The Helldivers 2 furore is bonkers. If you missed it, Sony, seemingly against wishes of the dev studio, pushed to add a mandatory PSN Network sign-in months after launch on one of their biggest, most popular games on PC, and not only did the community revolt (dropping review score into the teens), but the game is now pulled from 177 storefronts and Steam are issuing refunds (as PSN only works in certain countries). The studio has told players to make their voices heard
@stroughtonsmith Incredible to watch this game torpedo itself into oblivion. Hard to fathom that no one stepped in and stopped this.
@stroughtonsmith welp, someone finally pulled the emergency stop. I’m sure the gaming community will learn all the right lessons from this.
@Sauce_ @stroughtonsmith I still can’t figure out if this was malice or incompetence. Neither makes sense for the “market leader”.
@jeffkibuule @Sauce_ @stroughtonsmith Arrogance, which is pretty common in "market leaders”