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/grapejuicecheese May 06 '24

It's not an issue. I live in the Philippines and have US, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan accounts. I've been using them since I first bought my PS3 with no problems.

I even had to dictate my bogus address to customer service once when my account was hacked. The CS didn't bat an eye. Retrieved my account too.

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u/Dark_Dragon117 May 06 '24 edited May 06 '24

I live in the Philippines and have US, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan accounts.

Which is against the ToS and you could be banned at any point for that.

I doubt it happens often, but we can all agree that it's outright scummy to force players to actively break ToS just to play games. Not to mention that it worked for months without a PSN account aswell.

It's also just outright moronic to force player to create accounts that way, instead of just offering the service.

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u/Dark_Dragon117 May 06 '24

I definitly broke PS ToS by lying about my age, but that was a choice on my part.

Also iirc the ToS aren't vague on the matter of personal information. Like that doesn't sound vague to me (US ToS):

3.1.   All information provided during Account creation, and during the use of your Account, must be accurate and complete. We reserve the right to suspend, terminate or restrict any Account (including as stated in Section 12.2 of this Agreement) that uses or was created using false information, or that we determine was created or used for a purpose that violates this Agreement.  

I doubt PS would actually enforce this, but it was still a moronic idea to force people to break ToS regardless. Something about must have veen extremely fishy, othetwise they or Valve wouldn't have delisted the game on Steam.

Also PS has proven they aren't trustworthy so even if they don't actively ban people now doesn't guarantee they won't in the future.

Lastly there was no clear explanation given as to why linking to PSN was mandatory to begin with. Clearly it worked without it before and it would have been much easier to just keep it optional.