Helldivers 2 launched solely on PS5 and PC on February 8, shortly turning into a phenomenon and rising up the charts to grow to be one of the performed video games on Steam. The co-op third-person shooter, developed by Arrowhead Recreation Studios and revealed by Sony Interactive Leisure, broke the mould a bit when it launched concurrently on Home windows alongside the PlayStation platform. Whereas it is not a first-party title, publishers Sony not often launch video games underneath their banner on different platforms at launch. The overwhelming success of Helldivers 2, nevertheless, could possibly be forcing the PlayStation father or mother to rethink its technique. The sport is now rumoured to be a topic of inner discussions over a attainable Xbox launch.
The knowledge comes from XboxEra co-founder Nick Baker (@Shpeshal_Nick), who talked a couple of attainable Xbox launch for Helldivers 2 within the newest episode of the XboxEra podcast. “We all know that PlayStation has a brand new CEO in the meanwhile. And I feel the CEO could be somewhat extra open to sure issues,” Baker mentioned. “So, what I’ve heard — only a hearsay that I’ve heard — is that there could also be some very, very early preliminary discussions about the potential of Helldivers 2 coming to Xbox,” he added.
Keep in mind, nevertheless, these are simply rumours and there’s no official affirmation from both Sony or Microsoft on Helldivers 2 making its solution to Xbox platforms. Baker, too, clarified that the hearsay did not imply the sport was coming to Xbox. “What I’ve heard is there’s some very early discussions about it, it might all fall to items. They won’t come to an settlement on one thing,” he mentioned within the podcast.
The opportunity of Helldivers 2 coming to Xbox, nevertheless, would not be that far-fetched. The sport has been an exceptional success on PC, with common updates and content material additions holding gamers hooked properly over two months after launch. An Xbox launch for an internet co-op shooter would convey a complete new set of gamers to the sport. And with the sport’s dwell service mannequin, extra participant engagement would generate larger income.
Again in February, simply as Helldivers 2 was blowing up, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer had bemoaned the PlayStation and PC exclusivity of the sport and puzzled who it was serving to by not being on Xbox. “I’ll say, once I take a look at a recreation like Helldivers 2, and it is an ideal recreation, kudos to the staff transport on PC and PlayStation, I am not precisely certain who it helps within the business by not being on Xbox,” Spencer had mentioned in an interview with Recreation File.
Spencer’s feedback got here after Microsoft had introduced that 4 Xbox unique titles — HI-Fi Rush, Grounded, Sea of Thieves and Pentiment — would launch on rival platforms from Sony and Nintendo. With the 4 Xbox first-party titles coming to PS5, it would not be a giant shock if Sony certainly decides to launch Helldivers 2 on Xbox.
Weeks after its launch, Helldivers 2 broke a number of peak concurrent participant depend information on Steam, surpassing common video games like Grand Theft Auto 5, Future 2, Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, at the same time as the sport suffered from technical points. The sport’s large success and ballooning participant depend had left the builders unprepared for server crashes. Since then, Arrowhead Recreation Studios have launched a number of updates to handle the sport’s points and stabilise the servers.