Helldivers being flooded with negative steam reviews...

[Coal Man]

How is it not a real world difference?

The game is delisted in nearly 200 countries
Refunds are being given to people who have played for 100s of hours
The CEO of the Arrowhead is saying to stop playing and leave a negative review
Sony receiving immensely negative press


Please tell me how that isn't effecting Sony?


Yeah you just be right tho, this makes no difference to Sony at all LMAO

Like I said in the ghosts of sushi thread, let's see how the steam sales do if this Helldivers situation is still like this when it launches.

Their concurrent players on steam is like 115k. Things will cool off after PC protestors finish throw their tantrums and find the next thing to be outraged about.

[freeburn]

Their concurrent players on steam is like 115k. Things will cool off after PC protestors finish throw their tantrums and find the next thing to be outraged about.

Perhaps, but that doesn't negate the fact that Sony is feeling real world effects from all of this currently.

I don't see how beary can say no difference was made when it's been delisted for sale in 170 countries and refunds are being given. That's not just nothing.

[M0nsterB0y]

Their concurrent players on steam is like 115k. Things will cool off after PC protestors finish throw their tantrums and find the next thing to be outraged about.

How many concurrent players does it have on PS?

GoT probably won't suffer the same chitstorm because the devs are communicating it well.

https://www.eurogamer.net/ghost-of-t...-a-psn-account

Meanwhile, Arrowhead CEO just admitted that he also shares blame because they didn't communicate the situation well and reckons that they should have talked about it more leading up to the thing

[CrimsonSteel]

Does every dev company gotta do some shady chit like this? If it isn't getting Marxist consultants Sweet Baby to **** their games up, it is requiring people sign up for a Sony account, even if they have no Playstation, just to play the game all to...accommodate easier bannings?

The fuk is happening? "We need to ban the toxic people!" People talk chit in video games, grow the fuk up and stop being little pussies. Death threats in a video game, yet the goal is to kill each other in the game...but don't mention the baseline functions of the game, that might be construed as a threat!

This generation of devs are weak, frail, pathetic.

[FallOutBrah]

nintendo and sony are fighting for who can be the most anti-consumer it seems these days.

[Coal Man]

Perhaps, but that doesn't negate the fact that Sony is feeling real world effects from all of this currently.

I don't see how beary can say no difference was made when it's been delisted for sale in 170 countries and refunds are being given. That's not just nothing.

Just to correct one major thing, there are 195 countries and the population isn't evenly distributed among them. Even steam is not available in many areas. The places Sony delisted wouldn't account for losing the majority of players that offer steam so those 120 or so delisted countries will account for a very small percentage of the overall player base.

The vast majority of HD2 players on Steam will still be able to buy the game.

[Coal Man]

Does every dev company gotta do some shady chit like this? If it isn't getting Marxist consultants Sweet Baby to **** their games up, it is requiring people sign up for a Sony account, even if they have no Playstation, just to play the game all to...accommodate easier bannings?

The fuk is happening? "We need to ban the toxic people!" People talk chit in video games, grow the fuk up and stop being little pussies. Death threats in a video game, yet the goal is to kill each other in the game...but don't mention the baseline functions of the game, that might be construed as a threat!

This generation of devs are weak, frail, pathetic.

Can you link me to your complaints about Microsoft, Rockstar and Battle net doing this? I'd like to see them as I'm sure you're not just biased against Sony.

[LogicalLifts]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/ste...rement.862491/

For the 1 confirmed refund I see dozens and dozens of posts saying their refund was denied.

May try it myself. Game just isn't that good imho.

[M0nsterB0y]

Helldivers 2 CEO: idk



Man, the lulz that I've had with this drama. It's so good.

[ScramFranklin]

https://x.com/PlayStation/status/1787331667616829929

[David275]

I'm not sure why Sony even releases their games on PC in the first place. They must be missing out on a lot of console sales because people will just play on PC instead of buying a Playstation.

[Coal Man]

I'm not sure why Sony even releases their games on PC in the first place. They must be missing out on a lot of console sales because people will just play on PC instead of buying a Playstation.

Lol they got review bombed, like 200k negative reviews so they overturned the decision just now.

Cant wait to see what happens with their next online steam game.

[bongowongo]

Helldivers 2 CEO: idk



Man, the lulz that I've had with this drama. It's so good.

JFC lmfao.


Someone please make sure this guy doesn't get unsupervised access to twitter.

[DASBUNKER]

https://x.com/PlayStation/status/1787331667616829929

glad to see they backpedaled on this, mainly for the developing team and people who already got the game

will probably get it soon

[rocketfish]

yup sony just overturned the decision

to me it wasn't a big deal because like 99% of the users crying about it live in a country supported by it acting like its gonna kill them to spend 3 minutes on creating an account

obviously everyone whose country did not support PSN should be given refunds or region based PSN not required pass.


it just sucks for arrowhead whose name was dragged through the mud and their game (awesome game btw) because of Sony's requirement

[OneLegSquats]

People still play this one trick pony?

[M0nsterB0y]

For those who thought that gamers making their voices heard are just being cry babies. Nah, it makes a difference.

[BearyManilowe]

For those who thought that gamers making their voices heard are just being cry babies. Nah, it makes a difference.

Still cry babies either way.

[M0nsterB0y]

Still cry babies either way.

Much more respectable than being shills and actually attacking the player base who's making their voices heard when billion dollar companies are doing non-consumer friendly weird stuff, which is honestly is the cringiest shiet one could do. A normal human who finds what those gamers did as overreaction would just ignore it and move on, maybe say that they're overreacting and leave it at that, but to actively go in forums and repeatedly bash those gamers in defense of a billion dollar company. Ayy. I think you're due to a testosterone checkup.

[bongowongo]

One thing this proves that is that the PC community are so much autism and singularly focused with their efforts to let corpos know that they fukked up that they actually got a company like Sony to blink and back down lol.


I only wish the PS community was like that then we might actually get some decent value for things like them hiking the PS Plus price for no reason without any actual benefit, the lack of any in-store refund service for purchases or just overall shady practices. Good on the PC community.




But with Sushima there's no complaining because it's already been communicated beforehand.

[BearyManilowe]

Much more respectable than being shills and actually attacking the player base who's making their voices heard when billion dollar companies are doing non-consumer friendly weird stuff, which is honestly is the cringiest shiet one could do. A normal human who finds what those gamers did as overreaction would just ignore it and move on, maybe say that they're overreacting and leave it at that, but to actively go in forums and repeatedly bash those gamers in defense of a billion dollar company. Ayy. I think you're due to a testosterone checkup.

Sure, I expect to see a massive uptick in daily users otherwise I will completely stand by and continue to call out crybabies when I see them.

[freeburn]

You think you made a difference?

"Real and effective world difference" holy chit. Just fukkin lol.

Hahahahahhhaaa

No difference huh? Except for the decision of Sony to backpedal and waive the requirement completely lmaooooooo

Still cry babies either way.

Hahahahhaahhahhahhaha what a cuck

[BraneyGumble]

Sure, I expect to see a massive uptick in daily users otherwise I will completely stand by and continue to call out crybabies when I see them.

[freeburn]

Sony's misc community managers have been working overtime itt

[yabbayabba]

Still cry babies either way.

Consume like a good goy and don't ask questions.

[chrsschb]

Sony's misc community managers have been working overtime itt

Pathetic how anti-consumer people are.

Imagine if the populace could pull together like that against the government.

[Coal Man]

Sony's misc community managers have been working overtime itt

Pathetic how anti-consumer people are.

Imagine if the populace could pull together like that against the government.

Takes 2 mins to make an account. I dont see it as a big deal to play a game I enjoy, esp when every other company does the same thing.

But I'm not a crybaby pccel so maybe I just lacked empathy.

[chrsschb]

Takes 2 mins to make an account. I dont see it as a big deal to play a game I enjoy, esp when every other company does the same thing.

But I'm not a crybaby pccel so maybe I just lacked empathy.

Rationalize it how ever you want bud.

[BearyManilowe]

Hahahahahhhaaa

No difference huh? Except for the decision of Sony to backpedal and waive the requirement completely lmaooooooo




Hahahahhaahhahhahhaha what a cuck

Consume like a good goy and don't ask questions.

Pathetic how anti-consumer people are.

Imagine if the populace could pull together like that against the government.

Cry cry cry. All I'm hearing.

Sure you carry this same energy for every other 3rd party launcher too.

[Coal Man]

Sony's misc community managers have been working overtime itt

Pathetic how anti-consumer people are.

Imagine if the populace could pull together like that against the government.

Cry cry cry. All I'm hearing.

Sure you carry this same energy for every other 3rd party launcher too.

Hint: they won't. Another hint, they don't even give a chit about all the poor players in Tasmania who won't be able to play the game. Most of the babies were from the USA who just hate Sony.

That's all it is. Why can't they stop being pussies and just say it.