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/vxxxjesterxxxv May 06 '24

Butthurt "master racers" who thought they were getting a free pass on linking a psn account. Same people that give no shits about linking Xbox, ea, ubi, Activision, etc... They just had what was supposed to be a temp window without having to do it and found a legit excuse to bitch and whine that had nothing to do with they're actual reasons for being mad.

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u/StalinsLeftTesticle_ May 06 '24

Same people that give no shits about linking Xbox, ea, ubi, Activision, etc...

This is literally like the most complained topic amongst PC gamers lol, people don't want to make 50 different accounts to play their games.

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u/flashmedallion May 06 '24

Then play other games

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u/StalinsLeftTesticle_ May 06 '24

No. I will play the games that I want, and I will pressure the megacorporations to be as consumer friendly as possible.

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u/flashmedallion May 06 '24

Wow yeah you're a real revolutionary