Helldivers 2 can no longer be purchased on Steam in many countries due to growing negative reviews

When Helldivers II went on sale there technical problems this led to Sony defer obligation join a Steam account with a PlayStation Network account (PSN) to be able to protect Supertierra, but Sony announced this week that the moratorium has ended and that new players had to meet this requirement starting May 6 and those who already own the game must link their account to their PlayStation account. until June 4.

This measure, in addition to causing wrath of the PC gaming community,

In countries without PSN, this had other consequences. Total as shown on the page SteamDBwhich uses the Steam database, this affects countries including a good part of the African continent, but there are from all continents: North Macedonia, Moldova, Monaco, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Philippines, Cuba, Puerto Rico… more than 100 states in total.

Steam will refund your money

This is reported on X’s social network profile. addiversmediaSteam refund players who bought it in these countries, although this is much higher set two hours of play as a limit on reimbursement.

Steam refunds are working!!

Here’s the good guy Steam, adopting simple and clear logic.#Helldivers2 pic.twitter.com/IajnG0udjO— Helldivers 2 Media (@Helldiversmedia) May 4, 2024

More feedback from players

Meanwhile, Criticism intensifies on Steam from players in the form of negative reviews of the game since the announcement of the obligation to link a Steam account to a PlayStation account.

As of this writing, on the morning of May 5th, the overall estimate is more than 460,000 reviews the game was “varied”, but the last 186,461 were mostly negative and it was they who caused the change in assessment Helldivers II. Some of the latest reports have come from players in countries where the game is no longer available.

Protect from toxicity and abuse

When he explained that the connection had been planned from the beginning and that it was now necessary, Sony said the measure “is one of the fundamental ways we must protect players from toxicity and abuse, because it allows us fade away users who behave in this manner. This also allows players who have been suspended to have right of appeal.”