“I think it takes 3-5 years for a game to receive proper evaluation.”
On the reception of Death Stranding, Kojima said it has happened to him before with Metal Gear and Boktai 2: when you do something truly new, initial responses include both positive and negative views. In the three years since the launch, the pandemic changed the way the game was read, and its arrival on PlayStation Plus put it in the hands of people who are not regular players. He said he believes a game takes 3 to 5 years to receive a proper evaluation; for Metal Gear it was not accepted until after 1, 2 and 3, when people finally began to understand it, and he expects Death Stranding will be understood little by little.
“it was the same with Metal Gear and Boktai 2, but at the very beginning, there are both positive and negative reviews. […] For Metal Gear, it wasn't until after 1, 2 and 3 that it gained acceptance and people finally started to understand.”