Circana Analyst: Launching Helldivers 2 on PS5 and PC Has Been a 'Massive Success' - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 02 May 2024 / 2,523 Views
Circana Executive Director and Video Game Industry Analyst Mat Piscatella stated that Sony launching Helldivers 2 on PlayStation 5 and PC on the same day has been a "massive, resounding success."
"PC has been a huge part of the success of Helldivers II in the US," said Piscatella. "With PC, Helldivers II is already the 7th highest grossing Sony published game in history. Without PC it wouldn't currently rank among the top 20.
"And according to Circana's Player Engagement Tracker, Helldivers II has ranked first in US MAU on Steam each month since launch (including April). Launching Helldivers II on both PlayStation and PC has been nothing short of a massive, resounding success.
"Just because I'm highlighting the success of the PC SKU here doesn't mean I'm saying the PlayStation SKU was not also successful, FYI."
He added, "To be clear, just the PS5 version would make Helldivers II the best-selling game in the US YTD. As would just the PC version. Both versions are massive hits."
Circana data shows that Helldivers 2 was the second best-selling game in March in the US and is the best-selling game in the US in 2024 through the first three months of the year.
Helldivers 2 released for the PlayStation 5 and PC on February 8.
PC has been a huge part of the success of Helldivers II in the US. With PC, Helldivers II is already the 7th highest grossing Sony published game in history. Without PC it wouldn't currently rank among the top 20.
— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) May 1, 2024
Just because I'm highlighting the success of the PC SKU here doesn't mean I'm saying the PlayStation SKU was not also successful, FYI.
— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) May 1, 2024
Alright. Some folks are (I hope not) intentionally misinterpreting this.
— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) May 1, 2024
To be clear, just the PS5 version would make Helldivers II the best-selling game in the US YTD. As would just the PC version.
Both versions are massive hits. https://t.co/HDjDtTcX8K
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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These analytical jobs seem easy.
"Both versions are massive hits".... erhmmm... its 1 game. Why even bother saying it like that?
The exposure this type of game gets from a PC release is unmatched in the console space. It probably boosts the sales of the consoles version, as well.
PC making a Sony game go from outside of the top 20 if it was console exclusive to number 7 is going to be very noticed by Sony higher ups.
Massive congrats to Arrowhead though! Helldivers 2 still being the best selling game of the year so far in the US even without accounting for PC is insane!
Exactly, live service day and date Sony games were announced for PS5/PC 2 years ago. Someone wasn't paying attention.
That’s now how businessmen think or operate. There will definitely be conversations over what’s possible now and the potential by closing the gap between console and PC going forward. Businessmen will always have the mindset of “if this strategy worked with this product, what effect would this strategy have with our other products?” It’s just a ticking time bomb at this point. The Until Dawn Remake is looking to potentially be the first day and date single player Sony game. So far we just know it's coming to Console and PC in 2024. But with it already being May, that would be a short timeframe between platform releases.
Yes, it's more a less a doubling act. Which Sony hasn't had so far with all of their PC titles launching late and selling 1/10th on PC as what they've sold on consoles.
They will definitely want to close that bridge going forward, especially as we get late in the generation and console sales stall
Damn who would've thought Helldivers 2 would be a massive success story
8th highest is quite a lot. I think the best selling PS published games so far are:
- Spiderman,
- God of War,
- Horizon Zero Dawn
- Uncharted 4
- God of War Ragna
- TLOU
- Gran Turismo 3
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Gran Turismo sport
So it should be around 10 million ww least since the game outsold the likes of Ghost of Tsushima and other Uncharted entries. Perhaps Spiderman 2 already outsold GTS.
he said ghost of tsushima is 1 of the 6 above it. the others being 3 spider-man and 2 god of war games. remember he is only speaking north america.
It’s 7th best selling Sony published games and the top 6 are the 3 Spider-man games, the last 2 God of Wars and Ghost of Tsushima
Cool I guess.
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