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Helldivers 2 Community At War Over Controversial PSN Requirement (kotaku.com)

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[–] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 65 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I was going to buy it.

But now I'm not. I don't have a PSN account and I don't care to make one just for this game.

The games industry is real crap now. There's so much resistance to just being able to download a game and play. It's always about downloading proprietary launchers, signing up for new accounts, wading through micro transactions, unfinished games, bad stories, and bug-ridden experiences.

It's exhausting.

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 21 points 4 months ago (1 children)

bug-ridden experiences

That's one of the best parts of the game though.

[–] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 10 points 4 months ago

I see what you did there

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 52 points 4 months ago

A third party login requirement is usually a deal-breaker for me, but not in an exciting way. I just have a lot of games to catch up on that don't require me to go make an account.

[–] _lilith@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

I have a PSN account and I definitely won't use it to sign in. Why?

[–] mrfriki@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

People going crazy over a PSN account requirement but nobody cares a shit about the game having root access to their PCs. Funny times we live in indeed.

[–] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This is why I have a separate gaming only email. If all they're asking for is an email, sure, they can have it.

[–] red_rising@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago

Let me introduce you to simple login. Take that same concept and apply it to literally everything you do online. Never deal with spam again.

https://simplelogin.io/

https://addy.io/

[+] priapus@sh.itjust.works -30 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

The game said this on launch and made it clear on the steam page. Even if they weren't enforcing it, I think its silly to be upset that they've started. I'd also rather sign into a PSN account and have functioning crossplay than deal with the current state of it.

Edit: oops I thought i had read it was to help crossplay, which hasn't been working well recently. since its for nothing this is fucking stupid

[–] just2look@lemm.ee 41 points 4 months ago (4 children)

If it was a real requirement they should have geo restricted the sale to countries that are allowed to make PSN accounts. Instead they bait and switched players who have been playing past the normal refund window, and now will have an unplayable game. Also the PSN account has nothing to do with fixing crossplay. Other games have functional crossplay without it. And Sony themselves say on their own website that PSN is not required to play Sony games on PC.

[–] priapus@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 months ago

I didn't realize psn wasnt available in some countries that could purchase the game. that is really messed up.

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 6 points 4 months ago

Other games have functional crossplay without it.

As does HD2...

[–] BlemboTheThird@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago

In my experience steam will still give you s refund if the game is rendered literally unplayable

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de -2 points 4 months ago

Do we ACTUALLY know it wasn't geo restricted, though? Was it ever for sale in Egypt, or did players there use a VPN to buy it and ignore that the purchase page says a PSN account is required for online play?

I seriously don't know. I keep hearing people making the statement you're making, and I agree that is shouldn't have been for sale in non PSN countries, but I haven't actually seen someone from one of those countries say they bought it in a non psn region without spoofing their location.

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 37 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Said it on launch is irrelevant.

It was not a requirement on launch, so stop forcing it on people after you got their money.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de -5 points 4 months ago

The game was published by Sony, so it was kind of a given that a psn account was going to be required, just like it said on the purchase page.