Helldivers 2 Has Sold 12 Million Units in 12 Weeks

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Helldivers 2 Has Sold 12 Million Units in 12 Weeks

Sony has announced during its financial report that Helldivers 2 has sold an impressive 12 million units in its first 12 weeks.

Helldivers 2 has been a tremendous success for developer Arrowhead Game Studios and its publisher, PlayStation. The figure makes Helldivers 2 one of PlayStation’s fastest-selling first-party games of all time, up there with **** of War Ragnarok, which sold 11 million units in 10 weeks.

The impressive figure comes following controversy earlier this month, which saw Helldivers 2 get hundreds of thousands of negative Steam reviews due to a PSN linking policy — A policy which PlayStation later reversed.

It’s unclear how many of the game’s sales were attributed to PC, but with an all-time concurrent player peak of 458,709, it’s not hard to imagine it in the millions. As such, the success of the game puts a huge question mark on Sony’s future strategy with its first-party titles, with the success of the game suggesting that it could be a strategy replicated moving forward.

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is already seemingly on board with the strategy of releasing its first-party games on other platforms. While the company hasn’t confirmed any other releases past its original 4, it’s likely only a matter of time before more announcements come.

Just yesterday, Square Enix announced that it will move away from console exclusivity and will take a multi-platform approach.

Despite Helldivers 2’s success, though, the company saw a 29% year-over-year decrease in its hardware sales for the quarter, which could also imply a change in first-party strategy moving forward.

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