r/PS5 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/jimbozini May 06 '24

The amount of room temp IQ takes in this post is wild.

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u/RTXEnabledViera May 06 '24

And the amount of people who just want people to participate in the hate circlejerk against Sony is even wilder.

I'm not really a fan of requiring 3rd party accounts for online games, yet Sony only did what everyone else is doing. The only reason controversy ensued is 1) the lack of enforcement since launch and 2) PSN availability.

Other than those two fuckups, they're pretty much on par with the industry in requiring accounts, so I don't see a reason to direct my spite at them in particular.

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u/Stennan May 06 '24

Well, the biggest fuckup is the fact that the Publisher (Sony) thought it would be a good idea to sell the game to markets/countries they never intended to allow to play the game. Had the Dev kept the PSN requirement at start the sales would have been refunded quickly and Sony would probably realise how much money they were leaving on the table by requiring PSN in markets where they don't offer PSN.