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Helldivers 2 is finally on Xbox consoles, and there was a huge update delivered on release day delivering a Hive World for players to encroach. And, to help deal with this Hive World, Arrowhead is releasing a new Warbond in just a week’s time. The release of HD2 on Xbox consoles resulted in a wave of fresh Super Earth recruits, and now the Helldivers 2 CEO has awkwardly asked players to “stop sh*ting” their plants as the player count skyrockets.
Helldivers 2 CEO asks players to “stop sh*ting” their pants
Following the release of Helldivers 2 on Xbox, players noticed a huge surge in player count. On Reddit, the community noted a player count increase of 325,168 which then quickly rose to over 400,000. Now, on Discord, Arrowhead CEO, Shams Jorjani, has shared a screenshot showing that the player count totalled 500,490 at one point.
In showing the screenshot, Jorjani said, “this is gonna be a bit awkward…. but can I ask you to stop shi*ing your pants somehow?”. Jorjani and soiling breaches has become a bit of a joke or a meme that everyone is well aware of after the Arrowhead CEO went viral within the community for warning players will “sh*t your pants” over what’s coming back in May.
This is a fantastic player count increase for the game. For PC alone via Steam Charts, we can see that the player count rapidly rose from a peak of 56,485 on August 26th to a peak of 167,795 on August 27th at 2AM BST.
While Helldivers 2 is the first PlayStation-published game to land on Xbox consoles, a job listing from Sony suggests more PlayStation IPs could get into bed with Microsoft. There is the suggestion that it might be live-service games only seeing as Marathon from PlayStation-owned Bungie is already confirmed for an Xbox release at launch, but this is just speculation rather than anything official.
For more Helldivers 2, check out our guide to the best warbonds ranked, along with the best stratagems and best throwables. We also have a guide to the best weapons, and, if you’re coming back to HD2 for the first time in a long while, we have a bunch of tips and tricks to help you get reaccustomed to the battlefield.
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