Sony does a U-turn with Helldivers 2 after backlash. Steam reviews are positive again.

Glad they saw sense. Read it here.

Helldivers 2 fans commence "operation clean-up" on Steam reviews after Sony walks back controversial PSN mandate: "Real-life Major Order complete"

Helldivers 2's Steam reviews are starting to rebound following Sony's decision to reverse a controversial change requiring PC players to link their Steam accounts to an active PlayStation Network one.

At the time of writing, recent reviews score as 'Mixed' while overall we're at 'Mostly Positive.' While a 'Mixed' score isn't totally ideal for developer Arrowhead or publisher Sony, the reviews are trending nicely upwards.

As you can see from a graph supplied on Helldivers 2's Steam page, the managed democracy spreader received over 145,000 negative reviews around the time it was revealed that PC players would need an active PlayStation Network account to keep playing. Following said pressure, Sony relented on the change and reviews have started to recover as a result.

"Operation clean-up is in full swing, and with the PSN requirement stopped, I can once again highly recommend this," one review now reads. Another says, "Real-life major order complete! Helldivers, we have succeeded in pushing Sony back and claiming back our game!"

The once-proposed change proved controversial, partly as you'd need an active PlayStation account to play regardless if you had a console or not, but also as PSN and Steam aren't totally aligned in what region they're available in – as such, Helldivers 2 faced being pulled from Steam in in over 170 countries.

It was a move that appeared divisive at developer Arrowhead before it was overturned, with several comments from developers remaining fans that the decision was Sony's and not theirs. When that decision was overturned, CEO Johan Pilstedt said he was "impressed by the willpower of the community" after Sony overturned the decision.

While Helldivers 2 has had a difficult week, the co-op shooter's Steam review score offers hope that no bridge has been too badly burnt. Now, then, we can turn to the current Helldivers 2 Major Order.

How did you miss the other threads on this topic?🤔

While I do agree we do have 3 Helldivers 2 threads as of now, but this is the kind of thread with this of info is slightly more than enough to warrant an actual topic for this discussion. That said, I've already stated my opinion in the other threads.

We'll let this one stay cause I don't trust that alt thread anyway!

@davillain: @Pedro: Sorry guys I totally missed the other thread. Apologies :(

@worlds_apart: Actually, the 3rd thread is gone due to the other guy was just an alt and so with that, this thread is staying open.

Helldivers reviews went up, then down, then up, then down, then did a looping.

Reminds me of riding a rollercoaster:

Don't get why people review bomb games if you don't like it don't play it.

Pity, Sony caved in so quickly. Would ve loved to see the PC babies tantrums to continue.

Huh? Hell Divers 2 aside, your comment confounds me. If you don't like a game, why wouldn't you write a bad review? Your post makes it seem like that the only reviews that people should do are positive ones. That's not fair to the gaming community at large who want to take other peoples views into consideration before purchasing a game.

See gamers you do have a voice. Nice to see. 👍

Yeah, continuing blocking off more than a hundred countries of paying customers from playing the game at all would've been so funny. PC gamers are such babies to even care about that. They should just bend over and take it like mature console gamers.

@Litchie: The one you speak to is a broken one so forgive his mental ways.😂

It’s bizarre seeing the Sony fanboys raging about this on Twitter/X when this decision has absolutely zero effect on them. In fact having more PC gamers playing the game gives them more people to play with. So very bizarre.

You have seen some of the rabbids on here. They rage about everything and act as if they have been personally attacked.😂

@Pedro: That is very true indeed. 😅