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Helldivers 2 went from one of the most beloved Steam games to one of the most hated pretty quickly (programming.dev)

submitted 5 months ago by pro_grammer@programming.dev to c/steam@lemmy.ml

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[–] potustheplant@feddit.nl 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

None of the previous Sony titles that were released on PC required a PSN account.

[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world -2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

None of the previous Sony published titles had this level of popularity.

[–] potustheplant@feddit.nl 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think that's called "moving the goalpost". Also, I doubt Last of Us can't be considered popular.

[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I’m not trying to move the goal posts, just pointing out why Sony thought this was the game to start forcing this in.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It only got this popular partly because of the lack of a PSN account to play. Developer said they had somewhere between 5 and 20 times the number of players they expected.

[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Good luck explaining that to the suits.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

I'm not going to. Ultimately, Sony is a megacorp and I'm just one dude. I'll simply voice my displeasure to people inquiring about them, and never trust a Sony product or promise in my life again. They probably won't give 2 shits, and I'm fine with that.