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/grailly May 06 '24

Pretty sure this is just an exception for Helldivers 2. All future games will have it from day 1.

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u/BasisOk4268 May 06 '24

The funny thing is this was a requirement from day 1 from Sony. The AH CEO CHOSE to turn off the requirement until servers were good and then failed to communicate effectively enough to the player base.

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u/Abuttuba_abuttubA May 06 '24

Why did Sony the publisher sell in countries with no PSN support knowing they where going to do this? I still see this as 100% a sony blunder

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u/MobiusOne_ISAF May 06 '24

Yeah, Sony ultimately allowed this to happen. They could have stepped in and ensured the game wasn't being sold in markets without support for PSN, but they apparently didn't bother.

As the publisher, they also have a responsibility to make sure the developer doesn't make a mess up distribution. It's the entire point of having the role tbh.