Helldivers 2 was a very successful game up until a few weeks ago in an ongoing situation. Helldivers 2 was always available through Steam with no issue up until Sony decided to destroy any good publicity and reputation this game has. Sony decided to force players to link their accounts to play the game. For some this isn’t a big deal, but the issue comes in when there are several countries where even getting a PSN account is difficult. As a result Steam has taken the game down in various countries. This wouldn’t be so bad but after everyone started protesting the game Sony outright lied and said they reconsidered the option to force account links, but just didn’t. It should be noted the developers and creators of Helldivers 2 are not happy over this change as well as the loss of thousands of players. They weren’t to blame for this.

Now Sony doing this is no surprise to anyone they have infamously failed in the past with cross play. Call of Duty used to be limited to just other Playstation players. While we had similar situations there was few times when the situation resulted in a loss of revenue this large. Sony has been toxic to players before, but rarely has that had an effect this large to the point people who own the game can’t access it or people can’t play it. All of this has caused the future of this game to look dim, but if Sony does actually come through and allow this game a chance it could be one of the best games this year.