It’s been a curler coaster of every week for Sony Interactive Leisure, all due to the unforced error made with Helldivers 2. Out of the blue, the corporate, by means of developer Arrowhead, determined that every one PC gamers would wish to create a PlayStation Community account and hyperlink it to their Steam account in the event that they wish to proceed enjoying.
PSN account-linking has been an possibility because the launch of the sport, however abruptly making it a requirement rubbed folks the mistaken manner, not least as a result of many merely can not create a PSN account, because the service will not be obtainable the place they dwell. Sony was so dedicated to the transfer, it needed to pull the sport off sale from greater than 170 nations the place PSN will not be obtainable.
Evidently, the backlash has been large, sending the sport’s Steam evaluate rating tumbling and inflicting an overwhelmingly destructive response all over the place. Whereas many gamers have been rightly fuming, some turned their consideration to the opposite main Sony PC launch on the horizon: Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Lower.
Ghost of Tsushima’s long-awaited launch on PC is just a few days away, dropping on Might 17 throughout Steam and the Epic Video games Retailer. That is all nicely and good, till you keep in mind that Tsushima is Sony’s first PC sport to implement the PlayStation overlay immediately into the sport, successfully turning your PC right into a PS5. This allows you to earn Trophies, and it’s required for the sport’s Legends on-line mode, which helps cross-play with PS4/5.
Seemingly spooked by the Helldivers 2 backlash, gamers began questioning whether or not the identical PSN account linking coverage would additionally have an effect on Tsushima, particularly since this can be a primarily single-player sport. In response to followers, developer Sucker Punch clarified on Twitter that whereas you’ll must hyperlink your Steam and PSN accounts to play Legends on-line mode (and entry the flowery new overlay), the single-player mode has no such requirement.
Requiring PSN account linking to play Legends is comprehensible, particularly given the net mode’s help for cross-play. On the very least, that is being made clear forward of launch, and never months after gamers purchased the sport.
The excellent news continues, too, as a result of the Helldivers 2 scenario that triggered all this drama seems to have been resolved. Earlier at the moment, Sony walked again the PSN account linking requirement for Helldivers 2, so hopefully it will train the writer to have slightly extra tact sooner or later.
Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Lower launches Might 16 on PC.
