Helldivers 2 sales show Sony made the right choice in launching simultaneously on PC

PlayStation’s decision to launch Helldivers 2 on PC through Steam was surprising at the time, although being a live game, it made all the logic in the world when it came to trying to get the largest player base possible. Time has ended up proving the company right, since the Arrowhead Game Studios title is currently the seventh with the most income in the history of PlayStation, in addition to being, for the moment, its best-seller of 2024 on all platforms.

With the figures that Helldivers 2 boasts, it is capable of surpassing other great games that have arrived during the first five months of the year, such as Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Dragon’s Dogma 2, Tekken 8, and Rise of the Ronin, among others. According to market analyst Matt Piscatella, much of the success lies with the PC version, since as he assures, without it “it wouldn’t even be in the Top 20.”

Helldivers 2 became the second best-selling game during the month of March, only behind Dragon’s Dogma 2. The Capcom RPG achieved such impressive figures that it has already sold more copies than the first installment and its expanded version, Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen, during the more than 10 years since it was released.

Helldivers 2 is the multiplayer of the year

Far from collapsing, Helldivers 2 continues at the top of Steam DB, achieving respectable player numbers every day. In the last 24 hours, it reached a peak of more than 100,000 simultaneous players on Steam, ranking 11th in this category, behind the unbeatable Counter-Strike 2, DOTA 2, and PUBG, or other important additions of recent days, such as Fallout 4, again in vogue after the success of the series.

“Arrowhead’s new work offers an unrepeatable experience full of amazing moments,” we said in our review. “We find a third-person shooter obsessed with making the player never have control... and that’s why it’s so special.”