Death Stranding creator Hideo Kojima has said that he expected a mixed response to the game and that this feeling is nothing new for him.
During an interview with PlayStation Access, Kojima was asked how he felt now that people are playing Death Stranding, to which he said that a mixed reception isn?t unusual ?when you try to do something new.?

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