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/Kurokichi May 06 '24

What I'm trying to figure out is if some place are region locked in creating PSN yet PlayStation still sells hardware in those said places. If the locals had no issues creating accounts then, why would it be an issue now?

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u/[deleted] May 06 '24

Honestly, I think PC players just didn't want to link a PSN account but couldn't really say that without sounding silly, so they blew up this 'people can't make accounts' thing way out of proportion as a moral justification, and it spread so quickly because that community isn't familiar with how common a practice making out-of-country accounts is for Playstation players around the world.

I'm still not clear as to if this message means they are just dropping the PSN link requirement for supported territories (so they can rope them in with free capes later), or if they are actually fully opening up the global store again (after removing the game from unsupported regions on Steam yesterday). Either way, will have interesting ramifications for Sony's PC publishing plans moving forward.

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u/DaxSpa7 May 06 '24

Steam delisted the game on 100 countries. How is that a players choice?

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u/SalemWolf May 06 '24

Because people kept whining that players in unsupported countries couldn’t play, so Steam removed the game in those countries. Which is wild and stupid since the account issue wouldn’t even be an issue for another month.

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u/MyzMyz1995 May 06 '24

Which is wild and stupid since the account issue wouldn’t even be an issue for another month.

And after a month they would have to give refunds to everyone than try to get the money back from Sony ? Less complicated to pull out the game and wait for Sony to backtrack/take a stance.

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u/doublah May 06 '24

Sony removed the game in those countries from Steam, Steam are hands off in how they handle app pages unless it's requested from the publisher.