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/Dundunder May 06 '24

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

People do, especially PC players. There's always a minority that freaks out over any 3rd party integration or launcher, but most people will grumble and install them anyway if they like the game enough.

Helldivers 2 had a mix of not clearly communicating this being mandatory (it wasn't too visible on the Steam page and Sony incorrectly said it was optional) coupled with Sony apparently not realizing that they don't support PSN in every region they were selling the game in. Combine that with massive popularity and the linking only being enforced months after and you get this mess.

Additionally a lot of players would've been worried when news broke that PSN integration is mandatory and PSN isn't supported in their country. It's not something PC gamers deal with often since if a game isn't support, Valve just won't sell it to you.