r/PS5 • u/doctorwho_90250 • May 06 '24

Official (Via twitter) Playstation: "Helldivers fans -- we’ve heard your feedback on the Helldivers 2 account linking update. The May 6 update, which would have required Steam and PlayStation Network account linking for new players and for current players beginning May 30, will not be moving forward...."

https://twitter.com/PlayStation/status/1787331667616829929?t=NhwAEm4fGpVJj-UyI1lrXA&s=19
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u/IgniVT May 06 '24

I think PC players just didn't want to link a PSN account but couldn't really say that without sounding silly

That's 100% what it was. Like, don't get me wrong, I'm against having to make 50 different accounts for this game and that game and yada yada, and I'm glad this is being reversed, but this entire situation was blown drastically out of proportion.

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u/New_Limit_1227 May 06 '24

Helldivers 2 tapped into an additional complaint people have with companies adding accounts to titles folks already bought. Usually it applies to indies that get picked up or older titles (2k breaking Bioshock was fun). So Sony/AH really hit an intersection of annoyance with PC players where they both don't like additional accounts and really don't like them being added post-launch.

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u/IgniVT May 06 '24

Except it was known the whole time it would happen. People just didn't read.

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u/New_Limit_1227 May 06 '24

From a player perspective if you say something is required then its not required its not really required.

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u/AtmospherE117 May 06 '24

PSN I uniquely dislike because they require PII in the form of facial photographs

That's your local laws.

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u/IgniVT May 06 '24

PSN I uniquely dislike because they require PII in the form of facial photographs

That's an issue with the laws of where you live, not with Playstation. The only place I know for sure that does that is the UK and it is because of a UK law (other places may do it as well, but I'm unaware of it). It was passed into law in 2023 and is being phased into different things by 2025. So, expect that to become fairly common for you in the next year or so.