Sony’s breakout hit, Helldivers 2, has probably offered greater than 8 million copies since its launch final month, a market analyst has mentioned.
That’s in accordance with TD Cowen analyst Doug Creutz, who wrote in a be aware this week (by way of Bloomberg) that this determine is probably going rising each week. “We imagine the sport has carried out nicely forward of expectations,” he mentioned.
Sony has not launched official gross sales figures for the co-op shooter, however Helldivers 2 has usually exceeded 430,000 concurrent gamers on Steam, per SteamDB.
Within the UK, we all know Helldivers was the best-selling sport in February, due to GSD information revealed on GamesIndustry.biz. Bucking the development, the Sony-published shooter noticed its gross sales develop every week after its launch on February 8.
The PS5 model of Helldivers 2 accounted for 57% of its gross sales within the UK final month, with the rest approaching PC.
The sport’s breakout success has led to hypothesis that its developer, Stockholm-based Arrowhead Sport Studio, may very well be acquired by PlayStation – one thing the studio itself has denied.
Having resolved the server points that gamers had been going through because the sport’s launch final month, CEO Johan Pilestedt lately mentioned the studio can now swap its consideration to enhancing the title and dealing on new content material.
“Now now we have time to deal with enhancements to the title and resume our unique plan,” he mentioned. “Many thrilling issues upcoming.”
