Former PlayStation unique Helldivers 2 has had a completely large Xbox launch.
Helldivers 2 launched August 2024 for PlayStation 5 and PC players. The sci-fi shooter was a shock hit, promoting greater than 12million copies in its first few months and successful massive on the 2024 Recreation Awards.
Earlier this 12 months, it was confirmed Helldivers 2 can be launching for Xbox on August 26 and cross-play between completely different platforms would even be attainable. A Halo crossover was additionally introduced for Xbox gamers.
When it initially launched, greater than 500,000 Xbox gamers had been on-line on the identical time which prompted points with the servers and noticed participant numbers spike on PC (through Steam). One week later, it’s reported that Xbox gamers have purchased nearly one million copies of Helldivers 2.
“As of yesterday (six days after launch), Helldivers 2 landed 926,000 copies on Xbox. The pent-up demand for this unbelievable sport speaks for itself. Actually, the PlayStation model had bought 633,000 copies six days after launching final 12 months,” reads the report from Alinea Analytics. Nonetheless official gross sales information has but to be shared.
The identical day that Helldivers 2 was launched, the remastered Gears Of Conflict Reloaded launched on PlayStation. It was the first-time the sci-fi shooter has ever been accessible on PlayStation however in its first six days, it solely bought 259,000 copies.
“I hope we do see extra crossover video games sooner or later. As a gamer it’s nice and I’m loving Helldivers,” one fan wrote on Reddit. “Whereas it’s a very good signal for Sony to think about permitting extra of their properties on the Xbox platform, I believe plenty of heavy lifting has been achieved within the final 12 months by the fan base as hype goes. It’s the social media presence and content material that had plenty of Xbox gamers frothing on the mouth to get their palms on it, I rely myself amongst them,” added one other.
Regardless of the profitable Xbox launch of Helldivers 2, the title will “positively not” be coming to Xbox Recreation Move and there are “no plans” for that to vary sooner or later, claimed a Discord group supervisor (through Gaming Bolt).
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