If a player is asked what have been the great successes in terms of video games in 2024, it is most likely that Helldivers 2 will come out of their mouth. That user is not wrong, since the Sony video game has been the fastest selling in the history of PlayStation, a milestone that becomes more relevant when thinking about rivals like God of War, The Last of Us, or Marvel’s Spider-Man.
This incredible success attracted tens of thousands of players to Helldivers 2 to play online. The game caused such a stir that it reached a peak of 458,709 players. Not many titles achieve this number of users, but it seems that Helldivers 2 is losing quite a bit of momentum.
At the end of May, the title developed by Arrowhead reached a peak of 166,305 players, while in June the number has dropped to a peak of 91,692 players with an average of 41,860 concurrent players. As you can see, the numbers continue to decrease, to the point that today’s graph shows 35,499 players. This represents a 90% drop compared to its peak. Of course, this figure only refers to Steam, that is, it does not take into account PlayStation players.
Helldivers 2 was enjoying impressive success, but it was Sony itself that took care of killing the game and causing its downfall. In early May, the Japanese company forced Helldivers 2 buyers to have a PlayStation Network account, a quite controversial move, but one that had a double consequence: there were a total of 177 countries where it was not possible to link the PlayStation Network account to Helldivers 2, so Steam had to remove it from the store.
In the face of all these problems, Sony backtracked and the obligation to use an account was not implemented. However, the damage was already done. Precisely, there has been a significant drop in players in Helldivers 2 after these moves. A complete manual on how to burst a balloon that was flying high.
