Sony Reverses PC Port Strategy as China Drives 42% of Death Stranding 2 Steam Sales
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Updated · PC Gamer · Jun 14
Sony Reverses PC Port Strategy as China Drives 42% of Death Stranding 2 Steam Sales
3 articles · Updated · PC Gamer · Jun 14
Summary
Alinea Insights said China accounted for 42% of Death Stranding 2 PC sales, making it the game's biggest Steam market as Sony pulls back from porting single-player PlayStation titles to PC.
That retreat could weaken Sony in a major PC market: Simplified Chinese is 21.85% of Steam's language base, and estimates put China's Steam audience above 30 million users.
The sales data also undercuts Sony's apparent PS5-first logic, with Alinea saying PC launches boosted rather than cannibalized console demand; Death Stranding 2 posted its best two-week PS5 stretch after its PC release.
Stellar Blade showed a similar pattern, gaining PS5 sales without a PlayStation discount, while developer Shift Up said it wants a sequel strategy that reaches a broad global audience from day one.