While it's only been available for a short time, Anthem has already found itself the center of multiple controversies. One of the most notorious is an issue with the PlayStation 4 version of the game, where closing out of it causes a full system crash. With some PS4 gamers worried about the crashing potentially bricking their console, Sony has reportedly gone as far as to offer refunds to those who have purchased the game digitally. And now EA has issued a response, of sorts, to the unfortunate situation.

The EA Help Twitter page has confirmed that the company is indeed aware of the crashing issue that Anthem players on PS4 are currently experiencing. In a tweet, EA Help says that the problem is currently being investigated, and it asks for the community to share data about it when their console crashes. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear as though EA has discovered the reason why Anthem is causing PS4s to crash, and at the time of this writing, it has no fix in place.

The issue with Anthem crashing PS4s is perhaps its biggest controversy, but it's not the only one the game has experienced. Anthem launched to poor reviews, and is now the lowest-reviewed BioWare console game in studio history. It also drew the ire of some fans for its loot drop system, with BioWare unintentionally raising the drop rates for masterworks and legendary items, and then nerfing the loot drops without telling its players.

All of these issues and concerns about potentially weak sales (though there is some evidence that Anthem is selling quite well) have even led some fans to worry that EA could close BioWare. EA has a history of shutting down studios that under-perform, but according to BioWare producer Michael Gamble, fans don't have to worry about BioWare suffering a similar fate as Maxis, Pandemic Games, Visceral Games, and the rest.

And there is still a chance for Anthem to turn around its misfortunes. BioWare plans to aggressively support the game with regular updates and new content, and has laid out a 90 day roadmap of what fans can expect from Anthem over the next few months. If the studio is able to provide enough compelling content to not only maintain its audience, but draw new players in as well, then public perception of Anthem could change.

We've seen this happen in the past with other games that have been met with a poor reception at launch, and so it's not out of the realm of possibility for Anthem. However, BioWare and EA will need to get the game's technical issues under control first, and the PS4 crashing issue seems like a rather big problem that should be addressed as soon as possible.

Anthem is out now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.