Helldivers 2 Xbox Release Could End The Console Wars

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players are teaming up to kill bugs, spread democracy, and, just maybe, to end the console wars once and for all. As a co-op game, in which the threats are much bigger and stronger than a single player could ever hope to be, teamwork is in its very nature. While things like teamkilling do happen in , its multiplayer meta focuses on communication and collaboration.

But since launch and to date, the game has only ever been available on Windows PCs and PlayStation 5 consoles. In the past, this might've been a point of contention for a PS5 player, dangling in front of an Xbox user with a sneer. However, there's no room for envy on Super Earth.

players on PS5 and PC are gunning for an Xbox release, simply because they want more players to join the fight. Check the comments on any social media post from the game's official channels, and there'll be thousands of GIFs amid demands to see the game on Xbox. The movement has inspired a Change.org petition on the matter, titled simply, "." At the time of writing, the petition has garnered over 68,000 signatures, and is rapidly climbing toward its stretch goal of 75,000.

That'd be almost a quarter of 's peak concurrent player count on Steam, a massive influx of new players. But not all of these signatures are coming from Xbox players, who compare the game to alien-bashing Xbox exclusives like. There are also admitted PS5 players in the comments, calling for friends on Xbox to join the fray. It's a beautiful thing: Xbox and PS5 players, recently at each other's throats over the end of Xbox exclusivity, are now unified in calling for a multi-platform release, just as the people of Super Earth are united in beating the bugs.

And call it selflessness or shortsightedness, but it's worth noting that servers are already full. Players are reporting long wait times and other barriers to access the game due to its stunningly high player count, which has packed to the gills. While developer Arrowhead is working on expanding the servers,