Barely 3 days after Sony’s very controversial announcement, the company reversed its decision and confirmed that there will ultimately be no need to create a PSN account to play Helldivers 2.
A fan of multiplayer video games, you have surely at least heard of the Helldivers 2 phenomenon. Developed by the studio Arrowhead and edited by Sonythe title took on a colossal scale very quickly with over a million sales just 3 days after its release on February 8, 2024. It also marks the best start for a PC game published by the Japanese company. To summarize, it’s a 3rd person cooperative game that gives us a bit of the feeling of being in the movie Starship Troopers.
Since May 3, Helldivers 2 has not been talked about for its success. It was on this date that Sony made an announcement that stunned many players: from May 30, it will be necessary create and link a PSN (PlayStation Network) account in order to play the game. At first glance, this seems like a somewhat painful constraint, but nothing more. Except that the PSN is not present everywhere. In total, 177 countries find themselves unable to launch the game. The reactions are not long in coming.
Sony reconsiders its decision, you will not need a PSN account to play Helldivers 2
Unable to make themselves heard otherwise, players rush to the Helldivers 2 Steam page and proceed to “review bombing“. A practice of giving a bad review for something that is generally not related to the game itself. As we write these lines, there are over 271,000 recent reviews classified as “rather negative“, for a total exceeding 552,000 “averages“.
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Faced with this wave, Sony backpedals and announces thata PSN account will not be mandatory in the end. “The May 6 update, which would have required linking Steam and PlayStation Network accounts for new players and for current players starting May 30, will not be rolling out“. Most players are declaring victory and calling for Steam reviews to be changed, but others believe that the damage is done and that Sony just permanently damaged its reputation in the eyes of PC gamers.
Helldivers fans — we’ve heard your feedback on the Helldivers 2 account linking update. The May 6 update, which would have required Steam and PlayStation Network account linking for new players and for current players beginning May 30, will not be moving forward.
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— PlayStation (@PlayStation) May 6, 2024