Developers are people, and people – at the end of the day – make mistakes. Inspired by Helldivers 2 and it’s recent Sony-led controversy to attach a PSN account to PC players, we’re looking at 10 instances when developers simply got it wrong.
Helldivers 2 PSN account backtrack
Sony came within a hair’s breadth of tanking their runaway success of the year with the perplexing requirement for PC users to link a PSN account to Steam to play Helldivers 2. If you didn’t already own a PSN account it’d be mandatory to make one to carry on playing. Sony’s act of self-sabotage caused widespread discontent, of course, but was also set to lock players from the 177 countries without PSN access out of the game. Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead fronted by CEO Jordan Leithart have shown transparency on the situation, admitting to knowledge of the requirement 6 months prior to its announcement. Their honesty has quietened cynicism and, together with the policy’s reversal, review bombing has ceased with sales – now eclipsing 12 million – continuing.
