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[ByWatterson]

I'm being convinced with those CCU stats. May join hands on the PS5 soon.

Add me!

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

 

[Horseganador]

 

[Holammer]

With PS5 players, well over 500k then. Noice.

 

[a multicultural team of v]

I have this on my clipboard ready to make this post lol

Is this a new announcement? They are going all in on this game it seems. Wonder if this means they got some serious server capacity lined up.

 

[DrFigs]

... why? as if the double xp wasn't enough stress on the servers

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

I have this on my clipboard ready to make this post lol

Is this a new announcement? They are going all in on this game it seems. Wonder if this means they got some serious server capacity lined up.

... why? as if the double xp wasn't enough stress on the servers

That's what I was wondering as well after I saw the tweet.

 

[Varteras]

Just surpassed Destiny 2

 

[ManaByte]

 

[Heisenberg007]

Just reached 303k

#32 overall on the all-time peak list.

Let's see if it can make it to over 330k.
Destiny 2 - 316k
Starfield - 330k
Monster Hunter: World 334k

By the way, going by the average ratio between CCU and copies sold, this data means Helldivers 2 has sold around 3 million copies on Steam.

 

[DForce]

By the way, going by the average ratio between CCU and copies sold, this data means Helldivers 2 has sold around 3 million copies on Steam.

With very little marketing too. This is crazy.

 

[nowhat]

This seems kinda pointless? I mean, those who are buying/bought a PS, are surely aware by this point that you need PS+ to play online, unless it's a F2P title.

 

[clarky]

By the way, going by the average ratio between CCU and copies sold, this data means Helldivers 2 has sold around 3 million copies on Steam.

How you figuring that out?

CCU = 10% of copies sold?

 

[DForce]

It's going to pass Starfield soon. Watch the servers go down. lol

 

[Gudji]

This seems kinda pointless? I mean, those who are buying/bought a PS, are surely aware by this point that you need PS+ to play online, unless it's a F2P title.

Yeah I don't get it unless they have a trial or something.

 

[Heisenberg007]

With very little marketing too. This is crazy.

And at least 3.5 million on PS5, too, I reckon, considering it had a ~20% higher CCU than Steam's a few days ago.

This game is selling bonkers, but completely deserved. Didn't have this much fun playing an MP game since 2009-2010 when COD MW 2 released.

 

[The artful mincer]

Take that Destiny 2!

Maybe Sony should buy Arrowhead to advise Bungie on how to make a good game!

 

[Heisenberg007]

How you figuring that out?

Starfield sold roughly 4 million copies on Steam with a CCU of 335K.

3 million for Helldivers 2 is a pretty safe bet with a CCU of 317K (so far). It'll likely break Starfield's record in a few hours anyway.

 

[ManaByte]

Take that Destiny 2!

Maybe Sony should buy Arrowhead to advise Bungie on how to make a good game!

Destiny's servers never have a capacity problem though. Maybe Arrowhead should be asking Bungie for advice.

And Bungie has done some good things lately. The Timeline they added is great to find out what you should be doing with all the content in the game now.

 

[mckmas8808]

I don't see it beating Starfield's CCU

 

[jroc74]

Might pass Starfield in 15 minutes.

Congrats to the team.

 

[JimRyanGOAT]

Where are the Jim Ryan haters ?


Thought they said this new strategy won’t work, but we’re already out here breaking records


Repent now
this is just the beginning


Soon we’ll have Sony’s first party juggernauts and these triple A GAAS


The combination will be crazy

 

[Heisenberg007]

Take that Destiny 2!

Maybe Sony should buy Arrowhead to advise Bungie on how to make a good game!

Considering Bungie evaluated and reviewed all in-development live-service games for PlayStation Studios, there is a very strong chance that Bungie also consulted on Helldivers 2.

We may not know or realize this, but it is very possible that it is Bungie's suggestions that partly helped Helldivers 2 get this success.

 

[jm89]

Where are the Jim Ryan haters ?


Thought they said this new strategy won’t work, but we’re already out here breaking records


Repent now
this is just the beginning


Soon we’ll have Sony’s first party juggernauts and these triple A GAAS


The combination will be crazy

How's the retirement home jim?

 

[Varteras]

I don't see it beating Starfield's CCU

I meeeean... it's about 3,000 away and still climbing in the middle of a Saturday. Unless you were being cheeky...

 

[clarky]

Starfield sold roughly 4 million copies on Steam with a CCU of 335K.

3 million for Helldivers 2 is a pretty safe bet with a CCU of 317K (so far). It'll likely break Starfield's record in a few hours anyway.

That assuming a lot. I don't think CCU equates to copies sold. Its different for every game.

Palworld for example sold around 12 million with a CCU of 2 million around that time.

Didn't the Devs say they'd sold a million just a few days ago? I know the games blown up but i dont think they will have shifted another 5 million copies on top of that since.

 

[Darkness_Arises]

Where are the Jim Ryan haters ?


Thought they said this new strategy won’t work, but we’re already out here breaking records


Repent now
this is just the beginning


Soon we’ll have Sony’s first party juggernauts and these triple A GAAS


The combination will be crazy

Is this Ass of Can Whooping's alt?

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Is this Ass of Can Whooping's alt?

Impossible. Jim stabbed me in the back the vile piece of filth

 

[mckmas8808]

By the way, going by the average ratio between CCU and copies sold, this data means Helldivers 2 has sold around 3 million copies on Steam.

This seems almost impossible.

 

[ManaByte]

This seems almost impossible.

It would mean only 10% of the people who bought it are playing it.

 

[Heisenberg007]

That assuming a lot. I don't think CCU equates to copies sold. Its different for every game.

Palworld for example sold around 12 million with a CCU of 2 million around that time.

Didn't the Devs say they'd sold a million just a few days ago? I know the games blown up but i dont think will have shifted another 5 million copies on top of that since.

Devs said 1 million just for Steam. Their CCU count was 80,000 around that time. Now it is 320,000. A factor of 4x, which amounts to 4 million copies. 3 million is a very safe estimate.

We have Starfield's data, too, to compare it with.

Also, Steam's CCU is an industry-wide method used to estimate game sales.

 

[Varteras]

329k...

 

[clarky]

Devs said 1 million just for Steam. Their CCU count was 80,000 around that time. Now it is 320,000. A factor of 4x, which amounts to 4 million copies. 3 million is a very safe estimate.

We have Starfield's data, too, to compare it with.

Also, Steam's CCU is an industry-wide method used to estimate game sales.

On 11 February 2024, Arrowhead Games CEO Johan Pilestedt announced that the game had sold approximately 1 million units. It became the biggest launch for any PlayStation published game on PC.

Not sure where you are getting that's just PC got a source?

 

[Gudji]

329k...

 

[Tomi]

This is crazy

Sony wins again guys, they know what they doing

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Dayum! It's going to beat Starfield's Steam CCU any minute now.

 

[mckmas8808]

I meeeean... it's about 3,000 away and still climbing in the middle of a Saturday. Unless you were being cheeky...

This was before I realized the server cap has been raised.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

That assuming a lot. I don't think CCU equates to copies sold. Its different for every game.

Palworld for example sold around 12 million with a CCU of 2 million around that time.

Didn't the Devs say they'd sold a million just a few days ago? I know the games blown up but i dont think they will have shifted another 5 million copies on top of that since.

it's been like a week since they said it was a million. CCU has more than doubled since then

Should easily have hit 3 million by now

 

[clarky]

it's been like a week since they said it was a million. CCU has more than doubled since then

Should easily have hit 3 million by now

On just steam?

 

[Gudji]

Almost 332k.

 

[Varteras]

 

[Shakka43]

Just reached 303k

#32 overall on the all-time peak list.

Let's see if it can make it to over 330k.
Destiny 2 - 316k
Starfield - 330k
Monster Hunter: World 334k

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

On just steam?

CCU? I think it was about 200k for both platforms back then now I think it's around 500k +

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

It's official now! They beat Starfield's Steam CCU!

 

[jroc74]

That post a few pages back aged like 2 year old milk.

 

[Gudji]

It's official now! They beast Starfield's Steam CCU!

 

[Heisenberg007]

On 11 February 2024, Arrowhead Games CEO Johan Pilestedt announced that the game had sold approximately 1 million units. It became the biggest launch for any PlayStation published game on PC.

Not sure where you are getting that's just PC got a source?

The Twitter thread he was talking in was just about Steam. The article you quoted seems to ignore that.

Also, this number is perfectly in line with other game sales. Why would Helldivers 2 be an exception?

 

[clarky]

The Twitter thread he was talking in was just about Steam. The article you quoted seems to ignore that.

Also, this number is perfectly in line with other game sales. Why would Helldivers 2 be an exception?

It was across both.

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

It's official now! They beat Starfield's Steam CCU!

Holy Sweet Mother of Democracy!

 

[Heisenberg007]

It was across both.

This is a completely different post in which he is talking about CCU. This isn't the sales one.

We also later learned that PS5 CCU were roughly 20% higher than Steam's.

Anyway, I have one question now: how many copies do you think Starfield sold on Steam?