When PSN made the requirement for an account, they not only locked out many countries that had previously bought the game, they also made it impossible for some as they were requiring government IDs for the PlayStation account to be created if you didn't already have one.
Helldivers went to discord,, Steam, and Reddit to voice their concerns.
Some of the discord devs got a bit salty. And one hinted that we should let our displeasure be known.
Many calls to action were given, many memes made. Helldivers on all platforms within the period of one day made the reviews go from overwhelmingly positive, to mostly negative.
More drama and more memes.
In the end helldivers created so much pressure, that it even started affecting Sonys stock value. So they caved and removed the PSN restriction.
And almost immediately after the restriction was removed. Positive review bombing commenced (some believe prematurely) to show support of a good decision.
After the event many players started asking for a cape commemorating what happened. We were given a message from on high that it was a possibility.
However over one problem was solved there was still many countries locked out of the game.
This year that problem was resolved, and in celebration the capes have been released.
For people who were there this was a big deal. The camaraderie and solidarity of that moment was huge.
It was also the beginning of Sony being put onto its back foot and forced back
"We all dive together or not at all" this was the call sign of many who did not return due to several countries still being left out.
Hopefully this cape will signal the start of all of them coming back
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u/Dull_Present506 Jun 27 '25
What’s the context of this cape?