The announcement comes after players flooded Steam with more than 200,000 negative reviews after Sony announced a new policy for PSN linking on Steam.
In the days since Sony Interactive Entertainment announced an unpopular Helldivers 2 and PlayStation linking policy, players have been flooding the game’s Steam page wil negative reviews. By Sunday, more than 200,000 of Helldivers 2’s 266,126 reviews on Steam were negative, filed in the aftermath of the disastrous announcement. But the review-bombing worked: Sony heard Helldivers 2 players and announced Monday that it’s no longer requiring Steam players to link a PlayStation Network account.
“Helldivers fans — we’ve heard your feedback on the Helldivers 2 account linking update,” Sony wrote from the PlayStation X account. “The May 6 update, which would have required Steam and PlayStation Network account linking for new players and for current players beginning May 30, will not be moving forward.”
Helldivers 2 game director and Arrowhead Game Studios CEO Johan Pilestedt added that he’s “impressed by the willpower of the Helldivers 2 community.
