Helldivers 2 May Have Timed its Release Date Poorly

Helldivers 2 has plenty to offer new players and returning fans alike, but its release date puts it up against one of gaming’s biggest properties.

[S2Killinit]

Helldivers 2 has its own fanbase and will be able to go shoulder and shoulder with the biggest franchises. Looking forward to both games though. So I do see that that month is going to be… frantic, no pun intended.

[Eonjay]

Also FF7 Rebirth is not launching on PC in February. The 3 months PS exclusively mean Hell Divers 2 has quite a wide window on PC. Plus there is 3 weeks between the 2 titles on PS5.

[DarkZane]

Article says it's releasing 1 week before FF7 Rebirth. It's actually 3 weeks.

[CrimsonWing69]

Game journalism, where their audience has to tell them the correct information…

[ChasterMies]

FF7 Rebirth players and Helldivers players don’t overlap much in a Venn diagram.

[Armyofdarkness]

Getting this 100%! Game looks really cool!

[Vengeance1138]

Are we to assume that the majority of Helldiver players will also be FF Rebirth players? People don't buy more than 1 game / month? There's always something big to some degree coming out every month, FF will not phase Helldivers.

[Storm23]

Totally. I have a much higher chance of playing Helldivers 2 than I am FF7 Rebirth. I have never been interested as a FF game.

[monkey602]

I'll go with Helldivers over FF. I'll pick up FF eventually but I'm I'm no rush. Still haven't played FF16 anyway

[repsahj]

I'll go with FF first then Helldivers after. But if I have the budget, I will get both right away.

[monkey602]

I have 2 friends who will be all over Helldivers so the incentive is there for me to jump on early. I also think it looks great despite the isometric view being changed. I loved the first game

[jznrpg]

I’ll get FF7R and Helldivers2 day 1 as they are a few weeks apart.

[phoenixwing]

My internet is crappy I'll be buying ff7