“Helldivers 2” could “hypothetically” come to Xbox, the game’s community manager, Thomas “Twinbeard” Petersson, has said.
The third-person-shooter game has only been playable on PlayStation 5 and PC since its launch in February, though the Arrowhead developer has now said the title may eventually make its way over to Microsoft’s console. However, Petersson insisted that the decision was ultimately down to Sony and Xbox head Phil Spencer to “duke out” over the game.
“Who says it couldn’t?” Petersson stated to a fan on X who said an Xbox port of “Helldivers 2″ was “never gonna happen.”
“It’s not up to us but to Sony and Phil to duke out,” Petersson explained. “But hypothetically speaking, if both partners think it would benefit them from a financial/brand standpoint, it could. If Sony believes it won’t though, it won’t.”
The developer emphasized Sony had the “final say” in what they did with the brand, though he added Arrowhead “have [had] discussions” about topics like potentially bringing the game to Xbox in the future.
“When it comes to legal matters and intellectual property, the brand ‘Helldivers’ is owned by Sony, so it’s [them] who have the final say in such matters,” Petersson said in a separate thread on X. “We [of course] offer input and have discussions around it, though.”
