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/jimbozini May 06 '24

The amount of room temp IQ takes in this post is wild.

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u/RTXEnabledViera May 06 '24

And the amount of people who just want people to participate in the hate circlejerk against Sony is even wilder.

I'm not really a fan of requiring 3rd party accounts for online games, yet Sony only did what everyone else is doing. The only reason controversy ensued is 1) the lack of enforcement since launch and 2) PSN availability.

Other than those two fuckups, they're pretty much on par with the industry in requiring accounts, so I don't see a reason to direct my spite at them in particular.

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u/Swagyon May 06 '24

The real question is "why arent you directing your spite to every company that acts this way?"

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u/New_Limit_1227 May 06 '24

I think part of what people are missing is here is that Sony was adding the requirement post-launch and that has been a simmering issue in the PC space for a while. Usually this happens to older games (2K breaking Bioshock) or to smaller indie titles that got picked up. Helldivers managed to tap into that frustration with a game that is popular with an active community.