The Day Helldivers 2 Almost DIED

Sony almost killed Helldivers 2 in the most absurd way possible. By forcing everyone to make PSN accounts to continue playing. But the gaming community rose up and made their voices heard loud and clear. And so... we won.
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___TIME STAMPS___
Introduction - 0:00
We Won - 2:45
What Happened? - 4:12
PSN Network Update Was Dumb - 6:32
Sony Actually Reversed It? - 8:49
Arrowhead Takes The Fall - 11:55
Long-Term Effects - 13:37
Conclusion - 15:42

[@TheActMan]

Sony almost killed Helldivers 2, but just like the bots and the bugs, we were ready to take the fight to them! Song from the intro kzbin.info/www/bejne/omLLfKaXd9ehjbM

[@DOOMStudios]

FOR SUPER EARTH, FOR MANGED DEMOCRACY

[@db_524]

Lovely intro 🫡🥹

[@henrymeister7238]

o7

[@GodOfHalo]

Over exaggerated

[@iGucik]

I have a feeling this is just a temp win over sony. i have a feeling theyre gonna implement something similar to war thunder (gaijin). which is you can play without a gaijin account threw steam but the moment you want to buy there prem currently (golden eagles or something with real money) you have to log in no matter what to gaijin and comfirm your account . even if youre purchasing it threw steam or using the steam wallet . trust me sony is gonna add a features that gonna feel like a must have. and make it so you have to have a sony account to purchase it .

[@SKizzleAXE]

Gamers: "We Won" Sony: "Get ready for Round 2, we have banned it in 177 countries"

[@om58499]

Sony: i didn’t hear no bell

[@michaelwesten4624]

I can't even use my country as a option when signing in. so UK it is. still works. and there are more discounts in pounds than in usa with those dollars, so win win

[@MrRockolate]

180*

[@Marinetr]

Sony just make enemies to 177 countries worldwide. I wouldn't be surprise that a government in one of these 177 countries start to tell Sony to stay out of their country.

[@whodis4097]

More people need to be talking about this, legitimately.

[@Bluebottlenose]

The day a third enemy appeared on the helldivers war board

[@deathsyth8888]

"That's the day the Corpos attacked."

[@jacobgale4792]

@@deathsyth8888"wake the fuck up samurai"-Johnny Silverhand

[@robertjv]

Dictatorship

[@rem9750]

*SPREAD THE WORD* We can't roll over and 'accept victory'. You dont turn around and forgive a bf/gf that over and over again proves that they will treat you like garbage. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH If they treat us, or the community, poorly... we abandon them

[@Bluebottlenose]

@@rem9750 but i wanna play helldivers

[@bigred6464]

I don't think Sony gave a shit about the review bombing, what really got their attention was the wave of refund requests and approvals to Steam. Only thing those executives understand is money.

[@simpleplan100687]

Oh absolutely, refunds means less money. Less money means less growth. Less growth affects stock price. Had it just been review bombed why would they care? They made the money. Losing your fanbase loyalty and trust means nothing as long as the next quarter is up.

[@FPSKrieger]

Tell that to the Helldivers 2 community manager.

[@cyanyde4950]

that and those regions pointing out it's illegal selling a product you can't actually use/have ( kinda like paying for something then never getting it type "scam" territory). which probably pushed it back far more than the community doing what they did.

[@theredguy8746]

@@simpleplan100687 The COD community should take some lessons from the Helldivers community.

[@Askanon]

Yes and no. The review bombing worked because it accelerated those things. Bad word of mouth DOES do damage to a product. It won't be the primary source of damage but it's still a source.

[@4RILDIGITAL]

This community really stood up for the game and should be commended. Hope to see game companies be more attuned to players' needs in the future.

[@yadayadayadayadayadayada777]

The community stood up yes and they believed in the lies and theatre from the marketing, game is still restricted in over 120 Countries and PSN is still on the table for being required.

[@Ridif00lous]

Sony didn't back down a bit. They lied through their teeth.

[@zileantimekeeper7464]

It's not over they actually delisted the game from 180 countries so yea there alot of people who cant play

[@kami3989]

If only.

[@ashurad_fox5991]

Sony didn't budge, 180 countries (including where I live) cannot access or buy the game anymore. Which shows a great impact, as about more or less 60k players since 2 days ago cannot play the game anymore on the same peak hours. What's weird... We don't have PSN here and some countries that have official Sony stores in them. So yeah, keep those reviews negative of steam. We dive together or we don't dive (and I ain't buying any more Playstation game and consoles for the foreseeable future)

[@theafflictionvhs17]

_Gamers: HellDivers 2 is a near perfect game !_ _Sony: SAY NO MORE !.._

[@SL4PSH0CK]

PirateSoftware recent post says it still in effect or it was informing what wouldve happen if ever?

[@official_defy]

😭

[@FakeAdirTV]

Sony: *WAS

[@R3GARnator]

How can I fuck this up?

[@pickupthatcan8649]

Sony: Hold my beer

[@Scientist118]

Look, I'm a Foxhole player. Sony should have known better than to pick a fight with a community that wages a war driven by their own efforts.

[@inquisition3173]

Dude seeing the orbital nuke come down from the helldivers community was both impressive and humbling. I also am a Foxhole player, I've watched it on a smaller scale when creature people like BadmanLarry royally piss off the community. After the 82 Dumb Kids event happened, I barely slept or ate trying to dismantle that piece of shit (Which uh, mission accomplished, still have the screenshots of us hollowing out his bunker base). I dont think I went that hard for Sony because ruining a neckbeards month verses taking on a multibillion dollar corporation's profit margin seems like a lot harder comparatively. But yeah ill take all the time out of my day if theres an organized effort to spit in Sony's face.

[@slowestdespacitov8207]

Ah yes Fellow ptsd enjoyers

[@nicorozner7417]

Foxhole is another great game with a persistent community driven war that struggles with server issues and bugs, the difference is that Siegecamp doesn’t really communicate with anyone before releasing an update that breaks the game balance.

[@rem9750]

*SPREAD THE WORD* We can't roll over and 'accept victory'. You dont turn around and forgive a bf/gf that over and over again proves that they will treat you like garbage. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH If they treat us, or the community, poorly... we abandon them

[@raghnall847]

​@@rem9750Stop fucking spamming. We get the damn point.

[@dagda1180]

I believe the main reason Sony chose to retract their policy was that 1. They knew PR would not be able to fix this. 2. It's a community of millions, 100s of thousands of active players. That's a good chunk of public uproar. 3. The amount of people that were willing to file with the ECC were a decent chunk, and there also were posts circulating on leaked sony contact data. All of which spells out "Less profit" to Sony.

[@LordVader1094]

And now they're just implementing it stealthily by making it where any region that doesn't have PSN can't buy Ghost of Tsushima or Helldivers. People don't realize we've still lost.

[@Ensensu2]

Okay, make another server

[@Unknown0YT0]

The most chilling part is that if it weren't for Valve, Sony would've had their way with this.

[@InheritingNightmaresDev]

praise valve yet again. valve never ceases to amaze me.

[@russianinvader3207]

???

[@GalluZ]

Genuinely curious: did Valve intervene in one way or another? Last time I saw them do such thing is during The Day Before stuff when they extended the refund duration.

[@wiewioragaming5726]

@@GalluZ yeah, they accepted refunds.

[@Maxxx5240]

Yup, lord gaben and his infinite foresight for remaining neutral was able to read the room quickly and probably gave the green light for refunds.

[@thisismykingdomcome8743]

A steam review I saw that summarizes our feelings, “I was having so much fun I forgot corporate greed existed”

[@kirby7294]

Modern day Socrates

[@lutherheggs451]

What Greed? Oh that's right some actual lower IQ citizens actually were pathetic enough to pretend that you needed a PS+ account and some even more spectrum special citizens not only believed the lie but feel the need to spread it. Not sure how one can be greedy with a FREE PSN account to play the Sony owned MP on Sony servers. But I do look forward to the videos from all these people crying denouncing Microsoft for requiring a FREE XBL account to play Sea of Thieves MP On Microsoft servers. Because surely these people aren't just all grifters jumping on the hawt topics for the clicks and are actually trying to make "good for ALL of gaming" because they sure claim they're doing the crying for "all of gaming" but weird how thee outrage seems to be selective and there have been zero videos about the same Microsoft requirement

[@mr.s9783]

Sony isn’t going to stop this. That’s why they’ve removed the ability to buy both Helldivers and Ghost of Tsushima in countries where PSN doesn’t exist. They’re preparing to mandate PSN accounts without the risk of a lawsuit.

[@rem9750]

*SPREAD THE WORD* We can't roll over and 'accept victory'. You dont turn around and forgive a bf/gf that over and over again proves that they will treat you like garbage. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH If they treat us, or the community, poorly... we abandon them

[@hardVatsuki]

@@darthphantomius411 yes. screw you.

[@planelattice2783]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@darthphantomius411you do know it’s not just Zimbabwe, right? And even if it was just Zimbabwe why are you acting like it’s a bad thing for humans to care about other humans?

[@SuSTR7]

​@@darthphantomius411 dude it was even banned in fucking JAPAN. People from 175 countries can't purchase a game, yet you're saying "who cares?".

[@thechugg4372]

@@darthphantomius411 oh my god ignorance is really the biggest crime of this entire situation, a lot people in EU or in French territories that have access to PSN are being removed from the abiliity to play as well, those are millions of consumer they are removing and not small unknown countries.

[@Samaker]

You NEED To release that intro as a standalone music video or something. Hell, it's longer than many music videos out there, and better too.

[@RandomMackem3247]

Release it as promotional material for the strength of the helldivers 2 community

[@MrBizaaro]

That intro.. my god! One of the best I have seen from you. Memes truly have revolutionized how we communicate nowadays and that section perfectly encapsulates the current zeitgeist. The intro truly deserves to go into the history books. Loved it man. Thank you very much!

[@ryder2156]

Moral of the story… don’t fuck with the community that is almost solely based on uniting against a force… “Game so good we had a campaign mission irl” summed it up pretty well

[@xeno4665]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@hezha1050]

loving how the game is basically a meme generator and Sony went against it.

[@Tazreale]

The community only cared about PSN being enforced on them. Regions are still delisted. Steam/Valve has no control over that, the Publisher(Sony) does.

[@yadayadayadayadayadayada777]

There is no morale, they didn't lifted a single fucking finger and removed any restrictions. Still around 40% of the playerbase that bought the game on Steam can't play it currently.

[@sandro-of9fq]

You know what's f*cking hilarious? Sony is officially selling Playstation products in my country and I am not even allowed to create PSN account for my region. How convenient is that? That's why me and everyone I know create accounts of different regions.

[@anomonyous]

That's fkd. They should just let it be and let you do your thing. At the very least.

[@dechsiri6609]

Mind if I ask what country you from?

[@duke605]

You know what's also fucking hilarious. The number of gullible idiots that undid their negative reviews when Sony tweeted they wouldn't be going forward with this but still haven't relisted the game for sale in the countries they delisted it from. And yes, this was Sony's decision, not steam's. Steam came out and confirmed this. Bunch of gullible idiots

[@aguinchico6536]

Okay but you could never make one....

[@21stcenturystops59]

What country or it didn't happen

[@JTG95]

Stopped and the end of your intro just to say this: that intro was dope af ActMan👌

[@GamingGavel]

"We'll keep you updated on future plans." -Sony "Be careful brethren, for we have seen the automatons abilities to regroup and reinforce before." -Creek Veteran

[@dracothegolden]

Bro it's still not availible in 180 countries. This war is still not over.

[@TheActMan]

I know

[@sticc.5483]

@@TheActMan Bro isn’t willing to betray the ideal he believes in 🫡

[@Ma1akai]

This is true but the CEO of Arrowhead has confirmed multiple times that they are in the process of fixing this with Sony so that Steam can properly fix its region lock on buying the game. Unless Sony backpeddles I would say there is a good chance that it will change back.

[@justinmedeiros7600]

Bro just read the title and commented before watching the actual video

[@Gameprojordan]

Watch the God damn video he explains this LMAO

[@TheodoricFriede]

Publishers complain about review bombing. They call gamers toxic for it. But it's consistently the only thing that works. What else is the consumer to do?

[@Content_Deleted]

Exactly!

[@Matanumi]

Maybe make fucking good games without stupid ass restrictions

[@SkywarpG1X]

How about not buying the their products and services.

[@BioGoji-zm5ph]

Well... I could list a few things that would probably work, but I'd rather not get put on a watchlist for my suggestions.

[@historicflame972]

@@SkywarpG1X A lot of times people resort to review bombing because they already HAVE bought them

[@therealtoxsinzgaming]

They trained us to fight together,as one,as brothers....I don't know what they expected...

[@treyrandall2983]

Best 30 seconds on KZbin... Right in the beginning! Good job!

[@Future_Doggo]

I swear Sony and Microsoft have been having a broken beer bottle fight to see who can make the worst corporate decision these past few weeks.

[@Ayrton_Chitwood]

I'd say X-Bone won that fight, definitely a first for them.

[@ParaplegicKeanuReeves]

Weeks? More like years 💀

[@masked7064]

Don't forget about EA CEO who want to put more ads in massive games, and more AI in the development of video games (Both massive L)

[@bjarnis]

​@@ParaplegicKeanuReevesdecades

[@VilkarinSalvokath]

Neither side is winning though, but damn they are being hella good at fucking us all over. Its like two countries bombing each others cities constantly while the leaders sit in hardened mountain bunkers with luxuries completely detached from the destruction and what the common folk are losing.

[@couch_potato9355]

That intro filled me with the masculine urge to die in a war for something greater than myself

[@halladba101]

Say no more brother, ↑ → ↓ ↓ ↓

[@Dokkobo]

The Intro song should be the official anthem for HD2; it was too perfect!

[@ericroth83]

Isn't it the Super Earth anthem?

[@hylianro]

It's literally the super earth anthem lol

[@Dokkobo]

@@hylianro lol I had no idea! No wonder it fit so well!

[@n00bster83]

It is. It's called the Super Earth Anthem, official OST

[@guillaumedurette640]

I love your work The Act Man ! Your Intro is so good I whatched it twice. So god damn good man !

[@hewhobattles8869]

Same

[@islandnerd0047]

any of yall know the name of the song

[@Luminarise]

This is not gonna age well given that Sony instead made it impossible to purchase Helldivers 2 in countries that you can't make a PSN account Edit: I commented this two minutes after the release of this video, that is why ActMan replied with, "Way ahead of ya" as I was one minute in the video. I apologize that I busted too early. Guess my comment did not age well huehuehuehue. Some of you are way too upset over this. Touch grass

[@Quirkywatch]

That’s messed up.

[@NotSuperSerious]

i told ppl not to put up that mission accomplished banner too soon

[@TheActMan]

way ahead of ya

[@CorelUser]

no way Antarctica citizens won't be able to buy the game 😥

[@SL4PSH0CK]

They're now starting with small steps. recent was Ghost as Actman mentioned, ain't surprise if other title requires it.

[@Gampo-Nation]

You slayed the opening!

[@TheActMan]

Thank you!

[@jrmolina783]

​@@TheActManWhat is the name of this opening music choir?

[@dylangreen192]

@@jrmolina783 Super Earth Anthem

[@joshuasalcedo7864]

Awesome intro ​@@TheActMan

[@michaelwesten4624]

@@TheActMan wipe off your mic dude, that fuzz on it is annoying

[@ericneo2]

"We Won!" - Did we? Sony banned it in around 177 countries "Sony actually reversed it" - For THIS game, look at what they are doing for their other and upcoming releases.

[@jw.-]

What I really don't understand is how they delisted it in the Netherlands Antilles despite them literally being part of the Netherlands where it still is purchaseable

[@stephengrigg5988]

"Ubisoft wants you to be comfortable with not owning your game" Watching companies try to talk us into scamming us is infuriating. Can Ubisoft just go away at this point? They've gone from a constant mediocre annoyance to cancer on the industry.

[@Truth_In_Numbers]

"You will own nothing and be happy. And you will eat the bugs" - WEF

[@ethanbradberry5224]

When EA is no longer the most anti consumer company we've got issues

[@Marinetr]

Ubisoft is treading a thin red line. If the general public let them be then everything will be go down to Cyberpunk style.

[@ExTremZero]

At least Ubisoft has the balls to tell you it in the face, others would just take it from you. Also in every ToS when you buy stuff digital or on disc, you buy a license...you dont own it.

[@ReigoVassal]

Behold: Marvel Rivals says you can't criticize the game in the negative way. Aka calling out shitty practice if they do it.

[@vruxdrossgaming]

It's still delisted in 180 countries out of 195, the war isn't over.

[@TheActMan]

War... War never changes

[@jacobhawley60]

​@@TheActMan We're all gonna have P.R.T.D. Post Review Trauma Disorder.

[@db_524]

@@TheActMan 🙂‍↕️

[@Kiri-Shiina]

180 out of 226* regions* The game is blocked in 180 out of 226 Steam regions.

[@undeterredsoulslayer17]

Now why can't we unite across all platforms as one to make all the other amazing games be pushed to be better. Imagine if we all as 1 Democratic force did this to make games like Tarkov,Tiny Tina Wonderlands,Resident Evil 3 Remake,Dead Island 2,Destiny 2,Overwatch 2 So much better. Just know this time I may have joined union with PC Wizards and Xbox Heroes as a PS5 Rogue Hunter in the name of Diver Democracy. I'm proud we have fought in unison so hard. But when we all unite again hopefully soon in the future against other Horrible gaming developers [Cough most of AAA studios] and take a stand against the Pay to win structure. We should rejoice in Helldivers 2 success absolutely. But think of the even bigger impact we can make to reforge the entire gaming culture for the better. No matter the player or system.Everyone deserves to play with their friends no matter how far or close. There may be rude and sad people in this world and just as many saints and uplifting people across the same lands of our shared world. But know this: Every human that bleeds red deserves the right to have fun on videogames. Why not make every drop of our sweat count towards a better world? A better,Remake of the gaming perpective and history as we know it. If we all take 1 Brick and heave with all our combined might,We will make a Monument. One that will not falter and should stand proud for Eons to come. #LiberateCrossPlatformHate.

[@kyled.7748]

That intro went HARD lol

[@ianc1610]

Act Man, you did it again! Your intro was spot on. So good!

[@whitedevil8542]

Act man now probably has to speedrun to the third flaming issue about Xbox after this. Rough couple of weeks for us gamers.

[@TheActMan]

so rough, bro

[@db_524]

@@TheActMan Yeah… very rough indeed. 😭

[@modernmobster]

Better lube up, then. This industry isn't getting any better any time soon.

[@TheEDFLegacy]

​​@@TheActMan But the ad revenue in sponsorships you can quickly farm from their idiocy in short order must be nice. 😉😛

[@wtfbros5110]

Its gonna get more fun soon 😂

[@existentialselkath1264]

It sucks that Sony can just force devs to artificially limit their available market and make less money, just so sony themselves gets to raise a meaningless bar that looks good to their own investors

[@Julian_14]

I mean Sony owns the game, without Sony the game would’ve have existed. I know it’s popular and easy to act like companies are all evil and terrible yet without these corporations u wouldn’t have these games. Vote with your wallet and stfu

[@existentialselkath1264]

@@Julian_14 Sony may own the IP but Arrowhead actually made the thing, they deserve a return on their investment as much as Sony does. I doubt restricting the game to so few regions was something they intentionally signed up for.

[@RockyAptera-xo3dd]

​@@Julian_14enenra and aikode are looking more promising than most Sony titles I've played this generation. All without corporate backing. May 2024 be the rise of the indies

[@rem9750]

*SPREAD THE WORD* We can't roll over and 'accept victory'. You dont turn around and forgive a bf/gf that over and over again proves that they will treat you like garbage. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH If they treat us, or the community, poorly... we abandon them

[@ralphlesterfabillar5635]

I think we know they own HD2... So they have the last word... Esp it's their money is burning...

[@lsheltothewanderer8883]

2:20 great editing here Mr Act. I love how the music syncs up with the Helldivers High Five/Explosion.

[@Omnifella]

That intro sounded like i entered heaven to the perfect democracy that was promised to us before Sony stepped in

[@Korra228]

When Minecraft migrated from Mojang to Microsoft accounts you didn't lose access no matter where you lived and you had a shit ton of time to do it at least. You also got a cape for it.

[@VixYW]

Except for the people who got banned for reportedly "violating eula" without proof.

[@Sherin974]

So could say 'No? I will continue with the version I bought?'

[@Content_Deleted]

Still didn't want it.

[@zed4210]

​@@VixYWI lost access to Minecraft because I was able to create a Microsoft account and migrate my Mojang account to it, then AFTER I did, my account was "locked" and I was required to put in a phone number to unlock it. Microsoft literally blackmailed me for my personal info.

[@VixYW]

@@zed4210 That's even worse. Discord and Instagram tried to pull that one on me, and I refused. Stopped using both. I got lucky it happened with free stuff instead of something I had paid for...

[@_Forty-2_]

The intro of this video deserves an award or something. I really appreciate the amount of effort you put on your videos.

[@TheActMan]

Thanks a bunch

[@db_524]

I agree

[@db_524]

@@TheActMan ♥️🫴🏆

[@sourlab]

​@@TheActManyou literally made me shed a tear , I don't even play hd2 yet this is truly BEAUTIFULL 🫡

[@codychambers9458]

Whats the song in the beginning lol.

[@seratope]

this was a perfectly edited intro. you and the internet may not get along sometimes, but god damn, you're good at bringing the funny

[@domiTenshi]

the intro edit goes so hard, i love it. chefs kiss, my regards to the editor.

[@GeremyG]

Negative reviews mean nothing to Sony. Steam allowing refunds is what got them to revert the change. Money is the only language these corporations speak.

[@Utrilus]

Sony saying that linking isn't mandatory got steam to stop issuing refunds. So they won. There's the refund denied screenshot that says the publisher hasn't sent in a request to allow those countries to play the game. On the contrary they delisted more places psn isn't available. Seems like Sony won to me. Or well, got a pyrrhic victory as they still have to let some people play without psn, who got in before the lockdown.

[@nixter3196]

If money was the reasoning here they wouldn't be delisting 180 regions out of the picture. That's anything but profitable

[@kesamek8537]

Power and control is their only language. Sony is $billions in debt they don't care about money at all.

[@WokioWolfy]

​@@nixter3196you know Sony doesn't make money out of videogames anymore, but selling data and also investors, right?

[@n3ff848]

Can't wait for the many cringe attempts of the big publishers to copy Helldivers model and miserably fails because they just don't get it.

[@BrickDaniels-qu7bz]

You ever watch Blue Eyed Samurai? I can't tell if they get it or not.

[@crimson-foxtwitch2581]

Already proven model that trying to copy a successful co-op shooter doesn’t work unless your game is actually good: remember what happened with Back 4 Blood?

[@Micecheese]

roblox already did this

[@timothykock6799]

'people boo, because they want to cheer' is a very good situation to describe helldivers 2. It also describes damn near everything these days. Good job mister Man, for once again delivering knowledge that school didn't teach me.

[@Lokotraktor]

Have been waiting for this video to drop!

[@GuardianCharr]

We havent won yet, sony still doesnt sell the game in any of the blacklisted areas. Valve actually released a statement that the publisher was still blocking sales.

[@zix47]

tis is true, until past may 30, for the rest of the year and the contryes still restricted, we did not win yet

[@rem9750]

*SPREAD THE WORD* We can't roll over and 'accept victory'. You dont turn around and forgive a bf/gf that over and over again proves that they will treat you like garbage. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH If they treat us, or the community, poorly... we abandon them

[@bonjour9747]

Good, get your country in order!

[@Triggermappy]

@@bonjour9747what?

[@bigswollcody]

this opening to this video is absolutely awe-inspiring man, keep up the good work

[@TheActMan]

Thank you!

[@jacobhawley60]

​@@TheActMan You're the ActDiver now. Use that title well, honorably and with pride.

[@BrickDaniels-qu7bz]

@@TheActMan It's true - I felt it.

[@Mazaroth]

God that intro is beautiful, brings a tear to my long dead, cold heart to know that we still actually have a chance to stick it to the man.

[@rileymcphee9429]

Gaming companies: We're making live service games so you can play with your friends forever! Also gaming companies: Maintaining live service is hard, so the game is dead and your money is gone.

[@somebodyontheinternet5519]

Who knew the intro to Helldivers 2 was foreshadowing all along

[@x_xenvy1251]

You could say Helldivers 2 "dove straight into hell" and managed to surface out of it.

[@dungimon1912]

That intro was amazing, keep up the good work.

[@cobraregala4571]

Thank you act man for this video.

[@goGothitaLOL]

Steam/Valve being a private company is such a national treasure, in a world where any public company with shareholders can’t be trusted no matter who.

[@vodkawhisperer3923]

They make so much money hopefully it stays like this forever

[@Shreyas-S]

All hail Gaben!

[@liarwithagun]

It will be a sad day when the torch is passed and whoever takes over from Gabe inevitably messes the company up to squeeze as much money as possible from us. I think at that point I will fully move over to games that can't have their access taken away (solo/offline games, emulation, etc.). Assuming the government hasn't made regulations so we can actually own our games again by that point.

[@matodragonespor5000]

What really got Sony scared was the fact that Steam was giving refunds to everyone, despite the time passed and played. You know these companies get scared when you attack their pockets

[@CyanRooper]

Based Valve.

[@Matanumi]

Its always having to do with money. NOTHING MATTERS in protest unless you hit them in pocketbooks with corporate controversy

[@mu_obito]

i been waiting for the rdr2 vid since i seen your channel back near when the game actually came out and all i gotta ask is whens the vid now that you played it ?

[@yissovanthearmoredtitan3860]

That intro was fire as hell! What song was used in it? I need to know

[@maxchisholm3963]

I love how the gaming news environment is so crazy right now that each of act mans videos recently makes a reference to the newest controversy that he hasn't even had time to cover because of how fast everything is moving. His Tarkov video references this controversy, and this video referenced the tango gameworks shutdown LMAO. Shits crazy rn.

[@om58499]

Things have been moving fast this month

[@Matanumi]

Yet no major games have been released. Publishers are pushing for far too much control and the layoffs aren't helping

[@AMHarbinger]

I will never understand the people who defended this with the argument "Just buy a PS5 or make a PSN account".

[@TheLastCustomer]

Brainwashed console players

[@DZA3051]

But yet some of you clown do the same with Microsoft... Kinda Oxymoronic ..hmmmm

[@1.-ulysses334]

​@@TheLastCustomerPS US players, xbox and other countries still don't have helldivers

[@androswolf]

@@TheLastCustomer I am strictly PC-player and i still think this whole outrage is stupid.

[@stonii420]

They can't play with more then 12 buttons you think they'll understand that?

[@perfectxzero4037]

Your intros are amazing man

[@flyingwhale157]

holy shit bro i thought this was gonna be just the sick as hell video as whole thing but turns out you just made an intro. you should ve published it seperately. that intro was amazing

[@Hell_diver1]

Democracy never dies, act diver

[@shrednas6567]

"If you work in retail you can't just tell a customer to go fuck themselves" As a retail worker, I have done that and I will do it again if I need to lol

[@Naxthural]

BASED

[@Rexhunterj]

The customer is always right, in the matter of taste/aesthetic. People forget that 60% of humans are barely more intelligent than their primeape ancestors and cousins like Gorillas. A person knows what they like and don't like but rarely much more beyond that. Never let a customer bully you into thinking they are right in any matter other than their tastes, if you know better for sure and have a means to back yourself up you should always correct that customer and should do so as a general person in day-to-day activities. People just dont know how the world works, so many people see their TV or Computer as a magic black box that does magic stuff and puts a picture on the screen, how utterly depressing is it that we spent thousands of years to get to this point and most of us can;t even muster up the intellect to comprehend things.

[@chronenojysk5107]

Did you get fired?

[@shrednas6567]

@@chronenojysk5107 No, I'm one of the managers, we have been given a green light to just remove disruptive people, it's not a good use of our time and the kind of people who need to be told to fuck off are not the customers we want to return

[@BETRvids]

Did you know? Complaining or listening to complaining for up to 30 minutes a day causes brain damage. It causes the neurons in your hippocampus to peel, and your hippocampus is responsible for critical thought. By telling whiny customers to fuck off, you're doing yourself a favor. And if you're in a position where you can't, then don't let them go on and on. Always be working on trying to find a solution; your brain will thank you for it.

[@Signuun]

i'll be watching these 2:45 of intro over and over again for a few days and then the rest of your video :D

[@Patrick_The_Pure]

As a European, i've never been so proud of being called, "pc gamers are a lot like Americans".

[@xcellentcreations3312]

This incident will forever hurt my brain from how absurd this is, like, the only way this could have happen is Sony somehow forgetting the many evidence they got that they need to upgrade their online security!

[@accelerator8558]

They have online security???????

[@sub_rapier]

they know they should, but the Executives need to get the money for their monthly new yacht from somewhere

[@RiverssonA]

before i finish the rest of this video god the intro so so good some really good work there

That intro slapped and also had so many memes I hadn't seen even though I watch the subreddit daily!

[@Synistyc]

Dont let up, sony has still effectively banned over 170 countries from playing

[@TheActMan]

The war never ends

[@tox076_]

yeah they added the baltics on the 10th, kinda feels like they may try to force the requirement later.

[@CyanRooper]

​@@tox076_ So this is how we get depressed Serbians like Niko Bellic.

[@anomonyous]

​@@TheActManSnoy. Snoy never changes...

[@anomonyous]

​@@tox076_I thought they only gave them the ability to play. Not to buy.

[@marlibeshaj1069]

I live in albania, one of the countries which was part of the delisting and for some reason on steam it shows "notice: this game only supports japanese interface/voice for customers in japan". They couldnt even get the unavailability notice right

[@Liggliluff]

Steam is also terrible at localisation as well. They use US Pacific time for a lot of languages instead of just using the system's timezone, which they do use in other areas. They are so inconsistent.

[@BloodAssassin]

I think it shows that for every delisted country. They have delisted in Serbia even tough it fully supports PSN. Sony has really fallen in my eyes.

[@marlibeshaj1069]

Usually it would say something like "notice: game is not available in your country" (like cs nexon zombies) because nothing else shows up but that notice

[@BloodAssassin]

@@marlibeshaj1069 they unlisted but didn't change the notice

[@marlibeshaj1069]

@@BloodAssassin yeah could be the case, still pretty dumb in my opinion

[@VergilSalots]

Well damn i didnt expect for my render to appear in an Act Man video of all things. I honestly have no words to express how excited I am at this.

[@bobenchorben]

what an awesome intro. happy to see things turn for the better for once, with all the wars and recession and what not. good for the devs and they players, they deserved it.

[@lolidasterner414]

The intro is as epic as an old Paramount trailer .

[@korsar96]

I'm from a country where you cannot register a PSN account. About a month ago I bought Ghost of Tsushima on Steam and the other day our game journalists announce that the game won't be available in our country because of this sony bs. The game was in my steam library until yesterday, opened steam and saw no game but my steam wallet got fatter for that price. Also, you can't purchase Helldivers here, nothing has been reverted.

[@matthiasbreuer8710]

This. This wasn't a win for gamers as a whole, just for some HD2 players in first world countries who could not be bothered to create a PSN account.

[@nox22119]

Same from the Philippines here and can't buy Sony games.

[@lilporky8565]

Wait wtf, they just took the game out of your library? I thought they would just remove it from the store but let you keep it if you managed to get a copy before then.

[@Micecheese]

@@lilporky8565 he probably asked to refund it

[@dogsbecute]

@@Micecheese No where in his original message is it implied that he asked for a refund. Infact, its heavily implied it was straight up removed from the library and forcefully refunded.

[@ainklaus9814]

WHAT A INTRO… instantly made my day

[@Atypical_Typo]

Holy shit, you got Master Chief's VA to do that outro bit?! That's awesome😬

[@itzenigma2865]

As someone who worked retail as a teenager, you definetely CAN tell a customer to fuck off, catch is you can only do it once per job site 😂

[@sukimoro]

As someone who was part of creating and watching people create those art peices, they are beautiful, and shows the creativity of the helldivers community! A man will see this and say “hell yeah”

[@TheActMan]

The Helldivers community is truly one of a kind

[@connorwallace8576]

PlayStation hasn't been a Japanese-owned company since the ps3. After the ps3, they switched into a California-based company. Makes sense why it all started going downhill since then

[@liarwithagun]

Western corporate culture is so short-sighted. Asian corporate culture may be draconian, but at least it doesn't sacrifice the long-term for the short-term. That said, just because it is legally based in California doesn't mean that the higher ups are basically the same people as before.

[@uracell2345]

this is like the war thunder controversy where the community rebelled against the changes

[@beneemoon7431]

Wow that was a really epic 3 minute overview of everything that happened there in the beginning! Great job!!!

[@TheBerchie]

Always remember Spitz, the community manager who lost his job, telling the fan base to continue review bombing the game so that Sony would listen. A true hero.

[@gayema664]

I thought he wasnt fired

[@TheBerchie]

@@gayema664 He posted a message on Discord about him losing his job, unless something changed. But I doubt it, you can't tell people to review bomb the game and not get punished for it.

[@RockyAptera-xo3dd]

I think his boss was too soft to fire him, until Sony told him to. Spitz basically said he almost lost his job but not quite. Then next day he lost his job. He obviously didn't have the patience to work in customer service, but baskinator and purple straight up insult customers without repercussions.

[@jumpingmoose5554]

I think he got fired because he was being a dickhead to the community when they were angry. The review part is just to cover his back.

[@Rexhunterj]

@@RockyAptera-xo3dd the other two are WEF plants from one of their little globalist groups like how Sweet Baby Inc infected the consultancy sphere there are teams of contracters that WEF groups keep close and send out/bring into their new business ventures. These people are plants meant to destabilise the project and keep things in a particular state of chaos. This is why we cannot have nice things, that and old people stealing money from the youth via pensions they clearly don't need when they have hundreds of thousands of dollars in assets they sit on and die with.

[@chrisyeager2505]

Hey can you make a video on the state of helldivers 2 and the issues the community has with the balance and nerfs as well as the player base slowly losing interest.

[@enricob15]

The initial montage almost made me cry. Beautiful

[@DarthPudden]

I reckon Sony is gonna put the requirements back, make it permanent for games in the future, and this time sacrifice Helldivers to do so. There's no other logical reason why the 180 countries are still out, outside of stupidity.

[@urahi830]

they didn't really reverse anything, they put out a half assed apology on twitter and then delisted the game from any remaining country where they don't have PSN

[@markomejac8172]

Preach!

[@MewnFrostFang]

Can we get the intro as a separate video? I am so happy to see that part

[@ChaoticCreek]

The intro brought a tear to my eye

[@TheRealCarlBrutananadilewski]

Steam support confirmed that the region restrictions ARE from Snoy's end

[@goGothitaLOL]

He knows that, as a post editing note

[@Cho0c0]

Guys, its not over, Sony still hasn't reinstated the game in around 200 countries, there are still Helldivers unable to join back in.

[@shadowforge]

Steam is the holdup not Sony stop spreading false information

[@CaptainPerfect]

No Steam is not The holdup. It is Sony. Steam support has confirmed that. Do your actual research

[@SaraphDarklaw]

There’s only 197 countries on earth though.

[@marvin2678]

is the game worth ti?

[@lbuada7723]

​@marvin2678 , not anymore.

[@janky477]

Remember when PC Master Race was true? Pepperidge Farms remembers. And Publishers are trying VERY HARD to make you forget.

[@gho5tspartan26yt]

That opening memetage is too much bro 😂

[@gravynate08]

To be honest, as a helldiver's player who loves the game. I feel like this whole debacle led to severely reduced player counts. It feels like half as many people are playing, we failed the last community objective and it feels like we're going to fail the next one as well. Additionally a podcaster I listen to(Morning somewhere) said he won't play the game as a community playdate because of this fiasco. It sucks, Sony really screwed up and I feel like even though the review bombs did force Sony to reverse course it left a permanent scar and tanked the hype and momentum of the game.

[@Rexhunterj]

Most of us are not playing in solidarity for the 177+ countries/regions that cannot play, why would you play when others who own the game cannot? Kinda selfish isn't it? More over I bet most of us have friends all over the world and know at least one person in an affected country/region.

[@camoking3609]

I mean in my own admission Yeah it did I was looking forward to buying it but now i don't want to Especially cuz it looks like its still not over, and Sony is gonna pull this again sometime later

[@BigT87]

@@Rexhunterj That's a bunch of BS. It has been on the decline for a while. Mostly just leveling off from the early hype but there were over 100k online on Sunday afternoon at the peak of the review bombing and steam charts show barely a drop since. Can't say what PS analytics are but since this a PC side issue you would think the biggest affect would be on PC side and it has hardly made a difference.

[@BrickDaniels-qu7bz]

Hey, I like older games. They're beautiful in their own way.

[@RealVato]

The Sony drama, bugs and crashes, nerfs and devs fighting with players are contributing to the game slowly bleeding players we used to have 100k on either side of the map and then some now we can barely finish a MO or just fail which hurts to see this game die slowly. Hopefully it bounces back soon.

[@Jumpz2100]

LOVE YOU ACT MAN! Just had an appendectomy and you the first thing I put on out of surgery bro. Keep it up.

[@TheActMan]

goddamn son, I hope you get better!

[@Jumpz2100]

@@TheActMan thanks homeboy, yk I will after I got that act man comment! Got out of school yesterday and felt funny went to the er and then Saturday morning had it done baby. We gonna survive though!

[@Alex_Mercer_The_PROTOTYPE]

Bro that intro was on point 🔥 😂 👌

[@AbelMayfair]

The intro alone slaps harder than words can describe. This is what power is.

[@Marinealver]

Ghosts of Tsushima now requires a PSN account and a number of Sony games on Steam are being delisted or region locked to include Helldivers 2.

[@nuclearocean]

It's a damn shame that I don't have a PC that could run HD2, so I never bought it and missed out on such a legendary community campaign... This game is powerful, man. And this community is an example to follow

[@johndortheknight4802]

I’m over here on Xbox, can’t afford a new pc or ps4/5 to play but this community seems to reach even us and I hope they actually undo their fuckups soon even if I’ve lost hope they’ll let us in the reserves fight alongside the helldivers. The community deserves better then this shit and everyone’s efforts show as much.

[@sponge671]

​@@johndortheknight4802its ps5 and pc only not ps4

[@kekk3809]

Well, if youre still in those countries without psn, you still cant buy it. Although you can 'probably' play it if you bought it before the thanos snap.

[@zachrohler1047]

As an xbox kid it's been pretty sad watching the entire fucking internet gush about this game while xbox is over there shooting itself in the face by firing a bunch of studios.

[@Paladin1034]

Prior to this whole thing, I was honestly hopeful Sony would move towards porting it to Xbox. We could use the extra divers, and lord knows they'd sell another several million copies. That's easy money. Especially with Xbox exclusives making their way to PS. Then they decided to go out and shoot the golden goose.

[@ZeroFormLak]

The war is not over only the battle and even that was a hollow victory, this one going for a long time

[@xipheros]

"What I remember about the rise of Helldivers 2 was how quiet it was. During the waning hours of the Major Order the Helldivers 2 Player base was non-discreetly transferred to the Steam Reviews. It was a silent trip. We all knew what was about to happen, what we were about to do. Did we have any doubts? Any private Sony Sympathizing thoughts? Perhaps but most of us didn't say a word. Not on the Reviews of Steam. Not when Sony's Enforcement attempt came down. And not when we marched into the Helldivers 2 Steam Reviews. Not a word."

[@valkyrievelvet7724]

Perfect comment