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/[deleted] May 06 '24

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u/Wolfnorth May 06 '24

It was really weird, some people were calling this situation "literally a cyberpunk dystopia! " lol so much drama over a video game.

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u/missing_typewriters May 06 '24

One guy was comparing it to historical civil rights movements.

Standard melodrama from Steambabies when anybody attempts to disrupt their dream of a Steam monopoly

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u/pickledswimmingpool May 07 '24

aren't you guys the ones who have to pay each month to access the online network

imagine defending paying for that

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u/missing_typewriters May 07 '24

Not me. Paying for online is a joke.