But Sundberg isn't worried about the competition because he feels that Avalanche's games offer a level of player agency and freedom that others do not. Whereas the Just Cause series was formerly one of the only major franchises priding itself in massive, open-world gameplay, various other games have come along since, including Far Cry 3, Watch Dogs, and The Crew, among others. "It's a huge franchise for the studio, so you shouldn't be surprised if there is a Just Cause game in the future, but right now it's nothing we can talk about," Sundberg said. Avalanche's office in New York City is currently working on a new AAA title to be published by Square Enix (publisher of the first two installments), which is rumored to be Just Cause 3. Given the strong sales and critical reception for Just Cause 2, a third entry in the series seems likely.
The PC version sees around 3,000 new players per week, thanks to mods like the Avalanche-approved multiplayer mod, Sundberg said. Just Cause 2 has sold "slowly" since launch, Sundberg said, and more than 6 million people have now played the game.
We have some players who've played the game for 500 hours." You don't have to play it over a long period of time, even though people do. Two months later you can do the same thing. All of a sudden you have 30 minutes of action experience and now it's time for dinner, so you shut it off. Just jump in a car and crash into a wall and grapple a helicopter and fly somewhere," Sundberg told Polygon. if you'd like to play a game for half an hour, you can play Just Cause. The reason the game has stayed so popular (it has more than 500,000 users per month) years after its launch in 2010 is because there is always something new to do or try, Sundberg said. Some Just Cause 2 players have played the game for more than 500 hours, Avalanche Studios founder and creative director Christofer Sundberg has revealed in a new interview.