Sony lately introduced that Helldivers 2 gamers on Steam will quickly have to hyperlink to a PlayStation Community. Whereas this was the case at launch, the writer made it optionally available resulting from technical issues. Nonetheless, many PC gamers are sad with the choice to convey it again, flooding the sport’s Steam web page with adverse evaluations.
Helldivers 2 will get over 17,500 adverse evaluations 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 a large spike in adverse evaluations on Friday. As of this writing, over 17,500 Steam customers have posted a adverse evaluate in a single day. Whereas the sport’s total Score continues to be “Largely Optimistic,” its latest evaluations 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 a number of others made comparable jokes.
One other reads, “I purchased this recreation 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 have the ability to leap in in any respect after the brand new rule goes into impact. “As somebody who lives in Estonia,” writes one Reddit consumer, “I can’t even make a PSN account. So [the] recreation 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 most important solution to shield gamers from griefing and abuse by enabling the banning of gamers that have interaction in that sort of behaviour,” writes Sony. “It additionally permits these gamers which were banned the precise to enchantment.” Nonetheless, many gamers imagine the rule is motivated by monetary acquire fairly 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.