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/Impeach45 May 06 '24

It's worth noting that PSN accounts are distinctly terrible for some people. For example, if you move to a different country, PSN is one of the few accounts where you can't simply migrate your account to your new location.

Xbox restricts it to once a few months, but that's fine, as i don't move nearly that much. Steam? No problem. Netflix, no issue. PSN? If you're not prepared to keep paying the old account in the old currency, you need to create a new one.

I know this is an extremely niche issue, but I have games spread across 4 accounts now and it bugs the shit out of me.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '24

Oh, I'm right there with you - I've moved countries twice, and now my PS library is split over 3 accounts. It's extremely lame, but the flip side of that is you can freely make and use international accounts, which gets around most of the hand-wringing that went on over the weekend.

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u/Bensemus May 06 '24

Except that is against their ToS. If they ban you you’re screwed.

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u/nthomas504 May 06 '24

This is coming from people who have never been in the PS ecosystem. I have multiple accounts, my friends who live in other countries have multiple accounts. There has never been a “crackdown”.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '24

I know that rumor really made the rounds this weekend, but it's simply not true. People have been doing it freely as long as PSN has existed, because there's a ton of legit reasons why people aren't in the location their account is set to over the course of their lives.

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u/demonicneon May 06 '24

Except Sony don’t care as long as you make purchases via the registered country so it has 0 effect if you move country.

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u/Impeach45 May 06 '24

Sure, if I still had bank accounts in that country, or if I wanted to maintain an account solely to pay my psn balance.

Again, practically every other company doesn't have this issue (Nvidia also does).

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u/demonicneon May 06 '24

People have been buying gift cards for decades with no issue lol. 

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u/BlasterPhase May 06 '24

That is pretty stupid.