Players who plan to experience "Death Stranding 2: The Beach" by the end of this year will be able to independently choose the focus of the game: the ultimate screen performance, or the smooth operation experience.Although Kojima Studio has not officially stated, several forward-looking reports in the past week have confirmed that this game will provide graphic mode options.

TGA producer Jeff Keesley revealed on the X platform that the performance mode in the trial version runs at 60 frames per second, while the image quality mode is 30 frames per second.Jeff himself prefers performance mode, and most players are expected to make the same choice.

"Game Informer", which just reprinted, also confirmed in the forward report: "Although the visual effect of the image quality mode is amazing, we highly recommend the performance mode - it is worth sacrificing a small amount of image quality for the silky 60 frames. During the trial, the problem of grass map loading that only occasionally occurs is a clear flaw, and even if it runs on the basic version of PS5, the overall performance of the game is still amazing."

It is worth noting that both modes are open to the base version of PS5, which means that the PS5 Pro version will receive additional enhancements.

Currently, "Death Stranding 2: The Beach" is still locked in the PS5 release schedule on June 26, unless Hideo Kojima suddenly decides to postpone it to 2026 - considering that "GTA6" is scheduled to be released in May 2026 and Kojima admits that the game will affect the industry schedule, this possibility is slim.

Talking about the future of the series, although Hideo Kojima has not completely closed the development door of "Death Stranding 3", he has clearly stated that he will hand over the directing rights and focus on other projects.