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Late night tweet from the official PlayStation X account confirms they will no longer force the linking of your PSN account to your PC copy of Helldivers 2.

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[–] Onii-Chan@kbin.social 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Too little too late. I was legitimately looking to buy Helldivers 2 a couple weeks ago, but ended up getting hooked on The Talos Principle 2 instead. Now I just straight up don't trust Sony not to pull their usual bullshit again in the future, so they'll not be getting my money (and I doubt I'm the only one who has been completely turned off buying the game as a result of this.)

[–] Kacarott@feddit.de 4 points 6 months ago

Talos 2 was great. The first game is also incredible if you haven't played it.

[–] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 2 points 6 months ago

I'll definitely keep an eye out on sony games from now on and avoid it lime the plague

[–] The_Che_Banana 7 points 6 months ago
[–] Midnitte 5 points 6 months ago
[–] Yezzey@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Now what about Minecraft and having to get an Xbox account.

[–] atocci@kbin.social 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

People didn't care as much for some reason. They got a free cape and most were happy with that. You also weren't going to lose your Minecraft account for living in the wrong country 🤷‍♂️

[–] GammaGames 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Plus it let you play cross platform with everyone (not on java)

[–] atocci@kbin.social 2 points 6 months ago

True, I guess there was more of an incentive to Microsoft accounts than just capes

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago

That's not the first time an account migration has happened with Minecraft btw.

My only complaint is that there was a cutoff date for migration. Even if the migration phase was 2 years long.

Also to keep in mind: both migrations were from one account to another, you keep one account regardless. In the Helldivers case it was going to be 1 accounts to 2 accounts, with 2 distinct entities controlling how you can play (Steam and Sony-Playstation).

[–] woah135@kbin.social 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

“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.

We’re still learning what is best for PC players and your feedback has been invaluable. Thanks again for your continued support of Helldivers 2 and we’ll keep you updated on future plans.”

[–] Seasoned_Greetings@lemm.ee 8 points 6 months ago

We’re still learning what is best for PC players and your feedback has been invaluable

Translation:

We didn't expect Steam to side with the people we're trying to extort and we don't want to foot the bill for the refunds