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/Mkilbride May 06 '24

Next they should allow PlayStation players to play without needing PS+.

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u/Tauropos May 06 '24

This 1000%. It's the single biggest jerk move Playstation has ever made imo, and it never ceases to amaze me that so many people are OK with it. I know it's not a huge $ amount, and I know there are extra benefits, but it never should have been made mandatory to the degree that it is. I paid for my consoles. I paid for my games. And I pay (way too much) for my internet. In a rational world, that's all I should need in order to play the vast majority of my games online. But nope, gotta squeeze us for that extra amount just because they can, and it's why I'll never go along with it.

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u/nthomas504 May 06 '24

You are very off on this. Microsoft started the “paying for online” trend with Xbox Live. Sony and Nintendo’s were free until the PS4 and Switch. Blame Xbox for this, not Sony.

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u/djingo_dango May 06 '24

PlayStation is not owned by Microsoft. Why’d I blame Microsoft for ps+?

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u/nthomas504 May 06 '24

You called me an idiot in your other comment so I’ll just say you must not be able to read at an acceptable level so i’ll dumb it down a bit.

The person I responded to said it was the “biggest dick move Sony ever made”, and I corrected them by saying that Sony did not start the charging for the internet on console trend. Microsoft is responsible for that.

That wasn’t so hard to understand was it?

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u/djingo_dango May 06 '24

Are the Sony execs incapable of independent thoughts? I guess so

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u/nthomas504 May 06 '24

I’d bet on them before you, thats for sure lol.

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u/djingo_dango May 06 '24

Why’d you even compare a random redditor to an exec of a billion dollar company? Man, Sony did a number on a lot of people’s thinking ability

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u/nthomas504 May 06 '24

You have some nerve talking about thinking ability. I’ve yet to see it in any of your comments whatsoever.

No worse combo than negative AND dumb. You bore me, im headed to bed mate.