Arrowhead Sport Studio’s CEO is praising the neighborhood for voicing their displeasure within the PSN account Helldivers 2 debacle. On the final minute, Sony pulled plans to require Steam customers hyperlink their Steam profiles to their PSN accounts to proceed enjoying the shooter. The huge quantity of backlash stems largely from individuals who don’t need PSN accounts or those that don’t reside in a area the place the service is offered.
On Twitter, CEO Johan Pilestedt mentioned he was “impressed” by the “willpower of the Helldivers 2 neighborhood” as effectively the power to collaborate. Whereas the act itself of linking Steam and PSN will nonetheless proceed to be an optionally available function, it gained’t fall as a requirement, a minimum of not with Arrowhead’s massive hit.
Frankly, we’re not that stunned, the PC neighborhood is what made Helldivers 2 so well-liked, to start with. With out the PC launch, it wouldn’t even breach the highest 20, a lot much less the highest seven highest-grossing PlayStation-published video games.
Firstly, I’m impressed by the willpower of the @helldivers2 neighborhood and your potential to collaborate. Secondly I need to thank our companions and associates at @PlayStation for shortly and successfully making the choice to depart PSN linking optionally available. We collectively need to set a brand new…
— Pilestedt (@Pilestedt) Might 6, 2024
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