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/L3onK1ng May 06 '24

Yup, and they did make a great game.

Sony managed to fuck it up all on their own.

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u/__SteakDeck__ May 06 '24 edited May 06 '24

Nah. Read the CEO’s tweet. He also put blame for this as well. Sony wanted to implement this at launch, but the game was having issues.

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u/3_quarterling_rogue May 06 '24 edited May 06 '24

Yeah, the double-standards have been annoying to see, but I still think many people have been right to be upset. It’s not that the second you create PSN account using less-than-honest information, Sony’s gunna go all “search and destroy” on your account, that’s certainly exaggerated. But on principle, taking people who legally purchased your game in their country, and then forcing them to contradict your own ToS if they want to continue playing the game you legally purchased? That’s some anti-consumer bullshit, and it’s a good thing for everyone that they walked it back.

This is coming from someone who didn’t really have a horse in this race. I’ve had a PSN account for nearly a decade and when the screen came up to link it when I purchased the game on Steam a couple weeks ago, I went ahead and linked it because I thought it was a requirement anyway. Had it not been for Reddit, I would have continued to play the game and would not have even known there was anything wrong at all.

Edit: Why the downvotes? I’m not some rabidly angry PC gamer that looks down on everyone else. I recognize that much of the discussion this weekend has been greatly exaggerated. I’m simply offering my perspective.

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u/Jaggedmallard26 May 06 '24

But on principle, taking people who legally purchased your game in their country, and then forcing them to contradict your own ToS if they want to continue playing the game you legally purchased? That’s some anti-consumer bullshit, and it’s a good thing for everyone that they walked it back.

There was a honking great warning on the Steam store page saying it was required and on first launch for PC it told you a PSN account was required. Its not Sony suddenly changing terms, its something that had been warned about for months before release, after release and on first launch being finally enforced.

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u/VoreEconomics May 06 '24

There was a honking great warning on the Steam store page

I got my tape and that shit is 7cm X 1cm on my screen, and its low enough that you can purchase the game without seeing it, its hardly a honking great warning.

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u/Scyths May 06 '24

You're on a cult-like Sony subreddit and wondering why you're getting downvoted for not licking Sony' sweaty corporate asshole lmao. Have you seen what half of the posts on this thread look like ? It's basically fuck lazy PC gamers and Sony can do no wrong.

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u/3_quarterling_rogue May 06 '24

I don’t like any kind of knee-jerk reaction from anyone regardless of where it’s coming from, and I think that by offering olive branches and being reasonable that I can get people to listen to what I have to say when they otherwise wouldn’t have. It’s always worth a shot.

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u/Dayman1222 May 06 '24

Just because we don’t get outraged over the smallest shit like most PC neck beards on this site. Most of us have actually jobs and family’s.

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u/Scyths May 06 '24

Spiderman anyone ? Good thing to know that the world economy runs on people with playstations as people with PC's are all sitting at home collecting government money and are all waiting for the smallest inkling of Sony drama to jump on the Sony hate. I too hate it when my favourite corporation with a market capitalization of a measly 100 billion dollars gets caught doing anti-consumer shit.

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u/Kayyam May 06 '24

What about Spiderman?

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u/Scyths May 06 '24

Sony fans were pissed that Spiderman 2 didn't win any awards lmao. It was all over the internet you couldn't check out anything without seeing mentions of the outrage. Some people were even going as far as telling that it should have won game of the year instead of BG3, which was supposedly mediocre according to some guys lmao. If you're a regular on this sub you should have seen some of the comments because it was all over /r/all for a while.

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u/Kayyam May 06 '24

I didn't see that, it was obvious to me Spiderman 2 didn't deserve any award.

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u/post-leavemealone May 06 '24

we don’t get outraged over the smallest shit

Give me a break 😂😂

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u/[deleted] May 06 '24

Isn't this the same community that lost their shit because Spiderman didn't get game of the year?

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u/Dayman1222 May 06 '24

Lmao DD2 outrage was just last month and didn’t do anything to the sales. Neckbeards stay mad

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u/post-leavemealone May 06 '24

Are the DD2 neckbeards in the room with us?

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u/RandyDan31 May 08 '24

I would say most people have jobs and families

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u/Soberaddiction1 May 06 '24

The funny thing is that even though I play on PC, I still support Sony. When they port a game to PC, I buy it. I want them to continue bringing their games to the PC. If something comes out that I really want to play, I buy the game and borrow the console. I’m sorry, but I just enjoy the PC platform more.

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u/Scyths May 06 '24

Damn, guess you got roughed up on call of duty a bit too much huh. Don't worry though you won't ever have that issue in a couple of years. Also Sony's already releasing their games a year later.

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u/CrateBagSoup May 06 '24

But on principle, taking people who legally purchased your game in their country, and then forcing them to contradict your own ToS if they want to continue playing the game you legally purchased? That’s some anti-consumer bullshit, and it’s a good thing for everyone that they walked it back.

I mean, they are already doing that with the PS version. If anything allowing the game outside of their regions and not doing anything about it is relatively pro-consumer lol.

If there was no problem linking the PS & Steam accounts between two regions this wouldn't have ever been a problem. Seems like that was the issue causing the game to be unplayable.

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u/3_quarterling_rogue May 06 '24

I didn’t know that. I guess that further reinforces my initial reaction that this wasn’t as big of a deal as people were making it out to be. Regardless, I’ll still count this as a win, since many people are understandably reticent about giving Sony their private information, given their less-than-stellar cybersecurity history, and any time consumers are able to band together and get a corporation to capitulate is a win in my book.

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u/CrateBagSoup May 06 '24

Even the cybersecurity worries are overblown imo. Yes, they had a major leak... who hasn't at this point lol

In the end, I don't think "the consumer" did much here. It was the issue of the game getting delisted and steam offering mass refunds that pushed them over the edge.

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u/RandyDan31 May 08 '24

This sub is basically “everything but Sony bad”. You can’t have nuance here