The biggest wave of protests in the gaming world in recent days was between Helldivers 2 players on PC and Sony, the owner of PlayStation. The company required PC players to create a PSN account to play the game. The players rebelled against this challenge.
Helldivers 2 players declare big victory against Sony
This past weekend the Helldivers 2 community was thrown into chaos with Sony’s announcement that PC players would need to link their game to a PSN account. This situation, which does not seem so bad at first glance, has become a big problem for many PC gamers living in countries where Sony does not yet support PlayStation Network.
This turned out to be a disaster for players who bought the game and lived in countries that Sony does not support. Even if you owned the game, you wouldn’t be able to play it anymore. Moreover, the CEO of Arrowhead Studios, the producer of Helldivers 2, admitted that they knew this requirement would come and decided to launch the game in these countries.
The Helldivers 2 community literally protested against PlayStation and Sony online. Players in solidarity started returning Helldivers 2 and changing their comments on the Steam page from ‘Mostly positive’.
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This impact was rapid and devastating to the game. It received more than 84,000 negative reviews on Steam in one day, and on Sunday the game had an “Extremely Negative” rating.
After several days of review bombardment affecting Helldivers 2, Sony has backed away from its plan to go into effect today. The company announced that PC gamers will no longer need to link a PSN account. Sony stated that it will continue discussions about finding ways to properly control the game on PC.
This was a huge victory for Helldivers 2 and the gaming community in general. Major studios rarely back down from plans their communities might be happy with, but Sony did the right thing by listening to the community here.