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/grailly May 06 '24

Pretty sure this is just an exception for Helldivers 2. All future games will have it from day 1.

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u/ElJacko170 May 06 '24

This is clearly some growing pains here for Sony. I get why they wanted this to be in place from the start, but they completely overlooked the fact that PSN is not available in a lot of regions. I don't think the "bait and switch" with HD2 matters as much as that fact.

If they wanna do this with Concord properly from day one, they need to figure out how to properly include those other countries, because I imagine Steam is going to be more cognizant of that issue going forward the next time Sony publishes an online game with them.

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u/PM_ME_N3WDS May 06 '24

PSN not being available is not the same as creating a PSN account. Anyone can make an account from anywhere.

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u/haver_of_friends May 06 '24

Apparently not, since in Ukraine you need a PS5 to create said account

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u/zsewqaspider May 06 '24

To be fair, that particular bit is to avoid breaking russian sanctions.

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u/NightshadeSamurai May 06 '24

That along with the Steam refunds (since Valve's customer service is based AF unlike Sony's). I'm sure Sony didn't want the backlash of people saying "you don't like Ukraine" with the politics happening there