Helldivers 2: Over 60% Of Its Sales Have Been On PC, Insider Claims

According to GamesIndustry head, Christopher Dring, last week's European sales data shows that Helldivers 2 sold over 60% of its units on Steam.

[Jin_Sakai]

Pretty sure I read the developer say it was about 50/50 although I wouldn’t be surprised if it were more on PC because the PS5 install base is still growing.

[Lightning77]

Games are starting to do better on PC than console, slowly. Pal world did better on PC even SF performed better on PC. I know quite a bit of ppl switching to PC now days.

I own the consoles and I'll always be a console gamer but can't ignore PC and it's influence.

[ChronoJoe]

Pal world isn’t surprising when you factor it’s only on one console and that one platform is g selling all that well.

PS5s too, there’s only 40m units or so sold so far. It’s doing well but on Steam there are almost 100m users. The only way you’d get higher or similar console numbers would be either multiple platforms or at the very least multiple generations of hardware (PS4 & PS5).

[VenomUK]

There’s a lot of speculation about what this breakdown all means. The sales performance and format ratio of this one game is not enough to interpret as confirming a shift in the industry away from console, it might simply be that Hellfivers II resonated most with a PC audience. We simply need more sales data from more games.

[SyntheticForm]

While consoles are very convenient and getting better, you can't ignore the power and the freedom that a PC affords. I've been playing Helldivers 2 on PC and it's been great.

[S2Killinit]

Its not on PS4. Its only on PS5. So it makes sense.

[Christopher]

I mean, the market reach alone on PC tends to push heavier on these type of games let alone most others. But, yeah, PC co-op games are big and there's the largest market for them there. PS5 sold well, but they are winning like crazy on PC.

[-Foxtrot]

I saw it as PS5 players care more about single player experiences while PC gamers are more about multiplayer.

[Becuzisaid]

For me it's care more about single player AND dumped ps+ for lousy offerings and increased sub price.

[blackblades]

Na he said its close or some other word close to that. They are around ball park of 50/50 but isnt actually 50/50 so this 60% could be the actual number.

[helicoptergirl]

The headline is slightly misleading. The "insider" in question said specifically that his info was for Europe. But it's basically 50/50, give or take few percent

[repsahj]

So 2.3M players are on standby, waiting to connect. Hehehe.

[Lexreborn2]

I got it on pc, I was able to get it just slightly cheaper there. I have been considering getting it on ps5 as well but I got rebirth instead.

For me if a game is cross play I’ll likely get it on PC. If it’s a single player experience on pc and console I’ll likely get PC because it’s cheaper. If it’s exclusive it goes without question where I’m getting it

[Plague-Doctor27]

He said it was 50/50 like 4 days into release. Been nearly 2 weeks since then so I wouldnt be surprised if the split changed over time

[Kiryu1992]

That’s good because games selling on multiple platforms means more money for developers next games

[Babadook7]

Most likely the reason PlayStation hasn’t sold more is simply due to a certain timed exclusive juggernaut named Rebirth.

[PrinceOfAnger]

That normal, a larger user base on PC.

[blackblades]

Yeah after seeing palworld numbers, there's a lot of them 7million sold on steam alone weeks ago. I'm curious if Sony would change positions later on when PC start taking there players from them. If they really gonna go the 1st day and date and put everything there the people that has both gonna find no use for a PS

[Amplitude]

I dont think it can be considered "taking players away" when Sony makes the money no matter where you buy it - albeit with a 30% cut on PC.
Even if exclusives stopped existing (which likely won't happen) a console is still much more appealing to an enormous market for the subsidized console price, ease of use, and feature-sets.
Personally i'm all PC this gen but there are moments where I really wish I kept my PS5 even for multi-plats.

[blackblades]

@Amplitude
Yes consoles will still be there for good part of the market. As I said which you just confirmed that PC can take players from PlayStation aka less system being sold as my meaning and you just said you sold your ps5 and went PC. 2024 you never know what will happen, people could start flocking to pc and have all in one system and have a Nintendo system only

[purple101]

Well Steam has 120 million monthly active users. and only there are only 50million ps5

If that needs explaining to you, I don’t really know how else to help

[CantThinkOfAUsername]

The majority of this number are playing F2P games. But online multiplayer is a popular genre on PC so this makes sense. Now let's see what Forbidden West does next month.

[ZycoFox]

Wonder if there's stats for what hardware the majority of players were using, be a bit of a junk experience if using lower end stuff.. But I mean at least there's plenty of variety of games that suit lower end hardware just fine.

Actually, just checked, you can get away with a lowly 2060 & a 9700k or 3700x and 16 gigs of RAM for 1080p 60, not an issue then for lower end gamers. https://www.playstation.com...

[Snookies12]

Got mine on PC. Mainly because it's a shooter. Anything I need to aim in, I go for keyboard/mouse. If it didn't have crossplay, I would have gone PS5 though for friends.

[DivineHand125]

Based on what I have personally observed so far. Most of the people I have played were on PC. If they leave their mic on, I would hear them gliding their fingers over that keyboard. I also noticed that when they use Stratagems, most of them stop moving while if they were using a controller, it would be easier for them to use them while moving.

[Eonjay]

I think the keys can be remapped to avoid this on PC

[repsahj]

When I party with Steam players, the loading of missions is about 30-90 seconds. But when all of my party is PS5 players, the loading is just 5 seconds.

[Amplitude]

Interesting observation actually. It must have to wait for every player's game to load, and with some people playing on mechanical drives and portables running on MicroSDs I suppose you'd have to match the lowest common denominator. Makes sense that a party of all PS5 SSDs would connect everybody quicker

[Deathdeliverer]

Thank God it’s not one of those nameless insiders. Unverifiable “believe me” stuff. At least in this case the guy is talking about EU only. Well, I have an insider that says It’s a 60, 40 split PlayStations way. I also have an insider that says Zelda is coming to PlayStation in the last year of the systems life or as a launch title for PS6. This is a different insider from the one that said Phil Spencer lost a dice game vs a high PlayStation official and the bet was for the loser to launch 4 games on the others respective brands system.

[shadowT]

Awesome game! Hugh success for Arrowhead and Playstation.

[anast]

It makes sense. The PC crowd is starved for quality content.

[VincentVanBro]

Everything available on console is essentially available in better form on PC, as well as a lot of games not available on console at all like Lethal Company. My previously beloved PS5 has been collecting dust since I upgraded to an rtx 4090 equipped PC lol

[anast]

No, not everything is essentially on PC. Spending that much money to rent games from Steam is a tall ask for most people.

[VincentVanBro]

@anast rent games from Steam? Ah well, I think your intelligence speaks for itself lol

[Shiore2u]

anast's appetite for fat L's can not be slaked.

[InUrFoxHole]

This guy is having a hard time lately. The realization that all this low end power console bickering only lead to all games being on PC. It's ok buddy.

[anast]

"This guy is having a hard time lately."

This is how to ruin a decent argument by imposing your emotions on the situation.

[SyntheticForm]

"It makes sense. The PC crowd is starved for quality content."

So this is your decent, unemotional argument?

[Jayszen]

Makes sense as all the Xbox and Nintendo gamers who cannot get the game on their console will have purchased the PC version. a 50:50 or 60:40 split between PC an PS5 is correct and expected

[Jingsing]

It doesn't help when consoles have a gate fee for multiplayer compared to PC. How does one justify that?

[TheEroica]

Not enough cutscenes and handholding gameplay like Sony fans are used too... No one would ever doubt pc gamers would be all over a game like Helldivers.... It's a masterclass in gameplay design.

[jznrpg]

That’s some dumb logic

[TheEroica]

That's because you being a gamer who has been bludgeoned with garbage uncharted gameplay for a decade have likely no idea what good gameplay is.

[VincentVanBro]

@TheEroica nah you're just dumb

[P_Bomb]

@eroica
I love Uncharted AND Helldivers. *gasp* how can I exist? 🙀🫨

[CobraKai]

Im not really interested in the numbers, but more so about how this person wrote an article based on an “insider’s” twit post with no substantial evidence to back it up. All i saw was the word “claims”.

[Toecutter00]

That tracks as I've seen a lot of online toxicity while playing. That's typically not a habit of PS5 owners

[MetroidFREAK21]

Why does that matter? Both machines have the same pool of players

[neomahi]

Everybody wants a taste of the PlayStation sweet, sweet candy. They really didn't need to port anything to the PC but since they had, it's what's expected now. We knew in the PS3 era physical media would inevitably die and consoles weren't gonna be long after. Consoles didn't exist, it was all on PC. Consoles were a simpler and more comprehensive way of playing games that didn't require installs and complicated settings, but we knew consoles would inevitably die but, at this point, PlayStation doesn't really even need it, Nintendo doesn't need it, Xbox doesn't really even need it. Xbox is just unhappy theyve consistently came in last and have never had. console generation where theyve come in first. But, I mean, this is just another step in the eventual PC triumph, and PC means neutrality, complete neutrality. Consoles these days are more PC than console anyway, really, made from off the shelf PC parts, it's really kind of depressing looking back and seeing SEGA using the Yamaha sound chip and the X processors, cool stuff, but today, yeah, no innovative hardware anymore. I suppose PlayStation has nothing more to prove. They'd shown in their best and even their worst moments when PlayStation Network outages and hardware devs were too lazy to learn and utilize that they'll triumph through it all. They humbled the Microsoft giant that thought they could stick their toe in every kind of water thinking they'd be number one with the Bill Gates arrogance but were put in their place, and they even held off the mighty Nintendo who had complete claim to the gaming market, that following the example of SEGA challenged Nintendo and even SEGA and Nintendo only really held them off once, they were quite the challenger. So, in the end:

PlayStation: 4
SEGA: 1
Nintendo: 2
Xbox: 0

I guess there's nothing left to prove, let the consoles die

[CobraKai]

Why? Does it affect you as a PC gamer that there are consoles? Why limit people’s choices to only PC? Id rather have an Xbox, Switch, and PS over a PC.

[Markusb33]

Arrow head dev said it was 50/50 this story is old or its attempting to push a false information

[VincentVanBro]

get this *breaking news*.... time passes and things change lol nothing is static. The news you speak of is sales data released mid last week. This news is from 2 days ago, making it newer, and it is specific to the European market. Crazy right?

[wesnytsfs]

PlayStation really needs to take advantage of the PC market. It will hep offset the costs of their AAA first party titles.

[VincentVanBro]

PC Master Race baby. Join the party.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Looking good hellsdiver 2 doing great

[Dandizzle]

Trust me this claim is 100% made up for clicks

[Father__Merrin]

few million in sales already and game isnt on a subscription

[PhillyDonJawn]

The age of PC gaming take over is near

[got_dam]

I got rwo copies. One on oc and one on ps5 for the step son. It's going to be fun!

[TheColbertinator]

That makes sense as PC is the best place to play.

[BillyCrystals]

Why is this a news story?