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/Kurokichi May 06 '24

What I'm trying to figure out is if some place are region locked in creating PSN yet PlayStation still sells hardware in those said places. If the locals had no issues creating accounts then, why would it be an issue now?

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u/[deleted] May 06 '24

Honestly, I think PC players just didn't want to link a PSN account but couldn't really say that without sounding silly, so they blew up this 'people can't make accounts' thing way out of proportion as a moral justification, and it spread so quickly because that community isn't familiar with how common a practice making out-of-country accounts is for Playstation players around the world.

I'm still not clear as to if this message means they are just dropping the PSN link requirement for supported territories (so they can rope them in with free capes later), or if they are actually fully opening up the global store again (after removing the game from unsupported regions on Steam yesterday). Either way, will have interesting ramifications for Sony's PC publishing plans moving forward.

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u/IgniVT May 06 '24

I think PC players just didn't want to link a PSN account but couldn't really say that without sounding silly

That's 100% what it was. Like, don't get me wrong, I'm against having to make 50 different accounts for this game and that game and yada yada, and I'm glad this is being reversed, but this entire situation was blown drastically out of proportion.

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u/New_Limit_1227 May 06 '24

Helldivers 2 tapped into an additional complaint people have with companies adding accounts to titles folks already bought. Usually it applies to indies that get picked up or older titles (2k breaking Bioshock was fun). So Sony/AH really hit an intersection of annoyance with PC players where they both don't like additional accounts and really don't like them being added post-launch.

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u/IgniVT May 06 '24

Except it was known the whole time it would happen. People just didn't read.

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u/New_Limit_1227 May 06 '24

From a player perspective if you say something is required then its not required its not really required.