Lots of broken functionality if you've been playing the original on PC...
Death Stranding Director’s Cut is now available on Xbox — and on the PC too thanks to the Xbox app and Play Anywhere — but those who’ve been playing the original on PC are experiencing a litany of issues when it comes to online access and save transfers.
Let’s dive into all of the issues below.
Access to the original Death Stranding on PC via Xbox app
Now that Death Stranding Director’s Cut is available on Xbox Play Anywhere, the original Death Stranding on PC via the Xbox app has been delisted. What’s more, those who’ve purchased the original are today complaining that servers for the game have seemingly gone offline.
“I’m getting an error message when booting this game up that says, ‘Unable to log into Death Stranding [game] server. Launching in Offline Mode. Error Code: 50000′,” wrote one user on TrueAchievements. “The game was working just fine until yesterday when this error code started popping up. It’s now been over 24 hours.”
I’m running into the same error when trying to play the title on PC via the Xbox app.
“This does concern me considering that part of this game is tied to online functionalities,” the user continued. “I also see that this has been reported on the Xbox version as a glitch that happens when multiple profiles are signed in… and that obviously isn’t the case here.”
Offline mode makes the game much more difficult to play, as those who play in offline mode lose structures — specifically, roads and ziplines — built by other players. Update: We’re currently playing offline and can still access others’ ziplines and such, so our original statement was incorrect.
We’ve reached out to 505 Games, the publisher of Death Stranding on PC, for clarification on the matter.
Death Stranding PC (Xbox app) to Death Stranding Director’s Cut PC (Xbox app) save transfer unavailable
Just like Death Stranding had a save transfer system to Death Stranding Director’s Cut on PlayStation, the Xbox version of the titles should offer it too. The problem is, the save transfer is unavailable.
“Save Data from from Death Stranding can be exported for use in Death Stranding Directors Cut,” reads a tooltip from the PC (Xbox app) version of Death Stranding. “Open the cuff links menu while standing at a delivery terminal, and select ‘export save data’,” it continues.
While Death Stranding does indeed have the option to export save data, there’s no current option to import the data within Death Stranding Director’s Cut on PC (Xbox app).
The option to import your save should appear within Death Stranding Director’s Cut‘s main menu — alongside “New Game” — but is missing at present. We’ve again reached out to 505 Games for clarification on the matter.
We’ll update this story as we learn more.
Death Stranding Director’s Cut is currently available on Windows PC, Mac, PS5, Xbox Series, Xbox Series X, and Luna.
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