“Gamers who made Steam purchases of Helldivers 2 at the moment are, months after the actual fact, being instructed by Sony that their video games will probably be ineffective except linked to a PSN account,” writes longtime Slashdot reader Baron_Yam. From a report: Writer Sony Interactive Leisure introduced at the moment that Helldivers 2 gamers on Steam will quickly be required to hyperlink their in-game profiles to a PlayStation Community account — a function that was elective at launch resulting from “technical points” — or danger dropping entry to the sport. SIE defined that account linking permits gamers to benefit from “security and safety” supplied by PlayStation, as it may well extra simply shield people from “griefing and abuse by enabling the banning of gamers that have interaction in that kind of habits.”
Many Steam gamers have not responded properly to the information. As of the time of writing, over 2,500 detrimental person evaluations have been submitted to the sport’s storefront web page at the moment, blemishing an in any other case spotless “Very Optimistic” ranking. Some evaluations cite knowledge 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 don’t seem to be but certain what these rule adjustments meant for gamers in areas with out PSN entry, which may very well be one other issue contributing to the detrimental downturn.