“Gamers who made Steam purchases of Helldivers 2 at the moment are, months after the very fact, being advised by Sony that their video games can be ineffective except linked to a PSN account,” writes longtime Slashdot reader Baron_Yam. From a report: Writer Sony Interactive Leisure announced today that Helldivers 2 gamers on Steam will quickly be required to hyperlink their in-game profiles to a PlayStation Community account — a characteristic that was non-compulsory at launch as a consequence of “technical points” — or threat shedding entry to the sport. SIE defined that account linking permits gamers to reap the benefits of “security and safety” supplied by PlayStation, as it may possibly extra simply defend of us from “griefing and abuse by enabling the banning of gamers that interact in that kind of habits.”
Many Steam gamers have not responded properly to the information. As of the time of writing, over 2,500 unfavorable consumer opinions have been submitted to the sport’s storefront web page immediately, blemishing an in any other case spotless “Very Constructive” ranking. Some opinions cite information harvesting and safety considerations as potential worries. Others level to the truth that Sony waited months after launch to make account linking necessary. How this impacts gamers in areas that do not have entry to the PlayStation Community is a much bigger concern, although. Within the Helldivers 2 Discord, neighborhood supervisor Thomas ‘Twinbeard’ Petersson stated they are not but positive what these rule modifications meant for gamers in areas with out PSN entry, which may very well be one other issue contributing to the unfavorable downturn.