Does ‘Helldivers 2’ have a PS4 release date?
If you’re on PS4 and yet to make the jump to PS5, the success of Helldivers 2 might sting a little. It seems like everyone is playing Arrowhead Game Studios’ satirical multiplayer shooter – to the point where the game is suffering from its own success with server issues. But are there plans to give this PS5 and PC game a PS4 release date?
After all, the original Helldivers released on PS4 – though that was nine years ago.
Unfortunately, Helldivers 2 is not set to arrive on PS4. There is no planned release date for Sony’s last-generation system and Arrowhead Game Studios hasn’t given any suggestion that it is working on a last-gen port.
There are many possible reasons for this. Sony has largely stopped releasing its exclusive games on PS4, as people upgrade to the current generation of consoles. Additionally, the co-op shooter is pretty ambitious, with large maps that have a ton of explosions, enemies, and orbital strikes being called in at once which can put a lot of strain on an older system.
So, it is possible that the game wouldn’t even be able to run on a PS4 given how ambitious it is. Helldivers 2‘s PC specifications are also pretty demanding, according to the Steam page for the game, which could suggest it simply wouldn’t be able to run on PS4. We won’t know the exact reason, however, until Arrowhead comes out and says why there isn’t a PS4 port.
Either way, you can grab the game right now on PC if you aren’t looking to upgrade to a PS5. It has already become Sony’s biggest PC launch to date – almost tripling the playerbase the next highest game, God of War, received.
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