A real phenomenon when it was launched last February, Helldivers 2 has exploded the counters, even dethroning God of War as a game PlayStation most played simultaneously on Steam. On PC, the title ofArrowhead Game Studio had over 450,000 players at the same time when it was released, but today there are less than 40,000.according to SteamDBA dizzying 90% drop in attendance, is this already the end for Helldivers 2 ?
This is the question that was asked Forbeswhich highlights this decline. While it is normal to see attendance drop for a single-player game, It’s still alarming for a title live service like Helldivers 2which wants to retain its players on PC and PS5 in the long term. But Arrowhead Game Studio is stuck between the desire to correct technical issues and offer new content, without leaving out certain players. The case of connecting to an account PlayStation Network mandatory on Steam probably didn’t help retain the loyalty of the original fans, despite a backtracking on the part of the studios. Forbes specifies that Helldivers 2 is not even in the Top 10 most played games on PlayStationinstead of Fortnite, Call of Duty, GTA Online, Overwatch 2 or Roblox. A fall compared to that of Palworldanother phenomenon game from the beginning of 2024, with more than two million simultaneous players on Steambut “only” 130,000 players today.
The article by Forbes made quite a noise and got a reaction Bucky, community manager de Palworld, https://twitter.com/Bucky_cm/status/1807420087365951584 (ex-Twitter) staff. The CM is not gentle with the newspaper, but recalls that Palworld has climbed to two million concurrent players, then 15,000, then 140,000 in recent days. A figure that, according to him, will go down again, before going back up with the next update. This is probably the problem with Helldivers 2: its lack of a clear roadmap to keep players on their toes. For example, a new breed is to emerge, but Arrowhead Game Studio is careful not to say when it will arrive.
Will the studio find the right balance to relaunch the hype and bring players back to Helldivers 2 ? Only time will tell. In any case, even without an update, the title remains very entertaining, you can find it from €29.99 on Amazon, Cdiscount et Fnac.
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