Ever since Sony’s PC and PlayStation 5 co-op shooter Helldivers 2 came out earlier this year, fans have suggested it would be perfect for a Star Wars crossover. Now, one mod team has gone ahead and built just that.
01.05.2024 - 16:15 / videogameschronicle.com / Mat Piscatella / Tom Ivan
Helldivers 2 ranks 7th in lifetime US dollar sales for Sony published games after just two months of availability.
That’s according to research firm Circana, which published its US games industry sales report for March on Wednesday.
Helldivers 2, which topped February’s sales chart and placed at No.2 on March’s, is the best-selling premium game of the year so far based on dollar sales.
It was knocked off the top spot on March’s chart by Capcom’s Dragon’s Dogma 2, which is the third best-selling game of 2024 so far, behind Helldivers 2 and Modern Warfare 3.
Based on its performance in March alone, “Dragon’s Dogma 2 has already surpassed the life-to-date tracked dollar sales of Dragon’s Dogma and Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen combined,” according to Circana executive director Mat Piscatella.
Other new entries on March’s software sales chart included MLB The Show 24 at No.3, Rise of the Ronin at No.5, Princess Peach Showtime at No.6, Unicorn Overload at No,8, and WWE 2K24 at No.9.
While software and accessories sales both increased by 9% year-over-year in March, hardware sales were down by 32%.compared to a year earlier.
PS5, Xbox Series and Nintendo Switch spending each declined by a minimum of 30% year-on-year, and overall hardware sales for the first quarter were down 24% compared to the same period in 2023.
Total US consumer spending on game hardware, content and accessories in March grew 4% year-over-year to $4.9 billion.
Ever since Sony’s PC and PlayStation 5 co-op shooter Helldivers 2 came out earlier this year, fans have suggested it would be perfect for a Star Wars crossover. Now, one mod team has gone ahead and built just that.
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Helldivers 2 players have spent their time in the galaxy since launch learning how to work together for a common cause. When the Automatons mysteriously returned to menace the galaxy, tacticians would take to X and Discord to encourage fans to hit the right planets. Super Earth asked Helldivers to kill two billion bugs, and the player base pulled it off within hours. But the biggest coordinated effort that players have pulled off is not against the bugs or bots, but against the game’s publisher, Sony — and after a weekend of protest, the Helldivers scored a massive triumph.
It’s been a tumultuous few days for Helldivers 2, as one of this year’s most beloved runaway hits managed to seemingly undo all of its goodwill and earn the ire of thousands of players in the blink of an eye.
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March was a good month for new games, as a number of fresh releases walked straight into the USA software charts. As per Circana (formerly NPD) analyst Mat Piscatella, it was Dragon's Dogma 2 that caught fire in March, claiming the crown as the month's best-selling title. The action RPG sequel is also the third best-selling game of the year, which is quite impressive.