After creating a massive kerfuffle by forcing Helldivers 2 PC players to link their Steam accounts to the PlayStation Network, Sony is backing down. The May 6 update will no longer be released and, presumably,

PlayStation has reversed course on the Helldivers 2 PSN account requirement, walking back the unpopular policy after a weekend long backlash that included tens of thousands of negative reviews, some of which spread to Sony's other Steam games.

The Helldivers 2 listing was inundated with 200,000 negative reviews, but that is starting to turn around following PlayStation's latest decision.

Helldivers 2 has been pulled from 170 territories lacking PSN support, according to listings from the Steam Database.

In response to significant community outrage, Sony has withdrawn the requirement for PC players of Helldivers 2 to log in with a PlayStation Network (PSN) account. The decision comes after a weekend of severe criticism and coordinated review-bombing of Sony and Arrowhead’s games.

Sony's May 6 update reverses the previous mandatory requirment to link PSN accounts for players to access Helldivers 2 on Steam.

Sony is poised to squander a ton of the goodwill the company has accrued, not just from Helldivers 2, but from all its efforts to port PlayStation exclusives like Horizon Zero Dawn and The Last Of Us,

Sony has reversed a decision that would have required Helldivers 2 players to link their Steam accounts to PlayStation Network accounts. In an announcement this morning, the official PlayStation account posted a tweet reading "Helldivers fans - we've heard your feedback on the Helldivers 2 account liking update.

One either dies a hero or lives long enough to become a villain. PlayStation was having another extraordinary year with various titles, only for one decision to blow back in its face. Arrowhead’s Helldivers 2 became the crown jewel for Sony.