The developer of Helldivers 2 has apologised after followers barraged the sport’s Steam web page with unfavorable opinions over information of a compulsory PlayStation Account requirement.
On Friday, writer Sony introduced that, from May 30, the Steam model of Helldivers would require all gamers to check in with a PlayStation Network account.
This requirement was briefly current when Helldivers 2 launched, nevertheless it was eliminated after the sport’s enormous early success led to technical points.
Many PC gamers, significantly these in nations the place the service shouldn’t be out there, are clearly not proud of the return of the PSN requirement.
At the time of publication, Helldivers 2 has been hit with over 100,000 unfavorable opinions on Steam in lower than 48 hours, in accordance with Steamdb, which accounts for a 3rd of all of its person opinions to this point.
The evaluation bombing triggered a response from developer Arrowhead, whose CEO Johan Pilestedt apologised on X.
“Ouch, proper within the evaluation rating,” he wrote. “Well, I assume it’s warranted. Sorry everybody for the way this all transpired. I hope we are going to make it up and regain the belief by offering a continued nice sport expertise. I simply need to make nice video games!”
Announcing the return of necessary PSN account linking on Friday, Sony claimed the transfer was designed to guard gamers.
“Account linking performs a vital function in defending our gamers and upholding the values of security and safety offered on PlayStation and PlayStation Studios video games,” it stated.
“This is our primary solution to defend gamers from griefing and abuse by enabling the banning of gamers that interact in that sort of behaviour. It additionally permits these gamers which were banned the best to attraction.”
According to analysis agency Circana, which this week revealed its US video games trade gross sales report for March, Helldivers 2 already ranks seventh in lifetime US greenback gross sales for Sony revealed video games after simply two months of availability.
