Summary
The number of Xbox fans petitioning to playHelldivers 2seems to be steadily growing over a year after the game’s release.Helldivers 2came out early last year as a PlayStation console exclusive and quickly became one of the biggest, most talked-about games of 2024. The multiplayer co-op shooter went on to win two Game Awards for Best Ongoning Game and Best Multiplayer Game, four DICE awards, four Golden Joystick awards, and several high-profile Game of the Year nominations.Helldivers 2remains a must-play for fans of multilayer games on PlayStation.
It would make sense to say thatHelldivers 2was arare Sony multiplayer hit. Most of PlayStation’s first-party studios have largely been focused on single-player titles for the past decade plus, and Xbox has historically been the bigger multiplayer-centric platform with franchises likeHalo, Gears of War,Sea of Thieves,and nowCall of Duty. With that in mind,Helldivers 2being a breakout hit was a surprise to many, and led to large swaths of Xbox fans hoping to see the game come to Xbox Series X and S at some point down the line.
Shortly afterHelldivers 2’s release,Xbox fans created a Change.org petitionwith the hopes of persuading Sony to port the game over to Xbox. The petition garnered around 25,000 signatures around the time it was first created last February, but that number has grown in the year since to 133,575 signatures. While the petition doesn’t have the power to force Sony toportHelldivers 2to Xbox, the point of it all is to show PlayStation just how desirable the game is on its rival platform.
Helldivers 2 Xbox Petition Crosses 100,000 Signatures
The question of whetherHelldivers 2will ever make it to Xbox consoles is a difficult one. Over the past year, Xbox has been opening the floodgates, allowing a number of high-profile first-party games to appear on PlayStation’s platform. The movement started small with titles likeSea of ThievesandHi-Fi Rush, then got bigger withIndiana Jones and the Great CircleandForza Horizon 5. Some ofXbox’s biggest 2025 games, likeDoom: The Dark AgesandThe Outer Worlds 2,are confirmed to be multiplatform releases at launch, and there are even rumors ofHaloand the much-speculatedGears of Warcollection going to PlayStation as well. Whether PlayStation follows Xbox’s lead in this regard remains to be seen, but many doubt PlayStation would ever start showering Xbox with its first-party exclusives. However, out of PlayStation’s entire first-party portfolio,Helldivers 2seems like the most reasonable fit.
IfHelldivers 2really were to be brought over to Xbox consoles, the announcement would likely come at a big showcase or event, like perhaps an Xbox showcase orSummer Game Fest. Xbox gamers who wantHelldivers 2on the platform should join in on growing the Change.org petition as, while it can’t force PlayStation to do anything, a larger signature number means more potential sales for Sony.
Helldivers 2
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