Helldivers 2 Steam ratings hit rock bottom as PSN account linking causes millions to lose access

Over the last three days, Helldivers 2‘s Steam ratings have reached an all-time low at ‘overwhelmingly negative,’ drawing harsh criticism from the players over the requirement to connect their PSN account to their Steam account or lose the ability to play the game in the future.

“The greater problem is PSN being ancient and letting you do accounts only in specific countries, not global ones. It’s a huge problem,” vented one user on Reddit. “They started advertising it in several places as specifically not needing one, the login made it seem like you would never really need one, and they sold it in regions where it wasn’t even possible to make one,” expressed another, feeling that Helldivers 2 made it “optional” to have that PSN linking and they’ve purposefully misled the gamers.