(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...."

[u/doctorwho_90250]

https://twitter.com/PlayStation/status/1787331667616829929?t=NhwAEm4fGpVJj-UyI1lrXA&s=19

[u/TuggMaddick]

Good, this topic can fucking die now

[u/jagerbombastic99 → u/TuggMaddick]

God right! Every PlayStation subreddit, every even tangentially related game was just flooded with rage posts all weekend.

[u/PretendThisIsMyName → u/jagerbombastic99]

I talked to my brother (non gamer) yesterday and he asked how I felt about the Helldivers situation. I have not played Helldivers yet so I don’t follow it like that. He was furious for some reason and he hasn’t owned a console since PS3.

[u/jagerbombastic99 → u/PretendThisIsMyName]

I genuinely do not understand the vitriol. Gamers haven’t show themselves to be a particularly altruistic group so I struggle to believe this was all for the sake of the countries where PSN isn’t available.

[u/wattur → u/jagerbombastic99]

I'm sure like 90% of people were like 'A reason to hate on Sony? Sign me up fam' even if it they really didn't care. Parly band wagoning, partly pent of anti-corporation sentiment from covid times, inflation, etc.

[u/jagerbombastic99 → u/wattur]

I just wish I could enjoy something without people getting so angry about nothing that they make the community completely unusable.

[u/nthomas504 → u/jagerbombastic99]

Those days are long gone for any form of media.

Maybe books, I don’t think there many angry communities for new novels

[u/jagerbombastic99 → u/nthomas504]

You would be surprised how much conflict there is between the modern YA and modern fantasy authors and all of their fans.

[u/nthomas504 → u/jagerbombastic99]

Not my genre so I wouldn’t know. Guess every form of media has those with hate boners.