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Helldivers II (8th February 2024)


Julius

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15 minutes ago, Nicktendo said:

In reality, this is just Sony trying to sweep up a few extra PSN users for their earnings calls and balance sheets. The "safety" they speak of is just more control over how people play the game and the discussions they have over voice chat. They also want more data too, which is what having everyone log in to PSN would have given them. 

Absolutely. Gaming subscription service numbers are starting to stall and this was a way to inflate those numbers for the shareholders.

There is zero reason to require players to use PSN other than collect data and add to their numbers.

18 minutes ago, Nicktendo said:

This seems to be another example of a continuing trend where a product is sold and then the rules are arbitrarily changed a few weeks or months down the line to the detriment of the buyer. 

It's the downside of being to update a game after it's release. It's happened numerous times now where a game has came out, bought by customers and then changed a week later, usually to include some scummy business practice.

20 minutes ago, Nicktendo said:

 I have no doubt that this is just a minor bump in the road and they will merely implement all of this stuff in a more subtle way over time. 

I think a big part of the problem was throwing this out there after launch. I wouldn't be surprised if going forward with their next games that the PSN account linking will be a day 1 requirement.

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The issue here is that they couldn't implement it in time for launch due to server difficulties from the unexpected popularity of the game. Sea of Thieves requires a Microsoft account too on PS5 and there's other games out there that need similar accounts not related to the platform you're playing on.

It probably didn't even occur to them that there'd be a backlash by reinstating it later - and I'll bet they're kicking themselves that they didn't have this ready at launch since now they can't implement it. The whole story is a storm in a teacup though, to the point of people saying they'd quit playing a game they're enjoying. There was a pretty good article on Kotaku documenting the sensationalism.

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1 hour ago, Sheikah said:

 The whole story is a storm in a teacup though, to the point of people saying they'd quit playing a game they're enjoying. There was a pretty good article on Kotaku documenting the sensationalism.

Wonder if the people who got refunded are just going to buy the game again...

They must have known that adding the PSN requirement would then restrict what countries it would be available in though.

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