According to the latest UK physical game sales list, "Death Stranding 2" successfully topped the sales list last week.However, data shows that its initial physical sales fell by 66% compared with its predecessor in 2019.Industry analysis pointed out that this difference is mainly due to changes in the market environment - now the proportion of digital games is much higher than five years ago.

Data earlier this year showed that in 2024, physical games sales in the UK only accounted for 4% of total game spending, and new physical games in offline retail channels are almost impossible to find, and most players can only buy them through online channels.It is worth mentioning that the physical sales of "Death Stranding 2" are also 33% lower than last year's "Cosmic Robot", but industry insiders pointed out that the latter itself is a game with a high proportion of physical versions.

It is not possible to draw conclusions based on physical sales data at this time, and we still need to wait for a complete report containing the digital version of sales.In addition, the luxury version of this game (including advanced play qualifications) is only available in digital versions, which may further affect physical sales performance.

On the best-selling list of PS stores in the UK, Kojima Studios' new work is second only to "EA Sports FC 25", but Sony has not disclosed detailed data such as real-time player count, so it is difficult to further analyze its market performance.