Amid controversy over Sony’s PlayStation Community (PSN) requirement for Helldivers 2 on Steam, the sport has been delisted from 177 territories. Steam additionally seems to be issuing refunds previous the 2-hour restrict. With a month to go till PSN is required, certainly one of 2024’s largest shock video games continues to spiral right into a dying drop.
Beginning subsequent month, all Helldivers 2 gamers on Steam should hyperlink a PSN account to play the sport. This hasn’t gone over effectively, as mass overview bombing utterly dropped the co-op recreation’s Steam rating, with gamers scrambling to get refunds. The hysteria comes from gamers not wanting to surrender private data after shopping for the sport, whereas these in nations that aren’t PSN-enabled fear they’ll be denied entry, particularly after Sony’s recommendation breaks its personal phrases of service.
Now, Helldivers 2 has been utterly delisted from 177 territories on Steam, which means gamers in these nations can’t even purchase the sport. We additionally don’t know who delisted the sport on Steam, be it Arrowhead or Sony.
I’ve reached out to Arrowhead and Sony for clarification on the delistings and can replace this story if I get a response.
Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt has additionally been requested what to do if PSN isn’t supported in a participant’s nation, together with his response a short “I don’t know.” All of this might change earlier than the Helldivers 2 account linking deadline passes on Tuesday June 4, however the overview bombing and destruction of the sport’s constructive reception is already right here.
Steam refunds for Helldivers 2 additionally seem like going by means of, regardless of Valve’s regular coverage {that a} recreation must have been performed for lower than two hours. One submit on the Helldivers subreddit reveals a playtime of over 97 hours with a profitable refund, suggesting that Valve is giving refunds to all who request one.
All of the goodwill for Helldivers 2 has been misplaced in a matter of days. Sony’s PSN requirement hasn’t even come into power, and we’ve already seen round 230,000 adverse Steam critiques since Friday Might 3.
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