Helldivers 2 offered over 12 million copies in its first 12 weeks on sale, making it PlayStation’s fastest-selling recreation of all time, Sony has introduced.
Talking throughout an investor name, Sony stated Arrowhead’s PlayStation 5 and PC live-service shooter exceeded its expectations, hitting the spectacular gross sales milestone on Might 5, 2024. Helldivers 2 beats out Sony Santa Monica’s God of Battle Ragnarok, which hit 11 million copies 75 days after launching throughout PlayStation 4 and PS5 in November 2022.
Helldivers 2 launched on PC and PS5 on the identical time with cross-play fueling its co-op PVE motion. You play a Helldiver who fights in opposition to alien robots and bugs throughout a quantity of gamers as half of a Galactic Battle, with Arrowhead pulling the strings alongside the common launch of Premium Warbonds that add new weapons and equipment to the combo.
Helldivers 2, which launched priced $39.99, noticed an explosion in reputation that originally prompted vital server issues. As Arrowhead labored to repair these launch points, participant numbers continued to develop, with Helldivers 2 turning into one of the most-played video games on Steam with a peak of 458,709 concurrents. Sony doesn’t disclose PS5 concurrent participant numbers.
Since then, Arrowhead has butted heads with Sony over the Helldivers 2 IP proprietor and writer’s resolution to pressure PC gamers to hyperlink their accounts to PlayStation Community in order to proceed taking part in. Sony finally backed down, though not earlier than a Steam assessment bombing marketing campaign that appears set to turn into the inspiration for a brand new in-game cape.
Helldivers 2’s breakout success will no-doubt encourage Sony to launch extra of its multiplayer-focused video video games on PC and PS5 on the identical time. At present, it continues to launch its single-player video games on PS5 first, earlier than finally making their strategy to PC. It could additionally encourage Sony to think about releasing extra video games at a finances worth, given Helldivers 2’s success at $39.99. Harmony — a brand new PVP multiplayer FPS from Firewalk Studios coming to PS5 and PC in 2024 — could comply with go well with.
Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt reacted to the information in a submit on X / Twitter, saying: “it’s loopy to assume that there are extra Helldivers than there are Swedes.”
(*12*)
As introduced in the Sony earnings name, we’ve offered over 12M items!
It is loopy to assume that there are extra Helldivers than there are Swedes 🤯
What an enormous achievement from everybody concerned in realizing @Helldivers2. A large thanks to the group in your assist,…
— Pilestedt (@Pilestedt) (*2*)
Arrowhead is predicted to be planning so as to add extra content material to Helldivers 2 over the course of 2024, with automobiles and a 3rd enemy faction anticipated to reach in some unspecified time in the future.
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