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[Draugoth]

According to Industry Insider Shinobi602 via Purple Forum, Helldivers 2 has sold "way more" than 5 million units already.

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[Tsaki]

With the Mechs dropping in the game now and the new Warbond next week, it's bound to be closing in the 10M copies soon

 

[Pop]

I Knew it!!

 

[64bitmodels]

just bought my copy

 

[Little Mac]

I might pick this up tomorrow.

 

[Topher]

Got mine yesterday

Damn....that gif is incredibly appropriate

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Yeah like 8 right ?

 

[Tomi]

My god, everyone is playing Helldivers 2
Massive success for Sony and Arrowhead studios

 

[Edder1]

This will only push PC releases closer and closer with their other games. PC masterrace keeps winning!

 

[Senua]

just bought my copy

That download speed

 

[Brock2621]

I don't even understand what is happening with this game. I've been completely lost in FFVII:Rebirth. I suppose I should google some videos on this game and see what's happening

 

[TheUsual]

I need to give a try. Hear alot of mix things if I can enjoy playing solo or not, which I would prefer.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

This will only push PC releases closer and closer with their other games. PC masterrace keeps winning!

A surprise hit with a live game isn't going to make Sony change their entire strategy for single player games. Like...i'm sure they know doing multiplatform releases would get them more sales, lmao.

That said, as costs increase, i won't be surprised if PC starts to get day one releases once PS6 is here though.
Sony will want to have Ps Plus ready for PC as well. Maybe even release console / PC versions of their games who knows? Like, you buy them once and you get both (like they do with PS4 and PS5 versions)

 

[Salty Popsicle]

Is it fair to compare quantity of sales when most games are $70 and this one is $40?

 

[Vyse]

That’s crazy! Amazing!

 

[FrankWza]

Is it fair to compare quantity of sales when most games are $70 and this one is $40?

Any time pc gamers don't refund within 2 hours and wait 3 years for the bug fixes lowest price to buy a game is legit.

 

[Holammer]

I have six guys on my Steam Friends list playing the game and that's pretty rare (with the exception of Counterstrike).

There are 258k user reviews right now. I usually multiply by x36 to arrive at a *rough* sales estimate (9.2M). Seems a bit much? Or is it? It's been parked on the #1 Global Top Seller for a month now.

Here are some other estimates from SteamDB.

• ~3.71 M by PlayTracker
• ~6.23 M by Gamalytic
• ~7.37 M by VG Insights
• ~24.56 M by SteamSpy

 

[killatopak]

Amazing. I haven’t played the game myself because of my aversion to these types of games but I’m tempted since I saw the mech update coming soon. I’m a huge mecha fan so this is a great way to lure me in.

 

[Roman Empire]

Amazing. I haven’t played the game myself because of my aversion to these types of games but I’m tempted since I saw the mech update coming soon. I’m a huge mecha fan so this is a great way to lure me in.

I've been out of playing mp games for a while now and this game feels right at home because most players don't give a fuck about optimal loadouts or meta weapons at low, medium, and some high level difficulties. It is stupid fun even with randoms. And more fun with friends.

 

[SmokedMeat]

Congrats to the developers. Now I’m wanting to buy it this weekend.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Incredible success for the game to be a relatively unknown IP and almost outsell Spider-Man 2. That's absolutely bonkers.

Colin Moriarty is completely wrong about this not being the GaaS success Sony wants. Yeah, the monetization isn't aggressive, but doing these big of numbers is going to be a massive ROI and hit. And they can probably figure out how to keep it updated in a reasonable way and get some $ over time.

 

[Hudo]

Congrats to the shareholders.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

I don't even understand what is happening with this game. I've been completely lost in FFVII:Rebirth. I suppose I should google some videos on this game and see what's happening

Put Starship Troopers and Terminator together and picture yourself getting ripped apart together with 3 teammates.

 

[HeWhoWalks]

A surprise hit with a live game isn't going to make Sony change their entire strategy for single player games. Like...i'm sure they know doing multiplatform releases would get them more sales, lmao.

That said, as costs increase, i won't be surprised if PC starts to get day one releases once PS6 is here though.
Sony will want to have Ps Plus ready for PC as well. Maybe even release console / PC versions of their games who knows? Like, you buy them once and you get both (like they do with PS4 and PS5 versions)

Exactly.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

That said, as costs increase, i won't be surprised if PC starts to get day one releases once PS6 is here though.

Yeah for Live Service games where the network effect matters, like Helldivers 2

Not for Single player games, where it's extremely difficult to optimize for multiuple SKUs at launch enough as it is. And secondly, where they risk players migrating to a rival storefront. Only way day and date happens is if Sony has a PC launcher.

 

[Embearded]

Received it earlier today for PS5.
Plays nice but the game doesn't look that good and quality mode is a slideshow even during the tutorial with nothing going on.
They need to fix it.

 

[FoxMcChief]

I’ll get back into the game when I’m done with FF7. Which might take a while. Then again, I might get high tonight and play some H2. lol

 

[mortal]

Congrats to the devs.

 

[Senua]

Colin Moriarty is completely wrong

 

[Schmendrick]

Congrats.
How many more months until the server structure can finally deal with the success?

 

[Killjoy-NL]

A surprise hit with a live game isn't going to make Sony change their entire strategy for single player games. Like...i'm sure they know doing multiplatform releases would get them more sales, lmao.

That said, as costs increase, i won't be surprised if PC starts to get day one releases once PS6 is here though.
Sony will want to have Ps Plus ready for PC as well. Maybe even release console / PC versions of their games who knows? Like, you buy them once and you get both (like they do with PS4 and PS5 versions)

No chance.

We've seen what is happening to Xbox.
And Sony most certainly has been paying attention to what's happening to Xbox.
It's the perfect example of how not to run your business.

Edit:

GaaS will be Day 1 PC, obviously.

 

[Unknown?]

This is having the effect Bethesda thought Star field would have.

 

[Lunarorbit]

I might pick this up tomorrow.

I'm thinking of doing the same.

 

[StueyDuck]

Deserved

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

 

[TaroYamada]

I have six guys on my Steam Friends list playing the game and that's pretty rare (with the exception of Counterstrike).

There are 258k user reviews right now. I usually multiply by x36 to arrive at a *rough* sales estimate (9.2M). Seems a bit much? Or is it? It's been parked on the #1 Global Top Seller for a month now.

Here are some other estimates from SteamDB.

• ~3.71 M by PlayTracker
• ~6.23 M by Gamalytic
• ~7.37 M by VG Insights
• ~24.56 M by SteamSpy

Gamalytic/VGI are pretty reliable, so probably between those two estimates. Hugely impressive. Wouldn't be surprised if PC represented over half the sales.

 

[Crayon]

How much would anyone guess the budgets for this, destruction all stars, and foamstars combined would be?

5m sales would be $200m. Assuming the other two games sold zero, and discounting microtransactions and future sales, that seems like it would cover all 3 handily, right?

 

[fart town usa]

It's a great game. I only play 1-2 missions at a time because I get bored and the backlog is massive but it's pure quality from top to bottom. The presentation as a whole is the best thing I've seen in a long time, really impressive.

 

[Little Chicken]

This is having the effect Bethesda thought Star field would have.

Completely different genres and Starfield had over 10 million people playing it at this stage.

Starfield was also a full price title and not found online for $15.

A bad comparison.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

This is having the effect Bethesda thought Star field would have.

staph. the amount of Ls around...that. is massive and....you know the rest.

 

[Snowdonhoffen]

Completely different genres and Starfield had over 10 million people playing it at this stage.

Starfield was also a full price title and not found online for $15.

A bad comparison.

I mean, you could literally play it for $15.

 

[kruis]

Congrats.
How many more months until the server structure can finally deal with the success?

It already can. The highest CCU peak was 2 weeks ago.

 

[Little Chicken]

I mean, you could literally play it for $15.

It's not a GaaS game.

 

[ReBurn]

It's not a GaaS game.

It's best to just not take the bait.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Completely different genres and Starfield had over 10 million people playing it at this stage.

Starfield was also a full price title and not found online for $15.

A bad comparison.

Starfield was supposed to have the cultural impact that Skyrim had, and become the must have have for xbox


HD2 is achieving that. HD2 is not starfield; is Halo and starfield combined regarding this cultural impact.

 

[Lokaum D+]

if i only had friends

 

[Little Chicken]

Starfield was supposed to have the cultural impact that Skyrim had, and become the must have have for xbox


HD2 is achieving that. HD2 is not starfield; is Halo and starfield combined regarding this cultural impact.

 

[Schmendrick]

It already can. The highest CCU peak was 2 weeks ago.

Try playing it... It can't. Performance and stability is utter shite.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Well deserved! They struck gold with HD2!

 

[Snake29]

Received it earlier today for PS5.
Plays nice but the game doesn't look that good and quality mode is a slideshow even during the tutorial with nothing going on.
They need to fix it.

Helldivers 2 looks pretty good. You haven’t seen much. The environments and details are high res.