Players expected new fixes and were quite disappointed by the absence of the expected Helldivers 2 patch.
Explore the controversy surrounding Helldivers 2 on PC. Learn about PlayStation's decision and the potential consequences for the company.
I believe Sony wants to pump up those (monthly active users) stat for their next investor call.
I'd like for people not to support corps so blindly, they don't care about you.
It was supposed to be a requirement from the beginning. Quit being hyperbolic.
No other corporate body would temporarily disable it to allow easier access. Now things are better and peak player count is gone and that makes Sony evil?
People are stupid
Yep. Its right there in the article. Sony waived the requirement temporarily, but now people are upset that the requirement to log in is being enforced as previously intended.
It was Arrowheads ceo decision to temporarily disable it. Here is his post https://www.reddit.com/r/He...
The only people I agree with in all this are the people that bought in countries that can't get psn accounts. Everyone else either missed the requirement which was their fault or is trying to drum up drama.
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May 2011: Personal Details on 25 Million Sony Online Entertainment Customers Stolen
June 2011: Sony Pictures Website Hacked, Exposing One Million Accounts
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Today - Please link your account, it improves security. 😐
./bows out
Make an account with no real personal details and a new email if your that scared. Act like your data isn't leaked everywhere already
What I've come to realise is PC users hate multiple stores/log in's. How do you square that circle with your politics? Because if everything must be on Steam and under steams system that looks a lot like corporate communism. I don't remember people complaining about multiple stores when you had to get off your backside and go into them to buy your game.
Gamers are extremely tribal. I got downvoted to oblivion once for stating that I bought a game on epic store when I could’ve gotten it on steam instead. But it’s the same PC, what difference does it make? I can understand tribalism with consoles somewhat (though it’s getting harder and harder to justify), but when it’s the same hardware, just downloaded from a different website? It’s like getting mad at someone for buying a game on Amazon, when they could’ve bought it at Walmart.
Because buying a game on steam only to be forced to download another launcher to be able to play it is dumb. People shouldn't hafto jump through hoops just to play something they payed for. Last i checked we never bought a game at Best buy but were forced to pass by a GameStop so we can actually play it. Corporate dictatorship is more like it, consumers don't hafto take it.
I wonder if they can turn this back, somehow? Probably not if they’re already delisting the game in certain countries. But something has gotta be learnt from all this.
Helldivers 2 controversy continues as the game has been delisted on Steam from over 170 regions that are not supported by PlayStation Network accounts.
Yeah, this site is crazy with the love for Sony. I normally just find it funny but in the latest HD2 stories I find it incredibly sad and frustrating. First and foremost, we are all consumers and we should fight for each other, not corporations that only care about your wallet.
@Cacabunga
Your comment is rich considering that this topic is related to PC gaming :)
Care to elaborate on what Xbox has to do with PC gaming or this discussion.
Sony is a mess... Have been for years. Only their corporate shilling fanbase doesn't see it.
Yeah no Sony here messed up if they were going to do this you should've gotten support for psn in those 170 countries so yeah Sony take this L. Arrowhead I'm sorry guys.
The lack of support is mostly down to legal reasons. There are only 197 countries on earth, no way 170 countries lack support.
It's easy to fix, just don't go ahead with the subscription requirement. This is money men wanting numbers
There is no subscription requirement there - just an account.
Part of the problem is how few countries PSN officially supports, and that if you sign for a different region Sony has the right to ban your account. There are also some issues about Sony's history of very poor data security.
There isn't currently a subscription requirement, you're right. But I foresee this becoming a thing they push a subscription for. They will require all pc games from sony to have the sony launcher/account and then force a subscription to play online multiplayer on those games. It's the only reason they'll hang on to this if they do.
And yet, 91k players currently on Steam.
13th with only legendary games like DOTA2, GTAV and Counterstrike above it
Controversy my arse.
yeh true, it has fallen out the top 10 though with the ban hammer coming down on those countries. terrible decision
Try it with EA and Ubisoft. It's just the same. you buy games on steam that comes from other publishers, you need an account too to play.
Sony launched the game globally, and it was purchased by people on Steam. Sony mandated linking the game to a PSN account months later, then proceeded to delist the game from over 100 countries, thereby revoking gamers' access. Next Level Scam.
Arrowhead Game Studios had planned on granting all Helldivers 2 players a free cosmetic for linking their PSN account.
At least Microsoft doesn't revoke access to games you've already bought. Consider a scenario where Helldivers 2 is released globally on Steam, then it mandates a PSN account and removes the game from 177 countries, thereby blocking your ability to play. Such a tactic could easily be seen as a scheme for making quick money. If an individual were to do this, they would likely face numerous lawsuits from all directions.
Agreed. I was telling my brother the same thing. Someone said this is ps3 Era Sony again, and I'm agreeable to that deposition.
CEO came out and said it was his decision to remove the PS linking and had poor communication about its future mandate. So your point is moot.
Quick with the whataboutism. Microsoft supports more than 69 countries, for one. Minecraft isn't on Steam so you never heard about that frustration (though people complained as well), and SoT asked for an account at launch not two months later.
