Arrowhead’s unbelievable alien-shooter Helldivers 2 is PlayStation’s fastest-selling recreation ever, however regardless of its preliminary success, Steam numbers proceed to dwindle, plummeting to round 10 per cent of its all-time concurrent Steam peak of 458,709 gamers.
As Victoria reported on the finish of Might, SteamDB confirmed Helldivers 2’s peak at the moment had dropped 64 % to 166,305.
At the moment, that has dropped to 35 % once more, falling to a 30-day common of 41,860 concurrent gamers on Steam (thanks, Forbes).
In fact, that quantity solely represents gamers on Steam, and – because it’s printed by Sony – there’s loads extra Helldivers saving the world on PS5.
Nevertheless, a litany of errors from Sony – beginning with the notorious PSN debacle that kicked off earlier this yr – not solely resulted in swathes of detrimental evaluations from a really disenchanted neighborhood, but additionally noticed the sport pulled from sale in 177 nations the place PSN was not accessible, forcing Sony to backtrack on its plans.
Final week, an unannounced Helldivers 2 stratagem leaked on-line, seemingly by a Sony electronic mail. The unforced error – which got here through an official advertising and marketing electronic mail despatched out to Helldivers – proudly introduces the Airburst Rocket Launcher gamers unlocked after they efficiently liberated Penta throughout Operation Reliable Enterprise.
The opposite downside was, the weapon within the picture accompanying the e-mail, nevertheless, wasn’t the Airburst… or, certainly, any weapon identified within the recreation at the moment.