same thing, then there's probably a good reason for that. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 04:35, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 30 May 2019

This game is a timed exclusive on the Playstation 4 and will be released on PC at a later date. The Wiki page should be updated to reflect this. Watson8492 (talk) 13:56, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. DannyS712 (talk) 18:28, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request

This makes no sense: ' "strand" is an alternative meaning for shore ' , what it should say is: "strand" is an alternative term for shore 118.93.233.247 (talk) 23:50, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

 Done ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 08:31, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 22 July 2019

Add the last key art as the pic. It's w/Sam btw Koops 00 (talk) 02:23, 22 July 2019 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Melmann (talk) 11:57, 22 July 2019 (UTC)

Proposal to change to box art (to the official one)

The current main picture of the article displays a fan art and is not official (the one within the short summary in the top right corner). I propose to change it to the official box cover art.

source: https://twitter.com/HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN/status/1152758964553043968

I don't think fan art is supposed to be on a wikipage, especially if there are official alternatives that can be used.

Regards

It's not necessarily a fan art. source: https://twitter.com/HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN/status/1171954684472332288 Panda619 (talk) 15:39, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

Point taken, I still feel like the official box cover art would be a better fit! Bttrljv (talk) 16:47, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 28 October 2019

Add to PC release, summer 2020 139.60.191.90 (talk) 12:48, 28 October 2019 (UTC)

 Not done. Please provide a reliable source for this information. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 13:35, 28 October 2019 (UTC)

PC publisher reference

Could someone find and add a reliable source for PC publisher being 505 Games? Thanks.--165.91.13.179 (talk) 15:21, 28 October 2019 (UTC)

 Done, confirmed by 505 themselves and covered by reliable sources now. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 22:05, 28 October 2019 (UTC)

Page protection

Is it necessary that page protection placed on this article since late 2017 is still to be implemented and continued indefinitely? From what I've seen it appears a lot of the vandalism that occurred stemmed from speculative pre-release details, with a few instances of nonsense edits referring to Rick & Morty and someone's Twitter that surely has been forgotten about in the 2 years since. -- Wikibenboy94 (talk) 15:27, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

Infobox bloating

@Dissident93: Surely there's a better way than to present two publishers on four lines... – PhilipTerryGraham (talk · articles · reviews) 03:02, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

• If you noted both, then at least it wouldn't favor the PS4 version. Minecraft does this with three publishers. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 19:15, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

Adding a cast section similar to a film page?

This can be up to interpretation but considering this is the first video game where actors are more acting in it's entirely (à la Avatar) than just voice acting I am wondering if we should consider adding a cast section similar to how a film page does. The final trailer of the game even has a sequence titled "Starring" and then showing a shot for each main character, along with "Special Appearance" for Guillermo del Toro and Nicolas Winding Refn. I believe I am biased as being a Kojima fan so I thought it would be better to ask here instead of just requesting an edit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ptwinters (talk • contribs) 11:22, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

It should still be written in prose, as a table is not preferred per WP:GAMECRUFT. Also, this is not the first video game to feature "actors in their entirely". ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 19:17, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

Isn't it the first video game where the entire cast is portraying their own likeness? And I agree with the WP:GAMECRUFT, I won't advocate changing it until the Manual of Style changes. Ptwinters (talk) 01:25, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

Also to add onto my above comment, it might be something to revisit if more games start putting emphasis on the actors and if their likeness is used. As of now Kojima is an outlier. Ptwinters (talk) 01:30, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

The entire cast is not portraying their own likeness. For example, Kojima's team 3D scanned Nicolas Winding Refn's head, body, and facial expressions to make his 3D model, but his acting and voice are done by a different performer, same as with Guillermo. Sebastian James what's the T? 17:31, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

I can't think of any examples off the top of my head, but I'm 99% sure this is not the first video game feature actors in their entirely. And even if it was, including it in prose instead of a table is still the guideline. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 20:33, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

Quality of writing and understanding

I don't know if it is worth voicing this: I came to this article seeking information after reading about the idea on the BBC. After reading the article three times I would find it difficult to say what I have learned. I am hesitant to edit because I am not a gamer and so I am unsure whether it is the badly explained gaming concepts, the need for inside information or "just" the writing style which is poor. It definitely needs someone with a good style and a clear grasp of grammar and sentence structure to edit it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alexthurleyratcliff (talk • contribs) 22:32, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

Plot Section

The plot section has some severe grammar and spelling mistakes. Any way someone can clean that up? Devin1229 (talk) 23:29, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

plot section is a mess

this sounds like it was written by someone for whom English is a second language. I haven't played the game so I'll defer an edit to someone who can do it accurately and more completely. my attempt to correct basic mistakes below:

″A proficient courier afraid of human contacts named Sam Porter Bridges (Norman Reedus) is on his way to a delivery of smart drugs when a Timefall suddenly begins, killing crows on the way. He then try to avoid it but has an accident when he thinks that he killed a woman who suddenly appeared out of nowhere, resulting in losing his motorcycle. He then finds refuge in a cave but is saved by the woman, named Fragile (Léa Seydoux), from the "accident", from a BT. When she leaves, Sam continues his delivery. Arrived at Central Knot City, he meets Igor and is tasked to take a dead corpse to the nearest incinerator to avoid attracting BTs. The nearest is known to be full of BTs but they have no choice. The mission goes horribly wrong when Igor and his assistant are killed by BTs; However, Sam is saved. He awakes and meets Deadman (Guillermo del Toro), a doctor from Bridges. Sam is then tasked to deliver morphine for the dying president of the UCA.″

Vulcanstar6 (talk) 04:58, 9 November 2019 (UTC)

Adding a bit of extra info at the end

I'm new to Wikipedia so I don't know how this works. Anyways, at the end of the Plot section, I think maybe we could add some extra info. Some context, there's Timefall, rain that ages everything it touches. There's also an inverted rainbow that signals a Timefall, and this rainbow does not include the color blue due to it's connection to the Beach. At the end of the game, Sam walks into the rain, but he does not age rapidly. Also, there's a normal rainbow that includes the color blue. This indicates that the world is reverting back to normal. I thought it would be good to include this info at the end, but obviously shortened down. I'm a bad writer so I don't know how to write it in a clear and concise way. What do you guys think? Do you think this info worth adding onto the end? — Preceding unsigned comment added by DahJokahBaybee (talk • contribs) 02:45, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

• This seems overly detailed with in-universe terms. See WP:PLOT and WP:VG/PLOT for why we really shouldn't be adding this on Wikipedia. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 02:58, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 8 December 2019

The game was also plagued by fake reviews on Metacritic which resulted in a very low 5.1 rating. Metacritic has finally taken action removing thousands of suspicious reviews resulting in a score of 7.3 at the moment. "Metacritic". techdue.com. Retrieved 2019-12-09.</ref> Edwardcrow (talk) 23:54, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

These are user reviews. We don't generally comment on these, unless it's a really big deal. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:48, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Higgs' story

Where is the evidence of Higgs committing suicide after his defeat? I have not been able to find anything concrete. Does it occur on-screen or is there a body shown afterwards? Bluerules (talk) 15:16, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

I think at the end of the cutscene we hear a gunshot go off implying that Higgs fired the gun that Fragile had left for him. Whether or not he chose to use the bullet to kill himself or if he wasted the shot, is never shown. Either way that's the last we ever see of him in the game. (161.29.246.205 (talk) 01:05, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

BobTheFactChecker -- "Citation Needed"

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Why are people so stupid to add "Citation needed" to everything in sight, if they don't even bother reading the article and seeing that there is already multiple citations for this in the last section and if this user can't be bothered to even read the articles they should not be allowed to edit them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.195.135.99 (talk) 10:54, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

Incorrect synopsis

Under setting the following is discussed:

BTs cause explosions known as "voidouts" when they consume the dead by necrosis, and produce rain known as "Timefall" that rapidly ages and deteriorates whatever it hits.

However in the game it is explained that BTs come from death bodies via a process of necrosis. However voidouts are caused when BTs consume an living body. In the first mission where Sam has to carry a dead body that undergoes necrosis. One of the Bridges cred shoots another member of the crew who is dragged away by a BT to avoid a voidout. However when that same member of Bridges is taken, he loses his gun and is unable to kill himself. Thusly he starts to stab himself trying to die before he is consumed. -this fails- and thus a voidout is caused that takes out central knot city.

so that sentence should be something like the following:

BTs are created from the dead via a process called necrosis. When they consume a living human being they create and explosion known as a void out.

However English is not my native language so i am not entirely sure that the wording is suitable.

Betrayedcover (talk) 14:29, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 15 December 2021

Change the sentance:

BTs cause explosions known as "voidouts" when they consume the dead by necrosis, and produce rain known as "Timefall" that rapidly ages and deteriorates whatever it hits.

To

BTs are created from the dead via a process called necrosis. When they consume a living human being they create and explosion known as a void out. They also produce rain known as  "Timefall" that rapidly ages and deteriorates whatever it hits.

Reason:

It is explained in the game's intro mission that BTs come from the dead from necrosis, but they only create a voidout when they consume an living body. This is the center of the intro mission where Sam takes a dead body to the incinerator together with other members of bridges corps disposal. Betrayedcover (talk) 14:34, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

 Done

WinterWarp (talk) 16:18, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

Director's Cut for PC leaks

Should we mention that Director's Cut is apparently coming to PC? Sources:

• https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/4/22866918/death-stranding-directors-cut-pc-epic-games-store-steam-kojima-productions
• https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-arc-gpus-now-shipping-to-oems-death-stranding-to-support-xess-leaked-pr-claims

Legowerewolf (talk) 20:55, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 June 2022

In Reception > Sales section change "the current generation of consoles" to "its generation of consoles". Alternatively to "the eighth generation of consoles". Reason: PS4 is no longer the current gen.

TheRustKitty (talk) 19:06, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

 Done This is an example of why "current" shouldn't be used. Thanks, Indagate (talk) 19:12, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 December 2023

Add Strand as a genre for the game 129.252.5.8 (talk) 21:22, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. M.Bitton (talk) 01:43, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

Try Unprotecting Page

Page has been protected since 2017. Since then the general attention to the game has died down, although there is a new movie announced that will require edits to this page in future. That's why I propose WP: TRYUNPROT Traz64 (talk) 20:41, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

MacOS Release Date

Hello,

Currently the article has the MacOS release date labeled as 2023 in the introduction paragraph. However, the release has been pushed back to 2024, with the App Store saying it will be released January 31st, 2024. Markr9148 (talk) 16:38, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 13 March 2024

Hi! Everyone should know that "On the Beach" is also the title to a very post-apocalyptic movie from 1959. I'd like to see the words "On the Beach" as a direct link to the Wikipedia article: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Beach_(1959_film)

 Really that's all, just a link for educational purposes!  Thanks. 98.201.8.131 (talk) 04:10, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. need a source definitively connecting that movie to this game Cannolis (talk) 04:56, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 14 April 2024

Change the sentence "A director's cut was released for the PlayStation 5 and Windows in September 2021, followed by a release for Windows in March 2022." in the first paragraph for example to "A director's cut was released for the PlayStation 5 in September 2021, followed by a release for Windows in March 2022.". Otherwise it sounds like there were two Windows releases. Noric Forge (talk) 15:32, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

 Done Jamedeus (talk) 15:54, 14 April 2024 (UTC)