Death Stranding’s PS4 to PS5 upgrade isn’t Hideo(usly) expensive
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If you ownDeath StrandingonPS4and fancy upgrading to Death Stranding: Director’s Cut on PS5, you’ll be pleased to know that it’ll only cost you $5 / £5 / AU$10 to do so.
Sonyhas typically charged $10 / £10 / AU$20 for PS4 to PS5 upgrades, with some games, such asGhost of Tsushima: Director’s Cutpriced slightly higher, as it included a large chunk of additional content in the form of the Iki Island DLC.
That’s not to say you don’t get a significant amount of new things to do in Death Stranding: Director’s Cut. Hideo Kojima’s enigma of a game that sees you making deliveries asThe Walking Dead’sNorman Reedus includes enhanced visuals, a firing range, new story missions, combat mechanics, traversal options, and, bizarrely, a racing mode.
The game also features a ‘wide mode’, which adds horizontal black bars to the top and bottom of the screen and changes the aspect ratio from 16:9 to 21:9. Thewide mode in Death Stranding: Director’s Cutwill let players see more enemies, items, and the foreground.
As you’d expect, the PS5 version of Death Stranding will also take advantage of theDualSense controller’s haptic feedback and adaptive triggers, as well as thePS5’s 3D audio, which can now be playedthrough your TV speakers.
The fact you can cheaply upgrade the PS4 version of Death Stranding means it’s a good idea to pick up a disc version, which is cheaper than the game on the PlayStation Store. Of course, if you have aPS5 Digital Edition, you’re out of luck.
Death Stranding deals:
Death Stranding:$25 at Amazon USIf you have a PS5 with a disc drive, you can save by picking up the physical version of Death Stranding which can then be upgraded to the Director’s Cut for $5.
Death Stranding:£20.43 at Amazon UKYou can pick up a physical copy of Death Stranding from Amazon and upgrade it to the PS5 version for £5. Remember, you’ll need to have the disc inserted each time you play.
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It’s honestly refreshing to see a smaller fee for a PS4 to PS5 upgrade, although Sony’s approach is still at odds withMicrosoft’sSmart Deliverysystem, which givesXbox Series XandXbox Series Splayers the best version of the game for free.
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That’s not to say Sony hasn’t shown some generosity in the past: the PS4 versions ofGhost of Tsushima,The Last of Us 2,God of War,Horizon Zero Dawn, Ratchet and Clank, andDays Goneall received free updates that enabled 60fps support, though no other visual updates were included.
Sony has said that from 2022, it’ll cost PS4 owners$10 / £10 to upgradea PlayStation 4 version of the game to PS5. The company recently fell foul of fans after it revealed thatHorizon Forbidden Westwould charge players the same fee to upgrade the PS4 version to PS5 after it was previously claimed that the upgrade would be provided for free. Sony later reverted on this decision due to the backlash.
Death Stranding: Director’s Cut releases on September 24, 2021, for PS5. A sequel is apparently in the works as actor Norman Reedus, who plays Sam Bridges in the game, toldAdoro Cinema"I think we’re doing a second Death Stranding. The game is in negotiations right now. So… yay!"
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