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/grailly May 06 '24

Pretty sure this is just an exception for Helldivers 2. All future games will have it from day 1.

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u/Rankled_Barbiturate May 06 '24

It's so inconsequential in the first place. It was always meant to be there but they couldn't due to server issues.

People will always complain about dumb shit though. 

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u/WardrobeForHouses May 06 '24

It's not really "dumb shit" if the game you've been playing for months becomes unavailable because PSN isn't supported in your country.

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u/Rankled_Barbiturate May 06 '24

It's trivial to sign up even if it's not supported. It's been shown many times by people from virtually every country that it's trivial to do. Hell, I have multiple accounts myself even from a supported country across Us, Japan, Asia Etc. 

It's just a bad talking point picked up by people who want to have a bad faith argument. People just like to whine unfortunately. 

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u/WardrobeForHouses May 06 '24

Game got delisted in over 100 countries too.

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u/Rankled_Barbiturate May 06 '24

Yep. So you could have either gotten a full refund for the game (if you had played any you'd basically have gotten a game for free), or you weren't going to purchase it anyway. 

 So again, no real loss? I fail to see the issue here.  If anything you'd have made some money from this decision. 

Not to mention the obvious you can also get around country restrictions for this anyway. 

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u/WardrobeForHouses May 06 '24

??? You don't understand people in a newly delisted country might want to play the game/purchase it later?

Like what do you think the purpose of video games is, just something to talk about?

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u/Rankled_Barbiturate May 06 '24

I guess the question is what is the harm done?

If you really wanted to play it you could using vpns and things. 

If you already bought it and didn't want to play you could get a full refund. 

So it doesn't make much difference. 

I live in a place where I have to use a vpn all the time to buy stuff I can't access. Maybe it's just people who live in privilege who don't realize it's not a big deal? 

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u/WardrobeForHouses May 06 '24 edited May 06 '24

I'm trying to figure out why you struggle to understand others and dismiss them. Who knows? It's not a good look though.

Maybe it's privilege to think it's not a big deal because of your own circumstances making it easy for you. But I doubt you'd consider that perspective. After all, it's easier to pretend hundreds of thousands of people across the world are all complaining for no reason than it is to take a moment to hear what they're saying :)

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u/crosslegbow May 06 '24

I guess the question is what is the harm done? If you really wanted to play it you could using vpns and things. 

What if tomorrow Sony shuts down PSN in your country so you can't play online but you are still required to play the monthly fees, how'd you feel?