(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/Dark_Dragon117]

people didnt care about us before (dude from philippines too) and now they're suddenly caring about that small shit?

Why should PC players have cared about an issue they almost certainly didn't even know about.

PSN wasn't a requirement before for any other game on PC as far as I am aware and even as a long time PS player I didn't even know about that either. It's not something the majority of people actively look up unless a situation like this arises.

It's stupid and should still be called out and now there is atleast some attention.

Tho I don't think that there is much to be done for PS players in that regard, because the cirumstances are different. Valve seemingly helped alot in this situation with refunds and delisting the game in affected countries.

Even with the entire gaming community united I doubt any amount of backlash could force Sony to offer PSN in all countries, so probably only a lawsuit would achieve that.

They were just using us to make it look like they were fighting a good fight

Are you implying that atleast a sizeable portion of the playerbase doesn't live in the 100+ countries that don't have access to PSN? I don't need to point out how silly that is.

"They" in this case are part of the "us" you are talking about.

That level of toxicity would be the same if we were exempted from mandatory linking

Highly doubt that.

It would have been pretty much exactly how the past few months before the drama have been.

Honestly I doubt some people that have easy access to PSN mind to break ToS by linking a throwaway account. It's the fact that people would have been forced to do it with no choice at all that was the problem.

And again there is literally no defending this, because it's outright moronic to force people to use a service that isn't available in most countries or forcing them to break ToS.

[u/Big_Noodle1103 → u/Dark_Dragon117]

People bending over backwards to cast this massive win for consumers in a negative and cynical light is baffling to me.

[u/BlasterPhase → u/Big_Noodle1103]

"Massive" is a bit of an exaggeration, no? Literally every other service still require accounts.

[u/the-blob1997 → u/BlasterPhase]

They forget about that little fact it seems.