Despite backtracking on the requirement just days after the news broke — thanks to a frankly overwhelming backlash from PC players — the decision to delist Helldivers 2 in those 170 countries has not been reversed.

Sony made the decision to walk back its idea of making Helldivers 2 PC Steam players linking a PSN account to continue to play, and it was definitely a good idea to do so. In this Beyond podcast clip,

What was optional before will now be mandatory for new players, and required for existing players within a month.