Attention Helldivers, Due to technical issues at the launch of HELLDIVERS™ 2, we allowed the linking requirements for Steam accounts to a PlayStation Network account to be temporarily optional. That grace period will now expire. See details below in this post. Account linking plays a critical role in protecting our players and upholding the values of safety and security provided on PlayStation and PlayStation Studios games.
I think people were playing the game because it was fun and for it’s quality, not for the specifics of its genre/mechanics. If people stop playing helldivers, they will probably look for other high quality, fun games, of which there are plenty.
Especially since EDF is fun, but shitty on purpose. The glitching bugs are a feature, giant frogs you fight, etc. It doesn’t take itself seriously. But you can’t call it a quality game because of that.
But maybe, just maybe enough folks will review bomb or request refunds to get Sony to backtrack.
50k negative steam reviews in a single day is a pretty good incentive to reverse course. Thats more negative reviews in a single day then a fair amount of games recieve overall. Folks were absolutely not keen on what they viewed as a bait and switch.
As for how much it’ll impact actual numbers I think time is going to be the important factor, more particularly trending players over time… and what happens on the proverbial D-day.
What a great advertisement for EDF6 they’ve made with this change.
EDF is not even close in popularity, quality or replayability.
Show me another game like Helldivers releasing in the next few months then?
I’m not your monkey to be finding games for you. What’s your point.
I though the point was fairly simple, sorry for overestimating you.
If people stop playing Helldivers then they’ll likely look for another game akin to it. Only upcoming game that fits that bill is EDF.
I think people were playing the game because it was fun and for it’s quality, not for the specifics of its genre/mechanics. If people stop playing helldivers, they will probably look for other high quality, fun games, of which there are plenty.
Especially since EDF is fun, but shitty on purpose. The glitching bugs are a feature, giant frogs you fight, etc. It doesn’t take itself seriously. But you can’t call it a quality game because of that.
EDF is awesome. Maybe some folks will hop over to the starship trooper games. They’re also a blast.
But mostly I don’t think we’ll see that big a dip realistically.
Let’s be honest, most folks who play this aren’t in the discord, Lemmy, or subreddit. They’ll login and see the thing, sign up for a PSN and play.
But maybe, just maybe enough folks will review bomb or request refunds to get Sony to backtrack
50k negative steam reviews in a single day is a pretty good incentive to reverse course. Thats more negative reviews in a single day then a fair amount of games recieve overall. Folks were absolutely not keen on what they viewed as a bait and switch.
As for how much it’ll impact actual numbers I think time is going to be the important factor, more particularly trending players over time… and what happens on the proverbial D-day.