Helldivers 2 has turned out to be one thing of an anomaly, not solely as a result of it’s develop into a far larger success than Sony or developer Arrowhead Sport Studios had anticipated, but additionally as a result of it’s promoting at a charge that’s unprecedented for the overwhelming majority of main new releases.
Taking to Twitter, Circana analyst Mat Piscatella just lately revealed that Helldivers 2’s gross sales within the US went up as soon as once more within the recreation’s third week, simply as they did within the week prior. The sport has additionally loved comparable gross sales will increase within the UK.
Sometimes, video games are likely to see their strongest their strongest gross sales upon launch, with numbers truly fizzling out week after week afterwards, which implies Helldivers 2’s inverse decay, as Piscatella places it, is uncommon to see, on the very least.
Sony has but to supply official gross sales numbers for the co-op first-person shooter, however Arrowhead Sport Studios CEO Johan Pilestedt recommended final week that it had offered a minimum of shut to three million copies– although that quantity is probably going larger by now.
Arrowhead is presently at work on its expanded post-launch plans for Helldivers 2, and we’ve already been seeing bits and items of it within the recreation, with mechs and automobiles seemingly on the verge of being added. Current datamining leaks have recommended that the Illuminate faction from the primary recreation can be on the best way.
Helldivers II US gross sales went up but once more throughout its third week in market.
An honest-to-goodness inverse decay curve to date.
Really feel like Steve Irwin sighting a uncommon chicken or one thing. Uncommon and wonderful, in an Australian accent even.
— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) March 4, 2024
