Cranium & Bones lastly launched final week the world over, and the sport that Murderer’s Creed IV: Black Flag followers have waited years for, is right here.
With a lot construct up, whether or not it was good or not it might be anticipated to promote a lot proper at launch, and be the best-selling title for its launch week.
In comes Helldivers 2 to spoil that celebration, which, not less than in Europe, reportedly bought greater than double what Cranium & Bones bought in its launch week.
That’s to not say Cranium & Bones didn’t promote loads of items. It was nonetheless the second-best promoting title in Europe for the week. It simply so occurs that Helldivers 2 bought about 2.5x the quantity, in accordance with head of GamesIndustry.Biz Chris Dring.
https://x.com/Chris_Dring/standing/1761090950971961832?s=20
In a observe up tweet, Dring provides one other main perception into simply how nicely Helldivers 2 is doing, as he experiences that the sport truly elevated its gross sales in Europe by 40% from its first week available on the market to its second.
To say that Helldivers 2 has been an enormous success for PlayStation and Arrowhead Video games can be an understatement, hopefully the remainder of the reside service video games nonetheless within the pipeline can take some good classes from the success of Helldivers 2.
Supply – [Chris Dring on Twitter]