HELLDIVERS™ 2 - HELLDIVERS™ 2 Account Linking Update - Steam News
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Attention Helldivers, Due to technical issues at the launch of HELLDIVERS™ 2, we allowed the linking requirements for Steam accounts to a PlayStation Network account to be temporarily optional. That grace period will now expire. See details below in this post. Account linking plays a critical role in protecting our players and upholding the values of safety and security provided on PlayStation and PlayStation Studios games.
  • Jake Farm@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    13·
    6 months ago

    This seems to be almost all Sony’s doing, why do devs even need publishers? Is it a financing thing, cause publishers are usually ones fucking up stuff.

    • hayes_@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      14·
      6 months ago

      It’s exactly a money thing.

      Publishers are usually responsible for all the shit people get angry about, but they’re also footing the bill to build the thing years ahead of time.

  • Funderpants @lemmy.caEnglish
    1225·
    6 months ago

    I feel like an outlier here, but this doesn’t bother me at all. I’ve been linking accounts across platform for probably decades. Maybe I would find it slightly annoying if I only had a PC account.

    • Chozo@fedia.io
      44·
      6 months ago

      There are a lot of complaints about this, but the two most legitimate ones are:

      • PSN accounts are not available in every region that Steam allowed Helldivers 2 to be sold in, so some people are going to lose access to a game they’ve paid for and have been playing for months
      • Sony has a bad track record with protecting users’ data, and many people do not want to give Sony more access to their PII
      • Funderpants @lemmy.caEnglish
        81·
        6 months ago

        Yea and that first one should be enough to require Sony to issue refunds to those impacted. The second is personal choice and opinion I guess, if you worry about those things then this is a problem.

    • GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.eeEnglish
      303·
      6 months ago

      I hate it because it was a bait and switch. I didn’t have to and now they’ve altered the deal after I’m wayyyyyyyyyyyyy past the refund period. If it wasn’t gonna be optional, don’t let me play in the first place.

      • 1984@lemmy.todayEnglish
        122·
        6 months ago

        Should be illegal to do this. Bait and switch is something we also see with big tech a lot, where they change their user agreements constantly so they can add data tracking and remove any shred of privacy.

    • The_Hideous_Orgalorg@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      181·
      6 months ago

      What I’m most annoyed about is that they won’t let me unlock my account, due to not having the serial number from my PlayStation from over a decade ago, nor my credit card number from the same time period. So I’ve got to change my name, and create a new account to continue playing the game.

      • Kelly@lemmy.worldEnglish
        51·
        6 months ago

        Its too late for you in this case but as a tip for anyone else, for most people using their camera to take a picture of their console serial number now will mean they have a cloud backed up picture of it available later if its ever needed for account recovery or insurance purposes.

            • Kelly@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              6 months ago

              Its true that its someone else’s server but in my case I get phone and photo backups for au$25/year (approx. us$16.50 or €15).

              I manage servers for a living but for my personal data I am happy to pay a relatively small fee for the convenience of having someone else deal with patching, backups, and hardware lifecycles.

              I’m glad there are self hosted solutions but its a bit like home bread baking, an interesting hobby for people who are interested or have unique needs - but there are also serviceable options available for purchase at reasonable prices.