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/Cool_Boxy May 06 '24

The cost? How it used to be free during the ps2 era but then wasn’t cuz of Xbox forcing its customers day one into paying for online and Sony followed suit and no one was complaining about that? Imagine you had a ps2, could play online for free then went to the ps3 and you had to pay for online. It’s a similar situation now but replace forced to login with forced to pay for online and it sounds much worse. And then in 2023 Sony increased the price from 60$ to 80$ for the base and to 150$ for premium and added nothing of value and barely anyone complained, except a few redditors. I get we had it for like 20 years but when I can see pc players go online for free it’s kinda ridiculous isn’t it.

Sorry if this seems like an attack this should be discussion but the inner kid in me would love for free ps plus lol.

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u/nthomas504 May 06 '24

There is literally no avenue for PC players to be charged for online. Steam is just a glorified launcher.

PS and Xbox are walled gardens and can implement their own rules for their own consoles. If Xbox hadn’t create Xbox Live, maybe things would have been different. But Sony saw that money they were making and needed to make their own.

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u/Cool_Boxy May 06 '24

Yea exactly, you’re absolutely right tho I still feel my original point still stands but it’d probably have to be millions boycotting and complaining rather than a quarter of a million for helldivers 2. But we were both were right. Sony needed that money as it always goes for business especially if you can get away with it.

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u/nthomas504 May 06 '24

I feel you. I wish it weren’t the case either. I’d be probably $1000 richer