Sony's Giga Hit Helldivers 2 Blows Up on PS5, PC All Over Again

How is the game in terms of weapons nowadays? Any op stuff?

I don't play giant online games like this, but I'm happy for these devs. I also get the feeling that it could end at any time, and they will be perfectly happy with how well it did. Then maybe they will make another game and sell it. I hope so. It sounds radical enough to work.

I didn’t sign up to fight for liber-tea at release, as at the time I hadn’t yet played the original Helldivers. Now that I have though, this second explosion in player numbers could be the right time for me to get involved.

@AFCC I wouldn't say anything is OP but a lot of them are very fun

People make a big issue out of the peak concurrent numbers but it should be noted that Helldivers has never once left the top 5 most played games on Steam in the USA by Monthly Active Users. In October, the last month with data, it was the 3rd most played games in the US, behind only Counter-Strike 2 and Deadlock.

It has an absolutely massive active userbase even if people are only playing once a week or every few weeks etc.Theres a ton of PVP focused games that are populated almost entirely by the 10 hour a day no-lifers that drive up concurrent numbers really high but those games are just getting more hours played by a smaller number of active players. Helldivers 2 respects people’s time and you can skip months and not miss anything at all. Warbonds are all permanent etc.

I watched some youtubers exterminate the Illuminate with the Exosuit and APC and it looks super fun!

The Illuminate also looks more challenging compare to Helldivers 1. Now they have new type like zombies mob, the one who used jet pack, and even has spaceship.

What i'm curious is the sales numbers. With this new DLC and the game won some award in TGA, i'm sure there's a good chunk of new players who bought the game to spread Democracy 😁
So, i wonder if the sales numbers already pass 12-13 million copies...

I’m jumping back in. The announcement at the Game Awards reminded me how much fun it is and I need to ensure the new enemy gets a taste of freedom!

Remember: “Every bullet fired is a freedom seed planted in the hearts of our enemies.”

I enjoyed Helldivers for a good month and played it both with friends and family. Looks like it's time to return for the new content

@PuppetMaster It passed 12 million back in May (see link below). I imagine it slowed down significantly since then but it's probably past 15 mil by now if I had to guess

https://x.com/Pilestedt/status/1790300010401104124

This game and Marvel Rivals both are proved that people not wanting live service games is false.

This studio was founded by 2 young programmers from my little city up here in northern Sweden. I'm proud and impressed how far their dreams have taken them with Helldivers I & II. They are proof that you don't need to start out big in order to succeed in the long run. May Helldivers prosper for them for years to come.

@Shad361 people not wanting live service games is indeed false but people not wanting any old generic ***** live service games is very much true. If a live service game is done right (HD2) then the player base will thrive indefinitely. HD2 is an awesome game and one I'll be jumping back into very soon.

@Zeke68 my sentiments ring true with your comment 👍

@PuppetMaster @Voltan it's 15 million. In one of the many awards shows of this month Helldivers won Game of the Year and the people who accepted the award said the game has reached 15 million players. The game isn't free on ps5 nor pc so, 15 million copies sold so far.

So much for
"Dead game"
"A service that doesn't increase concurrent users with time is a failure"
"People don't trust sony, that's why they quit playing it"
lol

Helldivers is a pure PVE game, it's completely normal for people to get tired after two months of playing it a lot and it's completely healthy to give it a rest and come back whenever there is a big update, to then repeat the cycle.

Sony and AH were expecting to sell 1 million, they have sold 15 so far. Helldivers 1 had 4 years of support after release so it's safe to say Helldivers 2 is going to have a similar support. As a long time fan of Helldivers I'm happy that this IP is now a PlayStation juggernaut.

BTW while it's true that you can't track PSN activity as a whole sites like PSN Profiles can show you a small sample of the ecosystem behavior and yes, since the update the number of people playing the game has increased, the same is happening with Astro.

Would have been higher without the obligatory psn login. But sony going to sony.