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Sony's shooter game cooled down and Jedi Diver 2 lost 90% of PC players in 5 months

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Sony's first-party studio Arrowhead's fantasy alien shooter Jedi Diver 2 was the fastest-selling game in PlayStation history, but despite its initial success, the number of players on Steam continued to decline, falling to around 10% of its all-time peak of 458,709 players for the same period.

Sony's shooter game cooled down and Jedi Diver 2 lost 90% of PC players in 5 months

As previously reported at the end of May, SteamDB revealed that Jedi Submarine 2's peak dropped by 64% to 166305 at the time.

Today, that percentage drops to 35% again, with an average of 41,860 concurrent players on Steam over a 30-day period.

Of course, this number only represents players on Steam, and - since it was released by Sony - there are still some Jedi Diver 2 players on PS5 who are sticking around.

Sony's shooter game cooled down and Jedi Diver 2 lost 90% of PC players in 5 months

However, a string of mistakes by Sony – starting with the infamous PSN account binding earlier this year – not only led to a flood of negative reviews from the very disappointed community, but also caused the game to stop selling in the 177 countries where PSN is not available, forcing Sony to abandon its plans.

Sony's shooter game cooled down and Jedi Diver 2 lost 90% of PC players in 5 months

Last week, an unannounced Jedi Runner 2 strategy was leaked online, what appears to be an email from Sony. This unforced bug - from the official marketing email sent to Jedi Submarine 2 - proudly introduces the Airburst Rocket Launcher players who have successfully liberated Penta in a legitimate operation.

Another problem is that the weapon in the email image is not an Airburst, nor is it any weapon known in the game at the time.

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