Sony start mandating PSN accounts for Helldivers 2, anger community

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TOP PATRONS
[BIG BOSS]
- Devon B
[BOSS]
- Charlie Galvin
- Gerardo Andrade
- Michael Redmond
[LEGENDARY]
- azalea

[YongYea]

I don't think Sony understood the principles of Democracy with this one.


TOP PATRONS
[BIG BOSS]
- Devon B
[BOSS]
- Charlie Galvin
- Gerardo Andrade
- Michael Redmond
[LEGENDARY]
- azalea

[carlosfred]

Helldivers 2 was the easiest win for Sony.

They just couldn't help themselves.

[DamianRavenhold]

It’s fucking hilarious hearing Sony say that this is for security when they’ve had more data breaches than PS5 exclusives 💀💀💀

[rikimaru]

Sony saying they want us to link our Steam to PSN to improve our account's security measures is like hearing a drowning man say he wants to teach us how to swim.

[mysticalseapotato]

This is fraud. Sony claims PSN linking was planned from the get-go, yet they sold it in regions they know PSN is not available in. This is illegal. They are committing mass fraud and people need to report them to their countries trade organizations

[CriticalNobody]

The fact that support currently has no answers to questions about region locking and how linking might affect cross progression shows how poorly thought out this was. At least have all your ducks in a row first

[Sim]

One week earlier: "Helldivers should be an example to all devs"
Today: "Helldivers is killing democracy"

[Rick_Sanchez_Jr.]

I can’t wait till Sony goes "Technically, playing Hellduvers 2 online is a PS Plus feature so we're gonna need you to pay for PS Plus on Steam". Mark my words.

[Dozeji]

Just for the point of reference:

Poland and Finland have PSN, whilst Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia - two countries that are a stone toss away from them - currently do not.

How absurd is that for Sony to cherrypick which nations get to and which don't get to set up an account WITHIN THE SAME CONTINENT

[Jasta]

The major complaint is that this change is of no benefit to the players and just helps Sony boost their account numbers for their next shareholder's meeting, with a bonus of getting all our information stolen when they get their database hacked next, which seems to happen on an almost annual basis.

[sarnicholas]

It's insane to me that parasites don't realize they'll die if they kill the host.

[sethboyle]

Trying to get a password recovery email from sony is like to squeeze water from charcoal

[karlthorsten]

Linking to PSN is also extremely dangerous, as Sony keeps getting hacked all the time. Their security is completely useless. And linking also gives them access to your Steam info, ALL of it.

[matheusps]

Mistreating indie devs, removing people's paid content from their account, censorship, and now this. Keep going, Sony. Keep going.

[der_peevmeister]

“This game is awesome!”

*Sony:* “Was.”

“…huh?”

*Sony:* *_”Was.”_*

[DsLink]

The true crime is consumers not having the right to opt out of data harvesting. This is just a symptom of that cause.

[futuza]

Sony Executives: "Damn this game is really good, tell Arrowhead they have to piss off their entire playerbase and ruin their game, quality games don't reflect what we do here at Sony. We only allow trash."
Arrowhead: "..."
Players: "How could you do this? How could you betray us like this AH?"
Arrowhead: "I'm sorry, I signed a contract with the devil."
Sony: "Good good...kill your game, kill it now."
Arrowhead: *bang*
Sony: "Wait I don't understand, why do all these people want refunds!? What is this class-action lawsuit? What happened!?"

[BrownP]

Reminder that the Baltics, which are some of the countries that don't have access to PSN, are part of the European Union, and this is by all accounts unlawful on EU soil.

If Sony of America doesn't backtrack on this, *_there will be_* legal repercussions coming from this side of the Atlantic, of that you can be sure.

[ironiccookies]

This is like Ubisoft telling you that you can only play their games with internet connection but then they remove the game from their service and now you can't play the game anymore

[phoenixrose]

It got worse. This was in their FAQ

"I am currently in a country or territory that is not PSN-enabled. Can I still sign in and link an account?"

Their response is:
PSN requires users to register in their country or territory of residence. Individuals who are traveling, working, or studying abroad may create an account in a country or territory different from the one in which they are currently located.

So basically if you ain't working, traveling, or studying abroad but still live in a country where you can't make a PSN account then sucks to be you