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, via developer Arrowhead, determined that every one PC gamers would want to create a PlayStation Community account and hyperlink it to their Steam account in the event that they need to proceed enjoying.
PSN account-linking has been an choice because the launch of the sport, however instantly making it a requirement rubbed folks the fallacious means, not least as a result of many merely can’t create a PSN account, because the service is just not accessible the place they reside. Sony was so dedicated to the transfer, it needed to pull the sport off sale from greater than 170 international locations the place PSN is just not accessible.
For sure, the backlash has been huge, sending the sport’s Steam evaluation rating tumbling and inflicting an overwhelmingly detrimental response in all places. Whereas many gamers had been rightly fuming, some turned their consideration to the opposite main Sony PC launch on the horizon: Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Minimize.
Ghost of Tsushima’s long-awaited launch on PC is just a few days away, dropping on Could 17 throughout Steam and the Epic Video games Retailer. That is all effectively and good, till you do not forget that Tsushima is Sony’s first PC sport to implement the PlayStation overlay instantly 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 have to 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 web mode’s assist 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 state of affairs that brought on all this drama seems to have been resolved. Earlier as we speak, Sony walked again the PSN account linking requirement for Helldivers 2, so hopefully it will educate the writer to have somewhat extra tact sooner or later.
Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Minimize launches Could 16 on PC.