Sony Interactive Entertainment president Hiroki Totoki says the company wants to balance "user engagement, together with sales of units."
"I personally think there are opportunities out there for improvement of margin, so I would like to go aggressive on improving our margin performance," says PlayStation chairman Hiroki Totoki.
Both titles aim for live-service excellence, but Arrowhead's shooter is the clear winner with its gameplay, structure and monetization.
Though Sony has said it won't be releasing any new instalments in major first-party franchises until next year, an Astro Bot game does seem to be on the docket.
CEO Johan Pilestedt says, "We want an environment that's supportive, fun and where we all are fighting on the same side!"
The studio behind Helldivers 2 seems to have ambitious post-launch content plans for the game, and is thus looking to expand its development team.
Patch 01.000.006 has gone live for the co-op third-person shooter on both PlayStation 5 and PC.
Insomniac Games' three Spider-Man titles so far have collectively managed to sell 50 million units to date across all platforms.
A recent trademark filing might be our first glimpse at an upcoming, unannounced sci-fi PlayStation IP.
After Helldivers 2, Sony currently has three more first-party releases planned for 2024 in the form of Rise of the Ronin, Stellar Blade, and Until Dawn.
The open world superhero title launched exclusively for PlayStation 5 on October 20 last year.
Sony shipped 8.2 million units of the console during the October-December quarter, bringing the console's total shipments for the current fiscal year to 16.4 million units.
After becoming PlayStation Studios' biggest launch on Steam, the co-op shooter has peaked at 203,644 concurrent players.
While you could spend real money on them, Super Credits are also earned in-game. Here are the best ways to get some quickly.
Leveling up unlocks new Stratagems, which means more ways to wreak havoc on your enemies. Here's how to quickly earn XP to level up.
Ship Modules are the key to improving your Stratagems, but they require different kinds of Samples. Here's how to farm them.
Arrowhead Game Studios and Sony's co-op third-person shooter now has a peak of 196,089 concurrent players on Steam.
The brutal co-op shooter doesn't outline some of its best tips. Here are 15 things you should know when delivering democracy.
Here's what you should know about Team Ninja's upcoming PS5-exclusive open world action RPG.
While there are plenty of launch issues to fix, Arrowhead Game Studios' live-service shooter is an explosively good time.
