The decision to make the PSN mandatory also for PC players of Helldivers 2 will probably be remembered as one of the most unpopular choices of all time: despite the controversy and the consequent review bombing of users, Sony does not seem to have any intention of doing an about-face on the matter.\r\nWith a sensational gesture, the PlayStation company has in fact decided to remove Helldivers 2 from sale in over 100 countries: all those areas where it is not legally possible to create an account on PSN.\r\nDespite the hopes of the Arrowhead team, Sony’s decision seems clear and adamant: to continue playing it will be necessary to connect a PlayStation Network account.\r\nSteam is already proceeding with refunds for all users affected by this highly questionable decision, but in light of the latest developments now even the authors of Helldivers 2 seem to have lost hope.\r\nThe CEO and creative director of the service game (find the PS5 edition on Amazon) has in fact published a new post on his profile is deeply troubled by this story:\r\n\r\n«Waking up with yesterday’s sun, replaced by a sad drizzle and shivering winds, made me reflect on how I spent my time in those rare moments when everything was perfect.\r\nAnd yet, rain is essential for growth and is what turns spring into summer. I just have to wait for the sun to come back.”\r\n\r\n\n\t Waking up to the sunshine of yesterday replaced with a dreary drizzle and shivering winds makes me reflect on how I spent my time those rare few moments when all was perfect.Yet rain is essential to growth and is what changes spring into summer. I will just have to wait for…— Pilestedt (@Pilestedt) May 5, 2024\n\n\n \n\r\nConsidering the timing of this comment a few hours after Sony’s choice, it is not difficult to read between the lines and understand how annoyed the author of Helldivers 2 was by the story and, obviously, saddened by the consequent and inevitable revolt of the users.\r\nTo fuel this sense of resignation about a future that appears inevitably linked to PSN accounts, in response to a fan who asked him what to do to be able to play without this requirement, finding himself in a country where it is not possible to create an account, the CEO responded with a single eloquent comment:\r\n\r\n«Not I know.”\r\n\r\n\n\t I don’t know.— Pilestedt (@Pilestedt) May 5, 2024\n\n\n \n\r\nIn short, if before Arrowhead had at least tried to fuel the fans’ hopes by encouraging the protest, now this change of mood seems to suggest, as we feared, that there will not be any kind of about-face.\r\nAnd, as the CEO himself underlines, we will just have to wait for better times in which the The anger of the users will have subsided. Although in all likelihood the Helldivers 2 community will never be the same again.