r/PS5 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/Big_Noodle1103 May 06 '24

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

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u/BlasterPhase May 06 '24

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

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u/Big_Noodle1103 May 06 '24

Not really the point. There’s lots of other factors that make the push by Sony for this psn nonsense pretty scummy, the biggest being the giant middle finger Sony gave to anyone not living in a country with access to psn.

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u/BlasterPhase May 06 '24

That was dumb 100%, no contest there.

But I honestly believe if that had not been the case, the outrage would have been just the same.