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For some, Helldivers 2’s anti-cheat software limits the ability to play at all (www.polygon.com)

submitted 7 months ago by nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Is it though? It had less explosive growth than Helldivers 2, but it sold 8+ million copies, not counting everyone playing it on game pass for free.

Also this is hardly scientific, but just looking at my friends list (of 60 people), over 50% of my friends own deep rock, nearly making it the single most commonly owned game among my friends. The only games I see that are more popular are left4dead 2 and the portal games. In comparison, just over 25% of my friends have Helldivers 2. Obviously a sample size of 60 isn't enough to extrapolate to overall popularity, but from what I've seen Deep Rock has been extremely consistently popular for years.

It's done well enough to turn its studio into an independent publisher, and just having a spin-off game sharing the Deep Rock name was enough to sell a million copies in a month of early access.