Phew! What a time it’s been forHelldivers 2. More specifically for publisher Sony. If you’re not caught up with what’s been going on, basically Arrowhead Games’ third-person shooter became the subject of severe review bombing when, last week, Sony announced it was going to forcePC users to link up a PlayStation Network accountin order to play the game.
Helldivers fans — we’ve heard your feedback on the Helldivers 2 account linking update. The May 6 update, which would have required Steam and PlayStation Network account linking for new players and for current players beginning May 30, will not be moving forward.We’re still…
Fortunately, Sony saw the error of its ways and hasbackpedaled on the idea. Within a day, things have managed to take a turn for the better, and it looks like the game’s good standing is being restored.
Democracy wins!
At the time of writing,Helldivers 2is showing a pretty respectable “Mixed” onSteamfor recent reviews and “Mostly Positive” overall. A lot of the comments from users are celebrating the victory, as many beam over Sony having to kowtow to what the fans actually want, which in this case was not to have a PSN account forced on them.
Whether you likeHelldivers 2or not, you can’t say it isn’t impressive to see just how quickly things can turn. If you blinked over the last few days, you could easily have missed what was going on.
It’s worth saying at this point thatArrowhead’s CEO did offer an apologyregarding the controversy. However, most would probably agree that this was likely a publisher decision rather than something the studio was pushing for.
Despite over 154,000 negative reviews over the last few days – according toSteamDB– we’re starting to see scores go up again.
