Helldivers 2 PC Is Getting Review Bombed Over PSN Requirement
"I just want to make great games".
Another week, another embarrassing gaming episode. Fresh from Stellar Blade’s overblown “censorship” controversy, players on Steam have taken to review bombing one of the year’s biggest breakout hits: Helldivers 2. As we’ve already reported, developer Arrowhead is implementing a PSN login requirement in the coming weeks, which was communicated prior to release but wasn’t enforced due to technical issues. As it noted in a statement, that “grace period will now expire”.
Of course, this isn’t an uncommon practice at all – especially for crossplay titles. For example, this author had to create a 2K Sports account to play TopSpin 2K25 recently, while Microsoft requires you to login to its services to play Minecraft. While it can undoubtedly be an inconvenience – especially when servers go out or websites have poor user experiences – it generally only takes five minutes at most to make an account. It’s worth noting that no money needs to exchanged here: PSN accounts are free.
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