Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 doesn't even officially launch until 9th September on PS5, but judging by the very healthy number of players who shelled out extra for Early Access, Saber Interactive has a bonafide hit on its hands.Through the ever-illuminating use of SteamDB, we can see Space Marine 2 quickly racked up an impressive 134,302 concurrent players on PC alone, and that was day one, mid-week.
These devoted servants of the God-Emperor dutifully handed over either the $89.99 asking price for the game's Gold Edition or the $99.99 demanded by the Ultra Edition, which, in addition to other goodies, grants four days of Early Access. While this isn't our favourite new industry trend, it's clearly here to stay.
Admittedly anecdotal, but this humble servitor has been playing a bunch of PvP, putting the fear of the Imperium into more than a few unfortunate heretics. Overwhelmingly, the players we've encountered were on PS5, so we'd be willing to bet that a similar (if not greater) horde has assembled on console.