{"id":46119,"date":"2025-03-26T16:19:40","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T07:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=46119"},"modified":"2025-03-26T16:19:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T07:19:43","slug":"death-stranding-2-dominates-top-four-spots-on-japan-pre-order-ranking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/death-stranding-2-dominates-top-four-spots-on-japan-pre-order-ranking\/","title":{"rendered":"Death Stranding 2 dominates top four spots on Japan pre-order ranking\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the week between March 16 and March 22, <strong>Death Stranding 2: On the Beach<\/strong> took the top four sports on Amazon Japan\u2019s most pre-ordered video game ranking, with the Collector\u2019s Edition already sold out (as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.famitsu.com\/article\/202503\/37684\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Famitsu<\/a>).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Death Stranding 2 On The Beach - State of Play Announce Trailer | PS5 Games\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wbLstJHlC4U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Along with the release of a special Hideo Kojima-directed Pre-Order trailer, Kojima Productions recently announced that Death Stranding\u2019s sequel will be releasing on June 26, with pre-orders going live on March 17. The game has been very popular in its first week of pre-orders in Japan, with its different editions dominating the pre-order charts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In first place was Death Stranding 2\u2019s Collector\u2019s Edition. Priced at $229.99 USD, this edition includes the game, early access, a letter from Hideo Kojima, collector\u2019s box, art cards, figures and a plethora of in-game items. The next three spots on the ranking were also filled by Death Stranding 2\u2019s Deluxe and Standard editions, with Level-5&#8217;s new Fantasy Life game coming in fifth place.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kojimaproductions.jp\/en\/death-stranding-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Death Stranding 2: On the Beach<\/a> launches on June 26 for the PS5.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In its first week of pre-orders, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach was the most pre-ordered game in Japanese charts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":46122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-46119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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