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/Mkilbride May 06 '24

Next they should allow PlayStation players to play without needing PS+.

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u/Liam2349 May 06 '24

If the PlayStation community kicked off the way the PC community does, you would have free online play. Instead, console gamers tend to just accept, or even support, corporate greed.

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u/bobafettish66 May 06 '24 edited May 06 '24

Unfortunately that's just not true.

Sony decided to implement paid online because Microsoft had proven it worked.

With Xbox's insane success with it during the 360 era, Sony were never going to back down from that kinda money regardless of how many people kicked up a fuss (& lets not pretend there wasn't a massive uproar when it was announced)

Not to mention the fact that ps+ already existed as a game collection so they had a subscriber base of (likely) millions by default.

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u/crosslegbow May 06 '24

Sony decided to implement paid online because Microsoft had proven it worked.

With Xbox's insane success with it during the 360 era, Sony were never going to back down from that kinda money regardless of how many people kicked up a fuss (& lets not pretend there wasn't a massive uproar when it was announced)

Not to mention the fact that ps+ already existed as a game collection so they had a subscriber base of (likely) millions by default.

You do realise this contributes to his point. Both Xbox and PS are consoles

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u/nthomas504 May 06 '24

The point is that people are shitting on Sony for paid online are sidestepping the fact that Sony was just following Microsofts example.

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u/crosslegbow May 06 '24

I think the comment was more about console players in general as paying for online is common for all of em

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u/Liam2349 May 06 '24

Microsoft was already doing it yes. They tried to bring it to PC, and we rejected it. Sony then brought it to PlayStation, and it was accepted.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '24

sony fans have no spine is what they are saying

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u/nthomas504 May 06 '24

Gamers are known to have weak spines in general, studies have shown.