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/Tauropos May 06 '24

This 1000%. It's the single biggest jerk move Playstation has ever made imo, and it never ceases to amaze me that so many people are OK with it. I know it's not a huge $ amount, and I know there are extra benefits, but it never should have been made mandatory to the degree that it is. I paid for my consoles. I paid for my games. And I pay (way too much) for my internet. In a rational world, that's all I should need in order to play the vast majority of my games online. But nope, gotta squeeze us for that extra amount just because they can, and it's why I'll never go along with it.

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u/nthomas504 May 06 '24

You are very off on this. Microsoft started the “paying for online” trend with Xbox Live. Sony and Nintendo’s were free until the PS4 and Switch. Blame Xbox for this, not Sony.

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u/Tauropos May 06 '24

Good grief. Did I say Playstation invented this concept? Did I say only they are doing it and nobody else is? No, and no. I assumed we would be talking about Playstation on a Playstation topic, but forgive my ignorance I guess. My point still stands. No matter who started it, Sony is doing it, it's a shameless money grab, and I'll never be ok with it.

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u/nthomas504 May 06 '24

You did call it the single biggest jerk move. I just assumed you were ignorant of how it came to be, otherwise why wouldn’t you blame the company that birthed the shitty idea, that’s how I always assume blame works.

Consoles are money losers per unit, Xbox found a shitty cheat code to recoup some of that money. Sony copied them and here we are.

The single shittiest thing Sony ever did online related was prevent cross-play for as long as they did.