After making a massive kerfuffle by forcing Helldivers 2 PC gamers to hyperlink their Steam accounts to the PlayStation Community, Sony is backing down. The Could 6 replace will not be launched and, presumably, the sport will not be faraway from sale on Steam in 177 international locations and territories as reported yesterday.
“Helldivers followers — we’ve heard your suggestions on the Helldivers 2 account linking replace,” the corporate said on X. “The Could 6 replace, which might have required Steam and PlayStation Community account linking for brand new gamers and for present gamers starting Could 30, is not going to be transferring ahead.”
In a separate publish, Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt mentioned, “firstly, I’m impressed by the willpower of the @helldivers2 neighborhood and your means to collaborate. Secondly I wish to thank our companions and buddies at @PlayStation for rapidly and successfully making the choice to depart PSN linking elective. We collectively wish to set a brand new customary for what a reside recreation is, and the way builders and neighborhood can assist one another to create one of the best recreation experiences.”
Ouch, proper within the overview rating 😢🤕
Properly, I suppose it is warranted. Sorry everybody for the way this all transpired. I hope we are going to make it up and regain the belief by offering a continued nice recreation expertise.
I simply wish to make nice video games! pic.twitter.com/EPO7apDUlc
— Pilestedt (@Pilestedt) May 3, 2024
After Sony’s announcement that it will require gamers to hyperlink their Steam and PSN accounts, customers pushed again en masse. Thety complained not nearly privateness points, however the truth that the sport was faraway from all international locations with out PSN entry — some 177 in complete, in line with @SteamDB. That resulted in over 200,000 unfavorable critiques on the sport, which led to an apology from Pilestedt. “Ouch, proper within the overview rating,” he wrote.
Earlier this yr, Sony President Hiroki Totoki promised to shrink the hole between PlayStation 5 and PC releases in an effort to develop revenue margins. Helldivers 2 adopted that dictum, releasing to PSN and PC on the identical day, February 8.
Helldivers 2 was purported to require a PSN hyperlink from launch day, however Sony delayed the plan on account of community limitations. Different multiplayer titles embrace Ghost of Tsushima (Legends) additionally supposedly require a PSN account, however it’s not clear if Sony will retain that requirement given the latest unhealthy publicity.
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