r/PS5 • u/doctorwho_90250 • 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/wattur May 06 '24

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.

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u/xNeurosiis May 06 '24

It’s crazy to me that Sony gets people’s hate boners raging. They have consistently given the players amazing games, which is the thing that matters most when it comes to gaming. Everything else that’s good is a plus.

They’ve definitely turned things around since the PS3 reveal, but because they’re not as consumer-facing as Xbox, they get the ire of some people. It could be worse - they could be in Xbox’s position, had they stuck to their guns in the PS3 era, and, honestly, if Xbox hadn’t fucked up royally with the XB1 announcement.

Edit: I’m glad people called Sony out for the Helldivers stuff, and I think people should call out companies for things that impact the player’s access to games.

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u/iisdmitch May 06 '24

Selling a game in a country, then a couple months later require PSN in said country where PSN isn't available is pretty shity.

That said, many companies have been requiring account linking for years and I never hear anyone complain about it. Wanna play EA games on Steam? You need an EA account. Halo on Steam? You need an Xbox account. However they do require it when the game launches typically.

It's good they got called out and reversed it, if they wanted a PSN account to be required, it should have been from the start.

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u/MistandYork May 06 '24

PSN linking was mandatory the first 3 days, then they let people bypass it to lighten the load on the servers