Sony may need placed on a masterclass concerning self-sabotage with its newest determination, which has Helldivers 2 gamers on PC BIG MAD.
Arrowhead Sport Studios’ Helldivers 2 shortly turned one of many largest releases of the yr, however now, due to a transfer by Sony, it shortly hit a bitter patch with its loyal gamers.
Gamers who unfold democracy by enjoying Helldivers 2 by way of Home windows PC by way of Steam realized immediately that they are going to now want a PlayStation Community account to keep up entry to the sport.
Sony Interactive Leisure, the sport’s writer, relayed the head-scratching information to gamers on the sport’s Steam web page.
“Because of technical points on the launch of Helldivers 2, we allowed the linking necessities for Steam accounts to a PlayStation Community account to be briefly optionally available,” Sony wrote. “That grace interval will now expire. See particulars under on this publish.”
Sony claims account-linking with the PlayStation Community is “vital” to the “security and safety” of Helldivers 2.
“That is our important technique to defend gamers from griefing and abuse by enabling the banning of gamers that have interaction in that kind of behaviour,” Sony stated. “It additionally permits these gamers which have been banned the proper to enchantment.”
New gamers can be required to attach their Steam and PlayStation Community accounts starting Could 6 earlier than they will start enjoying the sport.
Present gamers will see a compulsory log-in starting Could 30. They may have till June 4 to hyperlink their accounts, permitting them to enroll in a free PlayStation Community account in the event that they don’t have already got one.
Players Are BIG MAD
The reactions to Sony’s transfer with Helldivers 2 have been immediate, with the sport’s ranking on Steam taking a success.
One person on X, previously Twitter identified why the choice may very well be probably dangerous saying in a publish, “To people questioning why mandating linking your Sony account to Helldivers 2 on PC is such an enormous deal, gamers in lots of nations, comparable to Belarus, Phillipines and almost the whole lot of Africa don’t have PSN help, so these Helldivers can be defacto banned in a couple of weeks.”
One other person pointed to the previous Xbox unique Sea of Thieves requiring the one thing comparable, and gamers not overeacting.
“Helldivers 2 backlash appears faux. Steam gamers want a Microsoft account to play Sea Of Thieves and nobody bat a watch,” one other X person wrote.
In response to the outrage, Arrowhead Sport Studios CEO Johan Pilestedt advised players to direct their anger at Sony and directed them to PlayStation Help.
Lol, bruh.
There’s a good likelihood that Home windows PC gamers will bully Sony into altering their minds. Till then, you possibly can see extra reactions within the gallery under.
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