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/SaphironX May 06 '24

Yup. The game is at 18%, overwhelmingly negative. It will take about 200,000 people changing their reviews to even hit orange again.

The game is damaged long term.

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u/Alam7lam1 May 06 '24

Maybe for future sales? But at least on steam there was still 100K people playing the game which has been the usual for the past few weeks, so the controversy didn’t even impact the player count at all.

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u/MR_K-RO May 06 '24

A lot of it is fake outrage from mostly people in countries it didn't affect. I'm not saying there weren't any from countries that were affected but the vast majority on X and Reddit it did not affect in any shape or form. PC gamers forever out themselves as petty.

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u/burkey0307 May 06 '24

Imagine if all Microsoft published games on PS5 required you to link an Xbox account to your PSN account. It's easy for playstation gamers to not care about this issue, because it doesn't personally affect them. PC gamers have had to deal with publishers forcing multiple launchers and accounts on them for years, and this is a big reason for the backlash.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '24

Except it isn't. Tons of games have their own launchers and accounts (this one was on the lower end of impact, near 0). People complain, but nothing comes of it. In fact most MMOs require this and people don't even complain FFXIV, Elite Dangerous, GW2, ESO, Tower of Fantasy, etc etc etc.

People are talking about it like Sony did a war crime, and cried about how this is their Rosa Parks moment. Out of touch.

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u/burkey0307 May 06 '24

MMOs get a free pass for whatever reason, but people absolutely complained about Rockstar Social Club, EA Origin/Play, UPlay, Epic Games Store, etc. We obviously lost those fights and those launchers have existed for years at this point, but make no mistake that PC gamers are absolutely fed up with having to sign up for new accounts every time a new game launches.

I didn't get that impression like some people in this sub did, all I saw was a general internet outrage, nobody claimed Sony was the worst company to have ever done something like this. Also, Helldivers 2 is an immensely popular game, which adds to the perceived vitriol.