Sony’s decision this week to require it Helldivers 2 PC gamers on Steam linking their game to a PlayStation Network account has some big implications. Valve has now removed the popular sci-fi third-person shooter from developer Arrowhead Game Studios for sale in 177 countries.
Helldivers 2 can no longer be purchased in 177 countries where PSN is not available (but some are still available like the Baltics).
This game has now received 215,000 negative reviews. pic.twitter.com/jJrb9QFafR
– SteamDB (@SteamDB) May 5, 2024
This development was revealed by SteamDB In a post from X (formerly Twitter) today. The reason is that players in those countries can’t currently log into a PSN account because Sony doesn’t support the online gaming network in those places. As we reported earlier, a new Helldivers 2 Players will need to create a PSN account and link it to their Steam account to play the game starting Monday, May 6.
On Friday, Arrowhead Game Studios CEO Johan Pilestedt posted on his X account that the developer is in discussions “with our partners at PlayStation and trying to find a solution” to this current issue.
Is this the moment to tweet “What? You don’t have phones?” 😵💫
On a serious note: we are talking about solutions with PlayStation, especially for non-PSN countries. Your voice is heard, and I do everything I can to speak on behalf of the community – but I don’t have the final…
— Pilestedt (@Pilestedt) May 5, 2024
B New post on X todayHe reiterated that they are in talks with Sony about this issue, stating “Your voice is heard, and I’m doing everything I can to speak for the community – but I don’t have the last word.”
Filstadt also took some of the responsibility for this situation In the continuation post Xdetermines
I have a role. I’m not innocent in any of this – it was my decision to disable account linking at launch so players could play the game. I didn’t make sure players were aware of the requirement and we didn’t talk about it enough. We knew about 6 months before launch that it would be a must for online PS titles.
Meanwhile, Helldivers 2 continues to receive A bombed review on his Steam pageWith players expressing their negative comments about the PSN link requirement.