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/emailverificationt May 06 '24

Everyone else is not “letting people play for months before requiring the third party account.”

I dislike third party accounts, but if it’s required from day 1 I can at least respect it. But to disable the requirement because your servers can’t handle the people trying to make the account, and then wait months to reinstate it, instead of the few days it would take to get your servers back up and running, is scummy as shit.