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[tommib]

$70 vs $40

Don't forget war bounds and micro transactions.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

$70 vs $40

Don't stop there.

Massive budget vs AA budget.
No MTX vs MTX.
Off the charts by month 4 vs still selling great.
Huge, well known IP vs unheard of IP.
GotY nominee vs 82 Metascore.

PlayStation discovered gunpowder. Helldivers 2 has kicked off the new era.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Don't stop there.

Massive budget vs AA budget.
No MTX vs MTX.
Off the charts by month 4 vs still selling great.
Huge, well known IP vs unheard of IP.
GotY nominee vs 82 Metascore.

PlayStation discovered gunpowder. Helldivers 2 has kicked off the new era.

8 years to develop versus 4 years.

HD2 budget was probably pretty high

 

[Mr Moose]

Off the charts by month 4 vs still selling great.

Which game?

 

[Topher]

Which game?

Suicide Squad

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

HD2 budget was probably pretty high

Not nearly as high as Ragnaroks.

 

[FoxMcChief]

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Not nearly as high as Ragnaroks.

Let’s compare the average of SM2, GoW:R, and TLOU2 with the average GaaS revenue of destruction all stars, Foamstars, and HD2

One is more reliable than the other

 

[MikeM]

Proud owner here on PC. Game is just flat out fun.

I plan to double dip on PS5 once I get it setup above my fireplace upstairs.

 

[AtomicStarving]

 

[demigod]

VGinsights is quite inaccurate, I believe they only use the multiply by reviewers method, which doesn't work all the time.

And your close to 20mil BG3, 10mil Helldivers 2 Steam only stats from Gamalytic was wrong as well.

 

[Alebrije]

Deserved , the Game That returned me to multiplayer since TLOU Factions.

Hope they can keep it up because there is nothing around worth these days.

 

[Little Mac]

Despite its incomplete state, it's the most fun I've had in years. Got a PS5 late last year and bought a bunch of awesome Sony games (Spiderman games, Ghost of Tsushima, Last of Us games, Returnal, FFXVI, etc). I've missed out on alot being in the xbox camp the past few generations. Regardless, bought Helldivers 2 a few months ago based on Neogaf word of mouth and everything else has been put on the back burner since. I'm a level 64 Fleet Admiral and fucking proud of it. Incredible experience and I look forward to what gets added and how it evolves.

 

[Zathalus]

And your close to 20mil BG3, 10mil Helldivers 2 Steam only stats from Gamalytic was wrong as well.

Not that far off. Most of the games sales have been on PC so accurate to a sub 30% margin.

 

[Zathalus]

8 years to develop versus 4 years.

HD2 budget was probably pretty high

Almost certainly not, for most of that 8 years it has been a tiny studio operating in Sweden. Even now it barely tops 100 employees. The cost of running vs a studio in California with a far higher headcount is going to be tiny.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Almost certainly not, for most of that 8 years it has been a tiny studio operating in Sweden. Even now it barely tops 100 employees. The cost of running vs a studio in California with a far higher headcount is going to be tiny.

I’m guessing it cost around 80M or more

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Let’s compare the average of SM2, GoW:R, and TLOU2 with the average GaaS revenue of destruction all stars, Foamstars, and HD2

One is more reliable than the other

The sword was more reliable than the early gun. The gun would jam, fire slow, it wasn't accurate. But we studied it (PlayStation Live Service Center of Excellence) and it quickly turned into...

PlayStation has been studying the early gun for a few years now and it's first effort has become the most successful PlayStation Studios game arguably ever. Watch the **** out.

 

[N30RYU]

 

[Dr.brain64]

good job

 

[nosoynadie22]

 

[poppabk]

You don't need the official numbers to know that with a range of 5 million to 50 million that they are innacurate.

 

[BennyBlanco]

This guy is constantly malding about PC ports lmao.

 

[Neofire]

Damn that's incredible

 

[ShadowkillXNA]

See, this is what happen when you release on PC Day One.

Sure, Art.
Funny how you ignore the fact that it's a great game to start with.
And how you ignore what happened to the xbox after they went day one with pc releases.

 

[Frwrd]

 

[SNG32]

This also happens what happened to Xbox when you release day one on PC. Sony would be stupid to release all games day one on PC.

Xbox fucked up with releasing games on gamepass day one if anything. They would be making more money on software sales had they not introduced that bullshit.

 

[Rockman33]

They've also clarified in the webcast that Helldivers 2 also broke the record of God of War Ragnarok for fastest selling First Party game. ;o

Helldivers II sales top 12 million

Cooperative third-person shooter Helldivers II has sold 12 million units as of May 5, publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment and developer Arrowhead Game Studios announced.

www.gematsu.com

2nd party. But still great numbers!

 

[Rockman33]

Even though it’s almost half price game at $40. Still great numbers! 12 million is a ton!

 

[ArtHands]

As expected

 

[nial]

2nd party. But still great numbers!

SIE does not refer to it as 'second-party software'.

 

[Rockman33]

SIE does not refer to it as 'second-party software'.

Interesting. I wonder if they bought the studio.

 

[nial]

Interesting. I wonder if they bought the studio.

I don't think you know more than them about this.

 

[MonkeyClaw36]

Don't forget war bounds and micro transactions.

War bonds arent timed and the credits and medals needed to unlock them or their content are easily obtained ingame without turning it into a grindfest.
That and you dont have to unlock everything each tier to move on to the next. This isnt Call of Duty you know.

Any other non arguments?

 

[mckmas8808]

Helldivers 2 - 12 million copies in 3 months.

God of War Ragnarok 11 million copies in 3 months.

Spiderman 2 - 10 million copies in 4 months.

The prophesy is true. The GAAS flip has begun.

$40 game vs. $70 games. So what were you saying again?