Helldivers 2 is now racking up a barrage of unfavorable Steam critiques following an announcement from Sony that linking your Steam account to a PSN one is ready to develop into a compulsory requirement to play the sport quickly. Clearly, that is one thing an entire load of PC gamers – these being those affected by this – aren’t followers of, therefore the aggressive thumbs downing.
If you happen to’re out of the loop, Sony mentioned within the announcement that it is set to finish a “grace interval” throughout which not linking the 2 accounts was elective attributable to some technical points across the sport’s launch. The brand new state of play is that this: “as of Might 6, all new Helldivers 2 gamers on Steam can be required to attach their Steam account to a PlayStation Community account. Present gamers on Steam will begin to see the obligatory login from Might 30 and can be required to have linked a Steam and PlayStation Community account by June 4.”
Since that bombshell dropped this morning, the sport has been hit by a slew of unfavorable critiques from of us pissed off with the truth that the linking is changing into obligatory – even when it has been listed as requirement on the Helldivers 2’s Steam web page since launch.
As of writing, the sport’s amassed one thing within the area of 8,000 unfavorable critiques simply over the course of at this time, Might 3. Extra will most likely maintain pouring in over the weekend except Sony and Arrowhead can discover a approach to flip public opinion again of their favour – probably by reversing the choice, or developing with options to the issues and complaints gamers are expressing.
The precise causes these of us are objecting to the change differ, with some caring concerning the impact it might need for gamers in areas PSN does not function in, many citing issues about giving Sony entry to their knowledge, and many merely not eager to need to undergo the sudden rigmarole of establishing one other account in an effort to entry a sport they’ve already been taking part in for some time.
Close to the primary of these, Arrowhead neighborhood supervisor Twinbeard has informed involved gamers within the sport’s official Discord server that the studio is at present nonetheless chasing up Sony representatives for more information on what the change will imply for people in locations with out entry to PlayStation Community.
Whereas that is clearly dominating the Helldivers information cycle now, in case you missed it, a contemporary Warbond for the sport – Polar Patriots – was introduced yesterday.
