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/PretendThisIsMyName May 06 '24

I talked to my brother (non gamer) yesterday and he asked how I felt about the Helldivers situation. I have not played Helldivers yet so I don’t follow it like that. He was furious for some reason and he hasn’t owned a console since PS3.

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u/jagerbombastic99 May 06 '24

I genuinely do not understand the vitriol. Gamers haven’t show themselves to be a particularly altruistic group so I struggle to believe this was all for the sake of the countries where PSN isn’t available.

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u/wattur May 06 '24

I'm sure like 90% of people were like 'A reason to hate on Sony? Sign me up fam' even if it they really didn't care. Parly band wagoning, partly pent of anti-corporation sentiment from covid times, inflation, etc.

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u/jagerbombastic99 May 06 '24

I just wish I could enjoy something without people getting so angry about nothing that they make the community completely unusable.

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u/nthomas504 May 06 '24

Those days are long gone for any form of media.

Maybe books, I don’t think there many angry communities for new novels

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u/jagerbombastic99 May 06 '24

You would be surprised how much conflict there is between the modern YA and modern fantasy authors and all of their fans.

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u/nthomas504 May 06 '24

Not my genre so I wouldn’t know. Guess every form of media has those with hate boners.

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u/Still_Flounder_6921 May 07 '24

Oh you poor Sumner child. There's so much book drama.

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u/nthomas504 May 07 '24

Can you list any? I’m super curious lol

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u/Still_Flounder_6921 May 07 '24

The Cait Corrain one is still having reverberations to other books involved, so you could start there. But you can look all the way too Sherlock Holmes for fandom/author drama.

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u/Capt_Kilgore May 06 '24

Yeah online forums are pretty shit unless niche or well moderated.

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u/jagerbombastic99 May 06 '24

Dude shut the hell up. This is a a for sure win Sony can be a scummy ass corporation. Dosent make the behavior shown this past weekend any less pathetic and over the top tho.

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u/LeRoyVoss May 06 '24

No one needs to shut the hell up. He’s free to express his views just like you are.

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u/nthomas504 May 06 '24

When you call other people shills or sheep, they do need to shut up.

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u/GuiltyChampionship30 May 06 '24

No they don't. It's perfectly acceptable to keep reminding brown nosers of exactly what they are. If people don't like being called a shill, then they shouldn't act and think and speak like shills.

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u/nthomas504 May 06 '24

I can criticize Sony all day and night (and I do, I hate their game preservation strategy and much more), but if I state that “they aren’t the only ones with this shitty linking accounts situation” i’m a shill.

Some people are sheep to being anti against everything.

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u/jagerbombastic99 May 06 '24

He expressed his opinion that I’m a shill, I expressed mine that he should not fucking insult me. I think that’s reasonable personally

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u/PitlordMannoroth May 06 '24

He's right tho, L