Last week was brutal for the Helldivers 2 development team—and Sony in general. The news that players would be required to link PSN accounts to Steam to play resulted in the review-bombing of several PlayStation titles on PC.
Arrowhead Game Studios, the developers of Helldivers 2, encountered a mob of angry fans who were review bombing the game and waging a vicious campaign on social media to boycott it. The number of negative reviews was nigh-on record-setting, and undoubtedly helped convince Sony to eventually walk back the PSN requirement.
