Arrowhead Game Studios on Helldivers 2: "We really went out of our way not to make a pay-to-win game"
Helldivers 2, which was released a few days ago, has quickly become the most successful project Sony has released on Steam, with over 156,000 concurrent users and around 360,000 players if you count PlayStation 5 players. Among the many things that players liked about the game was its monetisation - the in-game currency Super Credits and Premium War Bonds can be purchased for real money or earned in-game. The players were concerned about certain weapons that are available only for Premium War Bond.
I'm partial but we really applied ourselves to not make it p2w even though the items are functionally different. The only item that's p2w is the revolver - which will win you any "cool gun" competition. Only (minor) problem is that it's not that good. ???? https://t.co/c8T8TruLVi
- Pilestedt (@Pilestedt) 11 February 2024
Here's What We Know
In response to this, Johan Pilestedt, CEO of Arrowhead Game Studios, stressed on his Twitter account (X) that the only item that is paid for is a revolver. The executive is convinced that developers have the right to monetise in order to provide them with the opportunity to support the game.
By the way, one of the authors of gg recently made a great review on Helldivers 2, so if you haven't read it yet, you are welcome to!
Where To Play
Helldivers 2 is available on PC and PlayStation 5.
Sources: GamingBolt, @Pilestedt
Go Deeper:
- Helldivers2 review;
- The release of the shooter Helldivers 2 became the most successful among PC versions of Sony's games in terms of simultaneous players on Steam;
- A new milestone has been set: Helldivers 2's simultaneous online reach on Steam is almost 156,000;
- Co-operative shooter Helldivers 2 topped Steam's weekly sales chart, overtaking Palworld in the process;
- The number of copies of the co-op shooter Helldivers 2 sold on both platforms has almost reached one million;
- Arrowhead Game Studios has released an update for Helldivers 2 on PC, which should fix bugs in online mode and improve the overall game;
- The director of Arrowhead Game Studios said that it took almost 8 years to develop Helldivers 2.
