Sony just lately introduced that Helldivers 2 gamers on Steam will quickly must hyperlink to a PlayStation Community. Whereas this was the case at launch, the writer made it non-compulsory as a consequence of technical issues. Nonetheless, many PC gamers are sad with the choice to convey it again, flooding the sport’s Steam web page with adverse opinions.
Helldivers 2 will get over 17,500 adverse opinions in in the future
Sony introduced Helldivers 2’s PlayStation Community requirement in a Steam Submit at 8:33 PM Japanese/5:33 PM Pacific on Thursday, Might 2. This triggered an enormous spike in adverse opinions on Friday. As of this writing, over 17,500 Steam customers have posted a adverse evaluate in a single day. Whereas the sport’s general Ranking remains to be “Largely Optimistic,” its current opinions have already Dropped to “Combined.”
“The Automatons have taken over Sony headquarters,” reads the headline of 1 Steam evaluate crucial of the change. Over 11,700 customers rated it useful, and fairly just a few others made comparable jokes.
One other reads, “I purchased this sport on Steam with the intention of enjoying it on Steam. I don’t now, nor will I ever have a PlayStation account. Forcing gamers to hyperlink or be banned from the sport months after launch is unacceptable.”
There are additionally Helldivers who received’t be capable of soar in in any respect after the brand new rule goes into impact. “As somebody who lives in Estonia,” writes one Reddit user, “I can’t even make a PSN account. So [the] sport technically is blocked for me.”
Sony claims that requiring a PlayStation Community for Helldivers 2 makes it simpler to police abusive gamers. “That is our principal method to shield gamers from griefing and abuse by enabling the banning of gamers that interact in that sort of behaviour,” writes Sony. “It additionally permits these gamers which have been banned the best to enchantment.” Nonetheless, many gamers imagine the rule is motivated by monetary acquire relatively than safety.
The requirement goes into impact on Might 6, although present Helldivers 2 gamers received’t see a compulsory login till Might 30. They then have till June 4 to hyperlink their Steam and PlayStation Community accounts.