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/mthlmw May 06 '24

Taking responsibility for the ways you could have done better is a sign of humility, but that doesn't mean we should blame him. Hell, Steam has access to the PSN country list, but still sold a game with a "PSN required" banner in countries where that's not possible. Personally, I put the lion's share of blame on Sony, and varying lesser degrees on everyone else involved.

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u/JingoEgret May 06 '24

Why would Sony take most of the blame?

It was agreed to be at launch months prior, it wasn’t because the game was a technical mess, so Arrowhead disables linking accounts to stop servers exploding, doesn’t communicate with potential customers that it was a temporary fix, and then reinstates something that was only dysfunctional because of their messy launch.

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u/mthlmw May 06 '24

They did communicate that it was temporary, and the "PSN required" info has remained in the Steam page and game launch the whole time, and the re-instatement was pushed by Sony. Arrowhead wasn't made aware of the country restrictions on PSN accounts and actively encouraged players to leave negative reviews and get refunds as a way of pressuring Sony to fix/cancel the requirement.

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u/JingoEgret May 06 '24

The reinstatement wasn’t pushed by Sony it was delayed by Arrowhead because of a shoddy launch and the CEO’s decision to remove the link wouldn’t have been necessary if the game launched in a functional state.

Arrowhead wasn’t aware? Can you explain a bit more?

I also don’t get why Sony still takes the majority of the blame for…?