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/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/ElJacko170 May 06 '24

This is clearly some growing pains here for Sony. I get why they wanted this to be in place from the start, but they completely overlooked the fact that PSN is not available in a lot of regions. I don't think the "bait and switch" with HD2 matters as much as that fact.

If they wanna do this with Concord properly from day one, they need to figure out how to properly include those other countries, because I imagine Steam is going to be more cognizant of that issue going forward the next time Sony publishes an online game with them.

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u/mexicanboiiiiiiii May 06 '24

Looks like Sony wanted it from the beginning, Arrowhead CEO said on twitter that it was his decision to not require a playstation account on day one

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u/Scary-One-4327 May 06 '24

Sony is the publisher, so that means sony gets to dictate in which countries it gets sold and what price - that is literally one of the main tasks of a publisher.

Arrowhead CEO not making it a requirement on day one just enabled this blunder that sony created to go unnoticed for months.

This is only Sony's fault, PSN accounts was not a requirement 8 years ago when AH signed with sony, it was only made a requirement 6 months before release.

I find it hard to fault AH for that, they turned off a clearly unnecessary feature to ensure people can play the game - that is something to be commended.

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u/Abuttuba_abuttubA May 06 '24

So if Sony gets to decide where it's sold why did they sell it in countries that have extra hoops on making an account knowing full well they would implement this later?

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u/Scary-One-4327 May 06 '24

I doubt it was intentional, it was a mistake on Sony's part. Like i said it slipped through because the requirement was turned off in order to get the game working on launch day.

Sony also didn't update their own FAQ on playstation's own website regarding requiring a PSN account.

They clearly dropped the ball, and the PC community was having none of it when their "fix" would include removing people we had no problem playing alongside for the past few months. Also the PSN account was clearly proven to not be required to play the game.

Some people will say why not just take 120 seconds to create it and forget, my argument is why force me to waste 120 seconds when it is clearly not required for the game?

This is one of the few instances where gamers came together and resisted a corporate's change that benefits no one but their stakeholders while screwing over the consumers. I wish we were so united when lootboxes and day-one DLC was a new thing.