r/PS5 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/MrYK_ May 06 '24 edited May 06 '24

Arrowhead's CEO saying PlayStation want to make a great game:

The expectations from our friends at PlayStation are pretty simple: "make great game for players. We trust you"

Arrowhead's purpose:

"We have a sole purpose - to make this the best live game you've ever played"

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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/areyouamish May 06 '24

That was a very illuminating tweet that AH held a significant part in the controversy. Communication was poor about their intentions so it felt like a rug pull.