When you’ve been having fun with Helldivers 2 completely on PC since launch, whether or not as a result of choice or since you don’t personal a PlayStation 5, Sony is now demanding you get a PlayStation Community account anyway. When you don’t, then you possibly can’t play the sport anymore.
In a Might 3 information publish on Steam, Sony has alerted PC gamers that PlayStation accounts will develop into necessary for brand-new gamers ranging from Monday, Might 6. The necessary log-in received’t seem for present PC gamers till Might 30, after which they’ll have till June 4 to hyperlink their accounts or be pressured to cease taking part in.
It’s possible you’ll be questioning why Sony is imposing this variation roughly three months after Helldivers 2‘s launch, however this was all the time speculated to be the plan. Again in February, the launch interval suffered from its fair proportion of technical points, partially due to how many individuals have been making an attempt to play Helldivers 2. As such, Sony determined to quickly make linking Steam and PlayStation accounts non-compulsory.
“Account linking performs a essential function in defending our gamers and upholding the values of security and safety supplied on PlayStation and PlayStation Studios video games,” explains Sony. “That is our primary method to shield gamers from griefing and abuse by enabling the banning of gamers that interact in that kind of habits. It additionally permits these gamers which were banned the appropriate to attraction.”
Whereas signing up for a PlayStation account is totally free, loads of PC gamers will not be pleased with the sudden change. Actually, preliminary responses on Steam and below the official Helldivers 2 Twitter account present individuals are so offended about it, that they’re threatening to stop the sport totally. Some frustration is comprehensible once you don’t have a PlayStation console, that means you’re by no means going to make use of the account for the rest. What’s worse is there are some international locations you possibly can’t make a PlayStation account in, as highlighted by this Reddit publish. So, there are going to be a bunch of those who merely received’t get to play Helldivers 2 anymore. Affected gamers may use a VPN to get round this, however you will get banned from the sport for pretending to be overseas.
Might this mark the tip of Helldivers 2‘s months-long recognition? That’s not one thing that may be simply predicted. Whereas I don’t doubt some gamers will drop off, willingly or in any other case, the complaints might be a part of a loud minority, with most gamers merely not caring about needing to get a PlayStation account. Nonetheless, Sony clearly anticipated a point of backlash contemplating it acknowledges this “could also be an inconvenience to a few of you.” On the very least, it ought to give you another answer so those that actually can’t get PlayStation accounts can maintain taking part in Helldivers 2.
