A PSN account binding release made “Helldivers 2” from the most popular game on Steam to the game with the most negative reviews after the weekend This position has made “Helldivers 2” currently on Steam The store has experienced terrible negative reviews, and the CEO of Arrowhead Game has spoken again to discuss solutions with Sony for the player community.
As a second-party studio responsible for publishing PS5 exclusive games and Sony Interactive Entertainment, “Battlefield 2” announced that new players must link their Steam accounts to their PlayStation Network accounts starting from May 6, while existing Steam players will. you must link their Steam accounts to their PlayStation Network accounts.
Although this requirement was decided before the launch of “Battlefield 2”, like other PlayStation games on the PC platform, a PSN account is required, but for some countries and regions (Egypt, Philippines , etc.) where it is not possible to apply. for a PSN account It is said that it has become a problem (problems such as cross-region and identity verification).
Don’t know.
— Pilestedt (@Pilestedt) May 5, 2024
In addition, unclear official PlayStation information adds to the confusion of the matter.According to Eurogamer.net Report it, on the UK PSN support page (UK) writes “Some PlayStation games may require you to log in and connect to a PSN account”;US) wrote “when playing PlayStation games on PC, logging into PSN is optional. “
On May 4, the US PSN support page was simultaneously changed and merged into the description on the UK PSN support page, “Some PlayStation games may require you to log in and connect to a PSN account. “
Wayback Machine Proof SONY changed their TOS on May 4th to “require” PSN
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Of course, playing some games on Steam more or less requires an additional request for an account (such as “Apex Legends”, “Warhammer 40K: Dark Tide”). However, when “Battlefield 2” was first launched, players were “optional” to avoid PSN account linking due to technical issues, and it was not clearly stated at the time that it required PSN account linking in the future.
Immediately after the release of the binding news, Arrowhead Studio’s community manager made a careless statement in the face of criticism and questions from a large number of players Although the studio and CEO Johan Pilestedt both said that they agree with the players and who didn’t want to cause any harm to players due to inconvenient connection accounts, but Pilestedt alsoshow upThe decision to connect PSN accounts for “Battlefield 2” was made half a year before its launch.
In addition, many players have always faced the problem of logging into other game accounts, and some players pointed out that PSN has had many account leaks in the pastThe mistrust resulted in over 150,000 negative reviews pouring into PSN, Sony, and Arrowhead Studios over the weekend following the announcement, and the number continues to rise.
As the situation in “Bad Soldiers 2” unfolded, Sucker Punch, a Sony-funded studio, “reminded” players that the single-player mode of “Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut” does not require PSN account to login. , and is only available on Legend Online mode.
Thank you for your feedback.
Just so you know, a PSN account is required for Legends online multiplayer mode and to use the PlayStation overlay. It is not necessary to play the single-player game.
– Sucker Punch Productions (@SuckerPunchProd) May 3, 2024
Despite complaints from hundreds of thousands of players who flooded the game with negative reviews, Pilestedt said he was “discussing solutions with PlayStation, especially in countries and regions that do not have PSN support. ” has been heard and he will do his best to provide the views of the community, but he does not have the final decision.
The negative reviews of “Battlefield 2” have become the biggest wave of player community complaints in 2024. They have also changed the community atmosphere that is difficult for Arrowhead Studio to operate, and they are also has affected the operation of the game.
Is this the time to tweet “What? You don’t have phones?” 😵💫
On a serious note: We are talking about solutions with PlayStation, especially for non-PSN countries. Your voice has been heard, and I’m doing what I can to speak up for the community – but I don’t have the final…
— Pilestedt (@Pilestedt) May 5, 2024
