SaysWho? Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 ‘Helldivers 2’ Is a Surprise Hit for Sony in an Oversaturated Market WWW.BLOOMBERG.COM On Steam, the cooperative third-person shooter hit a peak of more than 450,000 concurrent players Quote While the much-hyped Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League from Warner Bros Discovery Inc.’s gaming division bombed even harder than the films that preceded it, the little-known Helldivers 2, published by Sony Interactive Entertainment, is on track to be one of the year’s biggest games. To date, neither has revealed sales numbers, but on Steam, Helldivers 2 hit a peak of more than 450,000 concurrent players, while Suicide Squad’s all-time high is less than 13,500, per SteamDB. Quote TD Cowen analyst Doug Creutz estimated that Helldivers 2 has sold more than 8 million copies, and most remarkably, the numbers are growing every week. “We believe the game has performed well ahead of expectations,” Creutz wrote in a note Thursday. The main takeaway here may be that nobody knows what will hit. I enjoyed the first Helldivers when it came out in 2015, but part of the appeal was that it was an unusual genre — a twin-stick, top-down shooter with clunky but endearing controls. When I saw the premiere of Helldivers 2 last year, I thought it looked like another generic clone of Gears of War and that it would be dead on arrival. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
best3444 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysDyingX Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 I just hit lvl 39 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paperclyp Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Great game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 It’s the hottest new game ATM. If Sony can keep the content coming, this could be the next “black hole” game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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