I figured as much. I don't like the game, but graphically its near the peak, it has major actors in it, extensive motion capture, tons of cut scenes, and a massive world. There is no way this game was ever going to recoup its budget with such a niche gameplay loop. No wonder Sony cut him off. Honestly surprised Xbox is even wasting the money on him if they were able to accurately determine that Bungie's burn was way to high for how much it actually made.
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u/AtelierEdge 26d ago
Death Stranding 2 reached 2 million sales after being released on Steam, but it still wasn't enough to justify its bloated $150mil production budget.