Helldivers 2 has had a hell of some days. Sony introduced final week that going ahead, PC gamers would wish to hyperlink their Steam accounts with PlayStation Community so as to have the ability to play Arrowhead Sport Studios’ mega hit, and the choice was met with instantaneous, widespread backlash. During the last three days, the co-op shooter has collected over 200,000 consumer opinions on Steam, with its Current Evaluations common plummeting to Overwhelmingly Detrimental. That has additionally been accompanied by many customers getting refunds issued for his or her buy of the sport.
In truth, Steam appears to be disregarding its personal refund insurance policies with Helldivers 2. Normally, gamers are allowed to get refunds for his or her video games with no questions requested so long as their play time in that recreation is beneath two hours. Many Helldivers 2 gamers have, nevertheless, reported getting their refunds accredited with play instances a lot larger than two hours, starting from wherever between almost 100 hours to as excessive as over 200 hours.
For a lot of, in fact, the problem is that with PlayStation Community not being out there in a number of international locations around the globe, due to its new account linking necessities, the sport turns into just about inaccessible in these areas. Curiously sufficient, Sony has additionally taken the sport off sale in these international locations.
Arrowhead Sport Studios CEO and Helldivers 2 director Johan Pilestedt has stated the developer is presently “speaking options with PlayStation, particularly for non-PSN international locations.” Learn extra on that by way of right here.
