(Disclaimer: never played Hell divers 2, not a shooter fan, and I have had PSN since near the beginning)
I'm surprised they cancelled it. Sony finally had their popular GaaS, one that released under their helm, and it seemed to be their big portal into getting more sign-ups from a platform they were starting to experiment with. I guess they didn't want to risk the PR hit in this tumultuous year, especially after having to layoff so much talent not even a few months ago.
That said, I'll still make my hot take here and say how I hate how gamers will praise review systems to help organically inform each other if products, but then abuse it (and likely bot it) whenever any slight inconvenience makes it way in here. Review bombs are a tool that get weaker the more it is utilized, and we've already seen them being used previously to protest political decisions tangentially attached to the game. Or even review bomb unrelated games who simply have the same publisher.
The tumultuous user review system with little oversight makes me understand why Epic was hesitant to put that into their storefront roadmap for years, and why Sony/Nintendo (AFAIK) don't make it easy to change your reviews retroactively.
I'm surprised they cancelled it. Sony finally had their popular GaaS, one that released under their helm, and it seemed to be their big portal into getting more sign-ups from a platform they were starting to experiment with. I guess they didn't want to risk the PR hit in this tumultuous year, especially after having to layoff so much talent not even a few months ago.
That said, I'll still make my hot take here and say how I hate how gamers will praise review systems to help organically inform each other if products, but then abuse it (and likely bot it) whenever any slight inconvenience makes it way in here. Review bombs are a tool that get weaker the more it is utilized, and we've already seen them being used previously to protest political decisions tangentially attached to the game. Or even review bomb unrelated games who simply have the same publisher.
The tumultuous user review system with little oversight makes me understand why Epic was hesitant to put that into their storefront roadmap for years, and why Sony/Nintendo (AFAIK) don't make it easy to change your reviews retroactively.