Steam representatives are informing some Helldivers 2 gamers that the sport’s writer, Sony, pulled it from sale in areas the place PSN is not obtainable, not Steam itself.
Earlier this month, Sony introduced Helldivers 2 gamers on Steam would quickly be required to link to a PSN account for security and safety. It stated this was at all times going to be a requirement for gamers on PC, however as a consequence of points at launch, linking was made non-compulsory for a interval.
The information was instantly met with intense backlash, which resulted in an inflow of damaging evaluations from Helldivers 2 gamers on Steam. Many requested for a refund as Helldivers 2 was pulled from sale in 177 nations the place PSN is not obtainable, finally resulting in Sony overturning plans to implement obligatory PSN linking for Helldivers 2 gamers on Steam altogether.
In one response, a participant was advised that the sport was pulled from “specific regions” “as decided by the publisher”, and Steam did not know “when the game might be made available in those countries”. Players have been then invited to contact Sony themselves to “share [their] feedback” if that they had any additional questions.
The information ought to quell debates between gamers about whether or not it was Steam or Sony that had delisted the sport in affected areas, however it’s the newest in a bewildering and complicated checklist of missteps by Sony because it scrambles to mitigate the fallout.
As for why three extra areas have been added to the restriction, despite the fact that Sony has reversed the choice to compel gamers to connect with a PSN account? Apparently, that is to do with the same delisting technique for the upcoming Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut, for which Steam has taken the unprecedented motion of auto-refunding gamers who purchased it in nations the place PSN is not obtainable.
According to Helldivers 2 inventive director and Arrowhead CEO, Johan Pilestedt, that was an “administrative error correction”.
“So, to give an update on the three further country restrictions. It was an administrative error correction – they should have been part of the original restriction and it was noticed when the restriction was put in place for Tsushima,” Pilestedt defined on Discord. “This was seen and executed by Valve.
“While it doesn’t look positive, it is not an indication of further restrictions. The conversation on region restrictions is still ongoing and is independent of this.”
Pilestedt completed on saying that he had “no further information” however developer Arrowhead “still wants the game to be available everywhere”.
