Helldivers 2: A huge trend with more than 85 thousand negative reviews in a few hours

the Hell Divers 2 It is one of the most successful games of 2024 and their most successful release overall Play Station On PC so far. The community has loved and embraced the game like no other, with countless memes on social media and thousands of players returning every day.

However, PlayStation’s latest decision came to cause extreme anger among the enthusiast community, who immediately began review bombardment on Steam and complaints on forums and social media.

In particular, PC players bombarded the game with More than 85 thousand negative reviews in less than two days. On Friday, May 3 alone, Steam was flooded with 62,477 negative reviews, while today, Saturday, May 4, there have been another 22,382 negative reviews as of this writing. Somehow, the game’s overall rating has now dropped to “mixed,” while recent reviews on Steam are “mostly negative.”

A huge wave of negative reviews in the last few hours:

A small sample of recent player ratings:

But what was Sony’s decision that caused all this chaos?

Helldivers 2 will require a PlayStation Network account So someone can play the game. In particular, from May 6, all new players will need to link their PSN and Steam accounts to be able to start the game, while existing players will have until June 4.

The official announcement stated the following:

Due to technical issues during the launch of HELLDIVERS 2, we have temporarily allowed the requirement to link Steam accounts to a PlayStation Network account to be optional. This grace period will now end.

Account linking plays a critical role in protecting our players and maintaining the safety and security values ​​of PlayStation and PlayStation Studios games. This is the main way to protect players from grief and abuse by allowing players who engage in such behavior to be banned. It also allows banned players to appeal.

So, starting May 6th, all new HELLDIVERS 2 players on Steam will need to link their Steam account to a PlayStation Network account. Existing players on Steam will start seeing mandatory login requirements starting May 30 and must have linked their Steam and PlayStation Network accounts by June 4.

It is worth noting that after much fanfare, members of the Arrowhead Game Studios development team explained how to do this This was Sony’s decisionThe studio’s CEO urged players to express their complaints directly to her. In fact, a few hours later he also apologized to the community, stressing that he was right to be upset and that the team’s goal was simply to have good matches.

Hello everyone, regarding account linking and related questions.

Please refer https://t.co/dd3XnrzhFK – If you have any further questions, you can contact us using “Contact PlayStation Support” at the bottom of the page.

– Plestedt (@Plestedt) May 3, 2024

Oh, right into the review result 😢🤕

Well, I think it’s justified. Sorry everyone for how this all happened. I hope we can make up for it and restore confidence by providing a great, ongoing gaming experience.

I just want to make great games! pic.twitter.com/EPO7apDUlc

– Plestedt (@Plestedt) May 3, 2024