The CEO of Arrowhead Sport Studios, Helldivers 2‘s developer, has responded to gamers concerning the upcoming requirement for them to have a PlayStation Community account, however it appears there’s no strategy to forestall it.

After the announcement earlier at the moment that from the tip of the month, Helldivers 2 would as soon as once more require gamers to log right into a PlayStation Community account, followers have been expressing their displeasure throughout social media. Now Johan Pilested, the CEO of the sport’s developer, has stepped as much as apologize, telling followers he’s “sorry” to everybody for a way this all transpired.

Pilested is sorry for the frustration the Helldivers 2 PSN account information has brought about as gamers alter their critiques

Pilested’s Twitter submit highlights the influence of at the moment’s information. Followers are taking to Steam to both change their evaluation, or depart one for the primary time, with a unfavorable score. It’s altered Helldivers 2‘s evaluation score to Blended for Latest Evaluations on Steam, and will snowball to hit its All Evaluations score over the weekend.

The developer’s CEO appears genuinely sorry for not solely how this information got here out and the fan response, but additionally the damaged belief the corporate labored so onerous to construct up with gamers within the first place. His phrases counsel that this PSN account requirement isn’t going away, although. “I hope we’ll make it up and regain the belief by offering a continued nice sport expertise,” with no indication it is going to be dropped.

I’ve had no finish of nice issues to say about Helldivers 2 and the way the developer is working onerous to justify the additional money it fees for its Warbonds. That is the primary occasion that it seems like gamers aren’t being handled pretty, however it additionally seems to be to be out of Arrowhead Sport Studios’ management. Sony, for the document, is the writer of Helldivers 2.

On the time of writing, Helldivers 2 gamers on Steam can play the sport with no need a third-party account. That’s going to vary on the finish of Could, although, after they’ll be compelled to log right into a PlayStation Community account. Whereas this won’t be a difficulty within the UK or the US, it’s not attainable to create a PSN account in some nations the place it’s attainable to have a Steam account, which is why various gamers are irritated about this variation.

Which means that Helldivers 2 gamers outdoors of the nations Sony has listed on its web site might not be capable of play as soon as this variation comes into impact. After all, they might at all times circumvent the system and create an account for a rustic outdoors of their area, however that feels prefer it defeats the purpose. Nonetheless, Sony insists these accounts are wanted to maintain gamers protected, and Arrowhead Sport Studios appears to don’t have any say.

Followers on the Helldivers 2 subreddit have reported that the sport’s neighborhood supervisor is asking them to make their voices heard the place it issues. They defined, “Change your Steam evaluation and make your displeasure identified on a platform the place it issues.”