Support NeoGAF

[Don Carlo]

From article cover:

Helldivers 2 does not appear to be losing momentum anytime soon. Having ruled over the Steam best-sellers list for a month, this game was recently dethroned. However, in less than a week, the co-op shooter is back, returning as the best-selling Steam game.

Why it matters: This type of success is unprecedented for most games. The game seems to have found itself in a similar situation as Baldur’s Gate 3 from 2023, which showed a similar dominance over the Steam best-sellers charts.

Helldivers 2 is back on Steam’s top-seller spot.

The game was replaced by none other than Dragon’s Dogma 2. However, with Capcom’s RPG slowing down after a somewhat troubled launch, Arrowhead Game Studios’ live-service offering has seized the opportunity.

Yet again, the game is ahead of free-to-play titles. According to reports, it dominated the charts in February as the highest-grossing release. It even recorded a mammoth number of over 8 million units sold in less than two months.

Incredible. The game came out more than a month ago. All praise to Arrowhead for making such a genuinely fun game.

 

[gatti-man]

The game is epic. Haven’t had this much fun in years over years especially with friends.

 

[SlimySnake]

I just find it odd that sony has been completely silent about this game. They had no problem telling us GOW sold 5 million then 11 million in 3 months. they had no problem telling us Spiderman 2 sold 2.5 million in one day and 5 million in one week. or that ratchet sold 1 million and returnal 500k.

this game is probably selling faster than GOW Ragnorak. Why wont they celebrate what is likely their fastest or second fastest selling game of all time?

 

[Don Carlo]

I just find it odd that sony has been completely silent about this game. They had no problem telling us GOW sold 5 million then 11 million in 3 months. they had no problem telling us Spiderman 2 sold 2.5 million in one day and 5 million in one week. or that ratchet sold 1 million and returnal 500k.

this game is probably selling faster than GOW Ragnorak. Why wont they celebrate what is likely their fastest or second fastest selling game of all time?

My thoughts exactly. So far NO official sales confirmation from neither Arrowhead nor Sony, the publisher. Johan keeps spilling the beans on Twitter casually lol.

 

[Holammer]

Soon I'm going to fake my own death so I can play Stardew Valley in peace. Basically everyone on my Steam friendslist got it.

 

[Don Carlo]

The game is epic. Haven’t had this much fun in years over years especially with friends.

Tell me about it man. Fighting for your goddamn life vs the Automatons is both scary and super fun with a squad.

 

[Perrott]

I just find it odd that sony has been completely silent about this game. They had no problem telling us GOW sold 5 million then 11 million in 3 months. they had no problem telling us Spiderman 2 sold 2.5 million in one day and 5 million in one week. or that ratchet sold 1 million and returnal 500k.

this game is probably selling faster than GOW Ragnorak. Why wont they celebrate what is likely their fastest or second fastest selling game of all time?

They're probably saving Helldivers II numbers (which keep on growing) for their Q4 FY report.

 

[Oddvintagechap]

I just find it odd that sony has been completely silent about this game. They had no problem telling us GOW sold 5 million then 11 million in 3 months. they had no problem telling us Spiderman 2 sold 2.5 million in one day and 5 million in one week. or that ratchet sold 1 million and returnal 500k.

this game is probably selling faster than GOW Ragnorak. Why wont they celebrate what is likely their fastest or second fastest selling game of all time?

They leaving it all at word of mouth, minimal marketing, till they prepare DLC or better monetization so it can be presented to shareholders as a Apex/COD/Fortnite equivalent. Release the information when they have negative news about another live service game, like if Destiny 2 continues to be flat.

They could be preparing Star Wars skins for example.

They got marketing and accountants on a frenzy, how they can portray this as the first step of a of new flourishing sector. ditto

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

I just find it odd that sony has been completely silent about this game. They had no problem telling us GOW sold 5 million then 11 million in 3 months. they had no problem telling us Spiderman 2 sold 2.5 million in one day and 5 million in one week. or that ratchet sold 1 million and returnal 500k.

They're not announcing sales figures because its still selling well. You announce figures as soon as you see the sales fall off a cliff. Helldivers 2 is going to have crazy numbers.

 

[DeltaPolarBear]

I just find it odd that sony has been completely silent about this game. They had no problem telling us GOW sold 5 million then 11 million in 3 months. they had no problem telling us Spiderman 2 sold 2.5 million in one day and 5 million in one week. or that ratchet sold 1 million and returnal 500k.

this game is probably selling faster than GOW Ragnorak. Why wont they celebrate what is likely their fastest or second fastest selling game of all time?

Don't forget that HD2 had issues with too many players. Sony probably didn't want to make it worse by promoting it too hard if the servers are barely holding on for dear life.
It is a Sony console exclusive. It is doing great. Sony doesn't see the point of interfering in a good thing. If the studio ask for a promotion push Sony would give them one.

 

[Codes 208]

One is a fun take on squad-based multiplayer and the other one wants you to spend real money on fast travel

Yeah I wonder how capcom couldve fucked up so badly here…

 

[Sacred]

I would definitely try this game if it didn't use nProtect on Steam.

 

[Don Carlo]

You announce figures as soon as you see the sales fall off a cliff.

Is that really a thing though?

Sure wasn't the case with Palworld. Those folks pushed out sales updates every other day.

 

[Don Carlo]

I would definitely try this game if it didn't use nProtect on Steam.

What's so wrong with nProtect? Is it an anti-tamper tool?

 

[Topher]

Good game, but I haven’t played a bit since Dragons Dogma 2 came out.

 

[Lupin25]

I just find it odd that sony has been completely silent about this game. They had no problem telling us GOW sold 5 million then 11 million in 3 months. they had no problem telling us Spiderman 2 sold 2.5 million in one day and 5 million in one week. or that ratchet sold 1 million and returnal 500k.

this game is probably selling faster than GOW Ragnorak. Why wont they celebrate what is likely their fastest or second fastest selling game of all time?

Maybe because they want to tell us they ancquired Arrowhead first. We’ll see.

 

[PonyStation4]

What's so wrong with nProtect? Is it an anti-tamper tool?

It's a kernal level root kit , meaning it has privileges above your PC's admin. What differs from other anti cheats is it's always running, scanning your entire PC and reporting what you're doing to whoever even when Helldivers is not running. Worst case scenario is the company who makes it gets hacked, all your information stolen and your house burned down because they can overclock your PC to 10,000 MHz. Even if they don't get hacked, it's a given that the Korean company who makes the anti cheat has all your passwords and credit card information.

 

[FoxMcChief]

A great game. I’ve sadly not had time to play it since FF7 and DD2 came out though.

 

[gatti-man]

I just find it odd that sony has been completely silent about this game. They had no problem telling us GOW sold 5 million then 11 million in 3 months. they had no problem telling us Spiderman 2 sold 2.5 million in one day and 5 million in one week. or that ratchet sold 1 million and returnal 500k.

this game is probably selling faster than GOW Ragnorak. Why wont they celebrate what is likely their fastest or second fastest selling game of all time?

Sony had tv spots for this game during the NCAA tourny. I never saw anything when the game launched. That says massive sales to me and that Sony is still kindof in disbelief.

 

[semiconscious]

I just find it odd that sony has been completely silent about this game. They had no problem telling us GOW sold 5 million then 11 million in 3 months. they had no problem telling us Spiderman 2 sold 2.5 million in one day and 5 million in one week. or that ratchet sold 1 million and returnal 500k.

this game is probably selling faster than GOW Ragnorak. Why wont they celebrate what is likely their fastest or second fastest selling game of all time?

they're still busy kicking themselves for buying bungie when all they really had to do was buy arrowhead (for ridiculously less) instead?...

 

[Raven117]

I mean… one is single player one is squad based fun.

Not exactly surprised. Both were excellent!

 

[Sacred]

It's a kernal level root kit , meaning it has privileges above your PC's admin. What differs from other anti cheats is it's always running, scanning your entire PC and reporting what you're doing to whoever even when Helldivers is not running. Worst case scenario is the company who makes it gets hacked, all your information stolen and your house burned down because they can overclock your PC to 10,000 MHz. Even if they don't get hacked, it's a given that the Korean company who makes the anti cheat has all your passwords and credit card information.

This 100%, I would never put this shit on my PC or any device.

 

[Johnny Concrete]

This 100%, I would never put this shit on my PC or any device.

I’ll gladly give up my bank account and house to play Helldivers II.

 

[Skifi28]

I’ll gladly give up my bank account and house to play Helldivers II.

I would gladly buy you a copy. Pm me your bank account please. The deed to the house can wait.

 

[Johnny Concrete]

I would gladly buy you a copy. Pm me your bank account please. The deed to the house can wait.

Thanks, but I already have o… oh wait, the curtains next to my PC are catching fire, brb!

 

[ergem]

Jim Ryan’s GaaS initiative is paying off.

 

[IAmRei]

One is a fun take on squad-based multiplayer and the other one wants you to spend real money on fast travel

Yeah I wonder how capcom couldve fucked up so badly here…

Do you ever played dragon dogma? You can get the item naturally in game, without spending anything in mtx. I was in 1.5 hour in game and already got teleport. And the game it self is intended against easy fast travel. And its literally the same with the first one a decade ago. MH, Tales series, all using this kind of model.

 

[March Climber]

Do you ever played dragon dogma? You can get the item naturally in game, without spending anything in mtx. I was in 1.5 hour in game and already got teleport. And the game it self is intended against easy fast travel. And its literally the same with the first one a decade ago. MH, Tales series, all using this kind of model.

The ones who are saying things like what he said just don’t care and don’t care to find out. It didn’t help that youtube grifters instantly latched onto the DD2 MTX news for easy views.

Only a few semi-known youtubers rescinded their statement once they did a tiny amount of research, but for the most part the well has already been poisoned. I just hope the game has good enough lifetime sales for another sequel years from now.

 

[Tomi]

Sony unlocked live service key with Helldivers
There's no turning back now

 

[Zathalus]

It's a kernal level root kit , meaning it has privileges above your PC's admin. What differs from other anti cheats is it's always running, scanning your entire PC and reporting what you're doing to whoever even when Helldivers is not running. Worst case scenario is the company who makes it gets hacked, all your information stolen and your house burned down because they can overclock your PC to 10,000 MHz. Even if they don't get hacked, it's a given that the Korean company who makes the anti cheat has all your passwords and credit card information.

It doesn't run when Helldivers is not running. Nor would the company have access to your credit card information or passwords.

 

[hemo memo]

I just find it odd that sony has been completely silent about this game. They had no problem telling us GOW sold 5 million then 11 million in 3 months. they had no problem telling us Spiderman 2 sold 2.5 million in one day and 5 million in one week. or that ratchet sold 1 million and returnal 500k.

this game is probably selling faster than GOW Ragnorak. Why wont they celebrate what is likely their fastest or second fastest selling game of all time?

Because it didn’t launch as an exclusive.

 

[Sacred]

It doesn't run when Helldivers is not running. Nor would the company have access to your credit card information or passwords.

This is false, unless you manually go into your services and stop this it is always running in the background. It also, scans your files constantly looking for "cheats" and which includes your site credentials if they are stored on a keychain.

nProtect GameGuard is bad news + List of Games it's on. Updated 03/03/16

I know some of you like me have issues with nProtect Gameguard for various reasons.

forums.mmorpg.com

 

[Zathalus]

This is false, unless you manually go into your services and stop this it is always running in the background. It also, scans your files constantly looking for "cheats" and which includes your site credentials if they are stored on a keychain.

nProtect GameGuard is bad news + List of Games it's on. Updated 03/03/16

I know some of you like me have issues with nProtect Gameguard for various reasons.

forums.mmorpg.com

So a link with actual zero proof from 8 years ago is your evidence?

 

[STARSBarry]

So a link with actual zero proof from 8 years ago is your evidence?

 

[Killjoy-NL]

I just find it odd that sony has been completely silent about this game. They had no problem telling us GOW sold 5 million then 11 million in 3 months. they had no problem telling us Spiderman 2 sold 2.5 million in one day and 5 million in one week. or that ratchet sold 1 million and returnal 500k.

this game is probably selling faster than GOW Ragnorak. Why wont they celebrate what is likely their fastest or second fastest selling game of all time?

Maybe it's just something simple as the fact that GOW is a flag-ship system-selling title, whereas Helldivers 2 is a sleeper-hit.

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

I just find it odd that sony has been completely silent about this game. They had no problem telling us GOW sold 5 million then 11 million in 3 months. they had no problem telling us Spiderman 2 sold 2.5 million in one day and 5 million in one week. or that ratchet sold 1 million and returnal 500k.

this game is probably selling faster than GOW Ragnorak. Why wont they celebrate what is likely their fastest or second fastest selling game of all time?

It's called humility.

Or, maybe, they're just waiting until their next fiscal report, which should be early next month (their FY '23 Q4 ends today).

Either way we should be getting an official sales update sometime in April.

 

[Sacred]

So a link with actual zero proof from 8 years ago is your evidence?

Edit: I'm going to just walk away from this one, no time to argue with children.

 

[Zathalus]

There are half a million article out there, what are you even talking about. Just take your L and let it go.

There are articles out there that claim otherwise, as well as statements from the Helldivers 2 technical director.

I can also just check my own PC and see that it is clearly not running while the game is closed. Or that Arrowhead studios would be in deep shit if it collected any personal information from your computer due to GDPR.

 

[simpatico]

If Sony knew how popular this would be imagine how much bullshit they would have put in it. I guarantee the cash store would have been way more fleshed out (in a bad way) and I estimate we would have seen at least a $59.99 price tag. How detached has management become when they had this MP GOTY contender under their noses and they seemed to be completely oblivious to it.

 

[DeltaPolarBear]

If Sony knew how popular this would be imagine how much bullshit they would have put in it. I guarantee the cash store would have been way more fleshed out (in a bad way) and I estimate we would have seen at least a $59.99 price tag. How detached has management become when they had this MP GOTY contender under their noses and they seemed to be completely oblivious to it.

What are you on about? SONY gave the game additional funding during development. They KNEW.