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Both from PC Gamer.
The first, from 23 hours ago: "Sony doubles down, removing Helldivers 2 from sale in 177 countries and territories that can't access PSN while Arrowhead CEO says 'I don't have the final say'"
The second, from 11 hours ago: "Sony backs down on demand that Helldivers 2 players log into a PSN account"
Sure, the second one is good and all, but unless they also back down on the first one, then the second one doesn't mean all that much.
Also... I'm certain gamers will learn the wrong lesson from this, that being "review-bombing actually does work and will make a company change things we don't like." In this particular case, with Helldivers 2, it was a good outcome, because the thing Sony did there was legitimately terrible. However, with that said, you just know that if, say, Stellar Blade was also on Steam, it would be getting review-bombed all to hell as well[1], and for the absolute dumbest reasons. No two review-bombing situations are created equal.
[1] - That said, Stellar Blade is currently sitting at 4.81 out of 5 on the Playstation Store, so maybe not? Either that or it just shows that all the dumbfucks rampaging about a slightly changed costume are a tiny minority and all the other coomers/gooners/WTAF are totally fine with the game as is. But it also shows that the game didn't get review-bombed by "woke SJWs because too sexy," like all the dumbfucks predicted would happen, either. Of course, Helldivers 2 also has a 4.45 out of 5 rating on the PS Store, so who the fuck knows. But then, why would HD2 players on PS give the slightest shit about what's going on over there with the PC version, at least enough to review bomb it on PS? Or maybe giving a star score on the PS Store simply works differently than how Steam reviews work, making it more difficult to change a rating for review-bombing purposes after the fact on there. *shrug*
The first, from 23 hours ago: "Sony doubles down, removing Helldivers 2 from sale in 177 countries and territories that can't access PSN while Arrowhead CEO says 'I don't have the final say'"
The second, from 11 hours ago: "Sony backs down on demand that Helldivers 2 players log into a PSN account"
Sure, the second one is good and all, but unless they also back down on the first one, then the second one doesn't mean all that much.
Also... I'm certain gamers will learn the wrong lesson from this, that being "review-bombing actually does work and will make a company change things we don't like." In this particular case, with Helldivers 2, it was a good outcome, because the thing Sony did there was legitimately terrible. However, with that said, you just know that if, say, Stellar Blade was also on Steam, it would be getting review-bombed all to hell as well[1], and for the absolute dumbest reasons. No two review-bombing situations are created equal.
[1] - That said, Stellar Blade is currently sitting at 4.81 out of 5 on the Playstation Store, so maybe not? Either that or it just shows that all the dumbfucks rampaging about a slightly changed costume are a tiny minority and all the other coomers/gooners/WTAF are totally fine with the game as is. But it also shows that the game didn't get review-bombed by "woke SJWs because too sexy," like all the dumbfucks predicted would happen, either. Of course, Helldivers 2 also has a 4.45 out of 5 rating on the PS Store, so who the fuck knows. But then, why would HD2 players on PS give the slightest shit about what's going on over there with the PC version, at least enough to review bomb it on PS? Or maybe giving a star score on the PS Store simply works differently than how Steam reviews work, making it more difficult to change a rating for review-bombing purposes after the fact on there. *shrug*
