Helldivers 2 gross sales are forward Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 at this level, whereas C&C breaks into charts – WGB

Helldivers 2 goes from power to power having simply launched its second premium Warbond because the recreation’s launch. The web playerbase continues to be going robust, and it’s presently sitting because the 2nd in Steam’s prime vendor checklist.

Based on an article posted by Gameindustry.biz that includes gross sales knowledge from GSD, which tracks each bodily and digital video games within the UK, the success of Helldivers 2 is perhaps even higher than we thought. Not solely did the article notice that Helldivers 2 is the best-selling recreation for second consecutive month, it additionally talked about that its gross sales are “now trending forward of the place Spider-Man 2 (Sony’s final massive launch) was after the identical size of time.”

There are, in fact, a couple of issues to think about in that equation: Helldivers 2 is a less expensive recreation than Spider-Man 2, and was accessible on two platforms at launch. Even once you account for that although, the numbers are loopy good.

Weirdly, nonetheless, neither Sony or Arrowhead have really given any correct affirmation of the sport’s gross sales numbers. When Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 was launched, for instance, Sony had no downside boasting about its success.

We’re left to guess simply how profitable the sport has been, then. The final time we obtained something remotely resembling an official phrase was when Arrowhead’s CEO appeared to verify somebody’s guess of 3m gross sales.

Out of curiosity, I’ve reached out to Arrowhead to ask why they appear cautious to verify strong names when often a studio would like to crow about their successes. Perhaps I’ll hear one thing.

The Gameindustry.biz article goes on to debate different video games, and that’s the place we see the shocking return of Command & Conquer. A number of Command & Conquer video games that had been lacking from Steam had been lastly added to the storefront, each individually and as a part of a mammoth(tank) bundle, and there was even a possible tease about extra Command & Conquer remasters taking place. It looks like folks had been fairly satisfied as a result of each C&C: Generals and C&C: Purple Alert 2 managed to interrupt into the highest 10 best-selling video games within the UK in March. That’s freaking superior, in my e book.

Aside from that, the charts weren’t something too thrilling. Dragon’s Dogma 2 got here in third behind EA Sports activities FC 24 and Helldivers 2, and Hogwarts Legacy is in ninth place, persevering with to indicate Warner Bros. why there option to double-down on live-service is a horrible plan.

On the {hardware} facet of issues, console gross sales had been up 22% from final month however down 15% from March final yr. Nevertheless, the article does notice that March 2023 was when the availability of PS5 consoles lastly cleared up which noticed an enormous spike in gross sales numbers. To be extra particular, PS5 gross sales are down 9% over March final yr, however nonetheless 25% up over final month. Not too shabby.

It’ll be fascinating to see what an official affirmation of the rumoured PS5 Professional would possibly do to the gross sales.

Nintendo Swap can be up 20% month-on-month, however down 20% year-on-year. That’s sufficient to beat out Xbox which is seemingly up 19% month-on-month however can be down by 18% year-on-year.

For a a lot fuller and higher have a look at all the pieces, keep in mind to take a look at the Gameindustry.biz article. Lastly, right here’s the UK bodily and digital gross sales chart for March 2024.