Didn't think this was real at first read. But holy fudge it it is.. Game is now being review bombed on steam. Here's an additional article from Gaming on Linux:

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/05/helldivers-2-will-soon-actually-require-a-playstation-network-account/

[–] [email protected] 91 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

The review chart is hilarious.

review chart

Doubt Sony or the developer expected this would happen.

Edit [May/04, 14h UTC]: Updated chart. More than 70k negative reviews already.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 6 months ago (2 children)

thanks for sharing the chart! I doubt they Sony takes a hint from this too, but it certainly shows other developers and publishers something about signing contracts with Sony...

[–] [email protected] 34 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Sony should take the hint. Many of these reviews are from people who can’t even get a PSN account in their country. So Steam is about to be flooded with requests for refunds due to the game not being available to some users. I already asked for a refund because of this.

It’s unlikely steam will be able to tell people to just pound sand, so Valve will likely step in at some point and then Sony will be in trouble with the platform itself.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

Yup. I have a feeling Valve will like usual be on the side of their customers.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

as long as still they make money from it, and people already paid for the game, no they will not.

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