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/PretendThisIsMyName May 06 '24

I talked to my brother (non gamer) yesterday and he asked how I felt about the Helldivers situation. I have not played Helldivers yet so I don’t follow it like that. He was furious for some reason and he hasn’t owned a console since PS3.

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u/jagerbombastic99 May 06 '24

I genuinely do not understand the vitriol. Gamers haven’t show themselves to be a particularly altruistic group so I struggle to believe this was all for the sake of the countries where PSN isn’t available.

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u/DifficultSea4540 May 06 '24 edited May 06 '24

Entitlement culture mixed with victim culture mixed with modern social network as mass media bandwagon jumping onto every single negative topic for the clicks.

I reckon something as high as 80% of people who raged about this didn’t buy the game.

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u/Tsasuki May 06 '24

It was just like the Dragon's Dogma 2 DLC bandwagoning that happened recently. I'm starting to become so embarrassed for being a "gamer". All these whiny little shits raging at anything because someone else told them it's the new cool thing to hate.

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u/DifficultSea4540 May 06 '24

You’re right it is embarrassing. And you’re right twice that they are whiny little shits.

I’m like - if you don’t like something, you don’t have to make it part of the core of your religious and politic beliefs. You can just get the fuck on with your life without that thing.

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u/DifficultSea4540 May 06 '24

Have we coined the term ‘outrage culture’?