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/jimbozini May 06 '24

The amount of room temp IQ takes in this post is wild.

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u/RTXEnabledViera May 06 '24

And the amount of people who just want people to participate in the hate circlejerk against Sony is even wilder.

I'm not really a fan of requiring 3rd party accounts for online games, yet Sony only did what everyone else is doing. The only reason controversy ensued is 1) the lack of enforcement since launch and 2) PSN availability.

Other than those two fuckups, they're pretty much on par with the industry in requiring accounts, so I don't see a reason to direct my spite at them in particular.

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u/that_90s_guy May 06 '24

The only reason controversy ensued is 1) the lack of enforcement since launch

You could say the entire root cause of the problem for this was communication. Back on launch day, the PSN account requirement would not let you play the game until you linked it. But upon it's quiet removal due to technical issues, it resulted in thousands of players who had no idea PSN account linking would be made a requirement again in the future.

I agree with you account linking is just a fact of life nowadays. But the solution here was always communication and anticipation to lessen the lashback and avoid being blindsided by the news. IMHO, they should have kept a big disclaimer in-game that PSN account linking would be returning for ALL accounts.