Helldivers 2 is now racking up a barrage of destructive Steam evaluations 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 stated within the announcement that it is set to finish a “grace interval” throughout which not linking the 2 accounts was non-compulsory attributable to some technical points across the recreation’s launch. The brand new state of play is that this: “as of Might 6, all new Helldivers 2 gamers on Steam will likely be required to attach their Steam account to a PlayStation Community account. Present gamers on Steam will begin to see the necessary login from Might 30 and will likely 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 destructive evaluations from people pissed off with the truth that the linking is turning into necessary – 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 destructive evaluations simply over the course of at this time, Might 3. Extra will in all probability hold pouring in over the weekend except Sony and Arrowhead can discover a option to flip public opinion again of their favour – probably by reversing the choice, or arising with options to the issues and complaints gamers are expressing.
The precise causes these people are objecting to the change fluctuate, with some caring in regards to the impact it may need for gamers in areas PSN does not function in, many citing issues about giving Sony entry to their information, and lots merely not desirous to need to undergo the sudden rigmarole of organising one other account in an effort to entry a recreation they’ve already been taking part in for some time.
As regards to the primary of these, Arrowhead neighborhood supervisor Twinbeard has advised involved gamers within the recreation’s official Discord server that the studio is presently 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.