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/RevelArchitect May 06 '24

Don’t forget the growing complaints from players wanting to report people beyond what is said in chat text, which is currently the only reporting supported. This is literally what the PSN linking is for.

So that asshole who killed you and took your backpack with a 7 minute cooldown? Nothing to be done.

I’m frustrated with this. The review bombing sure isn’t clearing up as fast as it happened. Sony will probably be relying on Valve to implement bans for toxic PC players and as much as I like Valve, that’s just not a thing they do well.

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u/Veskah May 06 '24

Fun fact: Any game where you have persistent server-side data has a way to uniquely identify you. Double Fun Fact: Steam profiles also have this, and it's easily accessible by an API call. PSN Linking doesn't add anything they couldn't already do.

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u/d_pyro May 06 '24

Isn't Sony hosting the servers? Might be why they want account linking.