"Helldivers 2 Director Advocates Patience for Server Support and Monetization Ethics"
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Helldivers 2 game director and Arrowhead Game Studios CEO Johan Pilestedt advises players without funds to wait until the game's servers can support the influx of players, acknowledging the struggle with server capacities. Despite the game's historic success, including becoming the biggest-ever launch for PlayStation Studios or Xbox on Steam, the studio is still grappling with the overwhelming demand, capping server capacities at 450,000 players and facing issues with AFK players.
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