It is not available for purchase in 177 countries and Steam accepts returns.

In recent days, Helldivers 2 has been waging its own war outside the virtual field, as the title Arrowhead Game Studios All attention is paid to him. After the announcement of the requirement to link Steam accounts with PSN accounts in order to be able to play, a real avalanche of negative reviews accumulated on the Valve store listing.

Just over 48 hours after the study was announced, they more than 245,000 opposing reviews For those video games that have been published, this is a virtually unprecedented milestone. That’s why the company is trying to take action, and Spitz, the head of community on the official Discord, noted that “the response from our development teams has been universally negative, and we are looking for better options,” referring to the PSN login request.

He assures that “discussions are ongoing” and clarified that there is a clear disagreement between Sony and Arrowhead, indicating that the former is responsible for this measure. However, the problem grew into a much more serious situation as a large number of countries do not have PSN supportwhich will deprive owners of opportunities helldivers 2 in these regions to be able to play.

“It’s not our intention to force people to violate Sony’s Terms of Service or simply not play the game if they’re in a restricted region,” Spitz explains. However, according to SteamDB, there are already 177 countries where it is impossible to buy a multiplayer shooter, for example, Serbia, Albania or Japan.

The seriousness of the matter means that S.the team accepts player returns, even if they exceed the two hour play limit. On Reddit we can find examples of users with 97 hours of footage, over 40 hours and a full refund. For his part, Spitz assures that this is painful bleeding, but it will help in the future.

“Players expressing their dissatisfaction through reviews, refunds, etc. gives us more weight in our discussion with Sony. It’s painful to see the game’s popularity suffer in the ratings, but discussions continue and we’re on the players’ side on this. fight.

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