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The CEO of Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has discussed the design of the game’s in-game transactions, and how he believes titles with such micropayments need to “earn the right to monetise”.
Helldivers 2 creative director and Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt believes games should «earn the right to monetise», adding that whilst players are welcome to «support this title» by buying microtransactions, Arrowhead is «never forcing anyone to do so».
Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead Game Studios has apologised to players for the «frustrating» issues they're facing in the game and said it was now «crucial» its team get some sleep.
Helldivers 2 continues to improve on its player figures. After easily topping God of War off the first spot when it comes to PlayStation launches on Steam, the cooperative sci-fi third-person shooter peaked at 155K concurrent users yesterday.
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«It doesn't get much worse for a multiplayer launch», Fraser Brown wrote on the release of Helldivers 2, mentioning issues like «broken matchmaking, frequent crashes, and a kernel-level anti-cheat system that everyone hates.» The developers at Arrowhead have been working to rectify the issues, and according to an update from CEO Johan Pilestedt, three hotfixes deployed during a recent period of server maintenance have dealt with at least some of the problems.
Helldivers 2 is now not only PlayStation's most successful PC release, it has doubled the record of previous big hit God of War. Helldivers 2 has reached a peak concurrent player count of 155,926 this weekend, while God of War previously held the record at 73,529 peak concurrent players.
Helldivers 2 is now Playstation's biggest Steam launch, clocking up over 150,000 concurrent users on the PC platform over the weekend.