Helldivers 2 is getting ready for an influx of simultaneous users
Helldivers 2's server capacity has been increased again to accommodate more concurrent users due to continued overwhelming player response.
Johan Pilstedt , the CEO of Arrowhead Game Studio, announced on his account on X Network (formerly Twitter) that Helldivers 2 has now set a new record for the number of simultaneous players, and thus the maximum server capacity for active users of the game has increased again. . In the conditions that the developers still expect this capacity to be completed in the near future, especially during the coming weekend, this action can lead to providing the possibility of Helldrivers 2 experience for more gamers and shortening the time needed to log into the account.
The capacity of Helldivers 2 simultaneous player servers on PC and PlayStation 5 has now increased to 700,000 people, which is about 50% more than the previous capacity (450,000 people). Johan Pilstedt also indicated in the messages that have now been deleted by himself that the studio is cautiously increasing the server capacity as needed so that it does not become a problem for them.
In a part of his explanation, he writes: "I have another news for tonight, and that is that we have increased the maximum capacity of the servers to 700,000 people. Unfortunately, we expect the number of concurrent players to continue to reach this level, but we believe that the wait time will become much more bearable. »
Pilstead has already explained that a series of final improvements will be applied to the structure of the Helldivers 2 servers to prepare for the possible influx of users in the coming weekend.
Helldivers 2 has been in development for more than 8 years at Arrowhead Studio and has sold about one million copies as of February 11, 2024. While the overall sales figures for the game so far are expected to be higher, Arrowhead has already decided to expand its game development team for future content.
Helldivers 2 is available now on PC and PS5. This game has become the popular phenomenon of Arrowhead Studio these days to enter the list of top 20 Steam games with the most concurrent players. Also, this game marked the biggest release of Sony's first-party games on Steam, surpassing games such as God of War and Marvel's Spider-Man.
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