Death Stranding has gotten away with something no other game really does... 1 / 7
...by having very blatant product placement that fans haven't overtly rallied against. 2 / 7
While the Monster energy drinks in Death Stranding are very in gamers' faces... 3 / 7
...Hideo Kojima has a lot of good will from fans after his many successful games... 4 / 7
...and the way Monster isn't really explained at all makes it a little funny rather than frustrating. 5 / 7
Naturally, having no product placement at all in games would be ideal... 6 / 7
...but as companies view games as more profitable avenues for advertising, it's a reality developers will need to deal with. 7 / 7