Helldivers 2 - CEO Apologizes After Sony Makes A Massive Change!

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0:00 Intro
0:20 Major Order Update
0:56 New Personal Order
2:28 Sony Controversy
3:34 Community Backlash
4:30 Arrowhead CM Responses
7:05 Some Regions Don't Have PSN
11:07 Arrowhead CEO Responses
14:41 Community Poll Results
15:44 Outro

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Helldivers 2 is a third-person shooter developed by Arrowhead Game Studios and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The game is the sequel to 2015's Helldivers, which was a top-down shooter. It released for PlayStation 5 and Windows on 8 February 2024.

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[SwanyPlaysGames]

And let us know what you guys think of the latest drama going on with Sony and Helldivers 2. Is this going to make you refund the game if you're a steam player?



═════════ Timestamps ════════
0:00 Intro
0:20 Major Order Update
0:56 New Personal Order
2:28 Sony Controversy
3:34 Community Backlash
4:30 Arrowhead CM Responses
7:05 Some Regions Don't Have PSN
11:07 Arrowhead CEO Responses
14:41 Community Poll Results
15:44 Outro

[unnero]

Update: People tried registering using a VPN from a country that doesn't have PSN Service. Instantly banned from the game. So yeah, don't try that.

[lordscreamer]

Sony, try not to make a dumbass decision challenge. Difficulty: Impossible

[serolfization]

It is a big deal. Linking to an psn account should totally be optional. Being forced into linking after owning the game way past the refund window is shitty.

[Mugman]

They want us to link steam accounts with Sony for SECURITY reasons? With how often Sony gets hacked, I find this funny

[Thurban]

The problem with review bombing Helldivers is that it doesn't punish Sony directly enough. It punishes Arrowhead, and Arrowhead didn't make this call, Sony did. Down the line, Sony will look at the negative reviews around Helldivers because of their own actions, and then further punish Arrowhead for not living up to expectations, people will be laid off, and the games industry will get that much shittier. This is the cycle. They will pass the buck on this at every single turn.

[GamingWithGeo]

It should also be noted that Sony changed the wording on the Playstation PC Games website FAQ, the same time this announcement was made. Early this morning, and throughout the entire time the game has been available, it stated that a PSN account was optional to play all Playstation PC games. As soon as the announcement was made today, they changed their statement to say that some games would require a PSN account.

[ChampionofHumankind]

I feel sorry for the Arrowhead team. If this gets implemented, I'll lose over 230 hours of gameplay invested in this game. It's disheartening to imagine having a great game and enjoying it with friends, only to suddenly lose access due to region restrictions. It really sucks.


- Helldiver from Philippines.

[SPACE_BOOOOOST]

The weirdest part is that a PSN account was not made a requirement for Destiny 2 despite Sony literally owning Bungie for over a year now. They're betting on HD2's garnered goodwill to hold until this blows over.

[Crazmuss]

"Thats not a big deal, thats why we absolutely force you to do it."

[DarthHadeous]

So what happens to Steam players when Sony inevitably suffers a DDOS attack or data breach?

[zetronman]

A lot of people are completely missing the point. It DOES NOT matter that it says "3rd Party Account Required" on the Steam page. Many games have this but do not actually require a 3rd party account (for example, Rocksmith 2014 off the top of my head). The only way to actually know how intrusive 3rd party integration is is to actually try playing the game and then request a refund if the integration is too burdensome (e.g. can't play the game without creating an account). When players bought the game, looked around, didn't see the PSN requirement and figured that it was for some enhanced cross play friend list stuff that wouldn't impact a PC player without console friends. Why would anyone dig further to see if there were plans to change this? That is an entirely unreasonable burden to place on the consumer when they have a 2-hour window to refund specifically to discover issues like this.

[genultz]

Was good serving while it lasted brothers, but alas my grave awaits. I was one of the people who lost almost $1, 000 on one of the data breaches of Sony only to be offered a $20 game in compensation, so I will NEVER link anything of mine to Sony ever again.

[dradedeadeye]

13:12 "never heard of a game being taken a way for no other reason"

Ubisoft: Allow me to introduce myself *takes away your crew*

[zillastudios]

Spitz really needs to get someone else in the role
Dude can not handle anything with blowing a fuse or just giving false info

[The-Blue-Knight]

This is like the "don't like it don't buy it" post

"If you don't like it leave a negative review " and the fans did lmao

[kirksneckchop]

A problem is that it's not simply "making a PSN account, " but you have to also LINK IT to your Steam account. It gives Sony access to all your Steam data. They should be paying ME for that, not the other way around.

[eloinpuga]

This game was succesful because it represented everything that was wrong with big companies. We CANNOT let this slide.

[Defixio.]

nobody on steam wants to touch PSN with a 10 foot pole.

[dravengayheart]

I remember when video game didn't come with user agreements ❤ You bought it, you owned it. Simple.