The floodgates are about to open. Imagine fucking up a successful GaaS, that got traction outside of the gaming circle, because of a simple PR blunder that could have EASILY been avoided.
Helldivers 2 will require Steam players to sign in with PSN account, led to review bombing games & refunds. |UP| Gamers organizing to revert reviews.
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imagine playing a game for 97 hours a filling for a refund, and getting the refund without paying anything for the hours you played 
all of this because of linking an account, that was in the game requirements, BEFORE the release of the game, this is SO WRONG
all of this because of linking an account, that was in the game requirements, BEFORE the release of the game, this is SO WRONG
That's what happens when you mess up a simple thing that could have been avoided.
This is the first time I've genuinly thought to myself, that most people seem to have it out for PlayStation for absolutely no reason.
This is genuinly insane behavior over an email & password link.
This is genuinly insane behavior over an email & password link.
Valve fanboys think they'll get Sony to revert this, they'll end up having all of Sony's games delisted from Steam with this fake outrage nonsense
Maybe this is 4D chess and SIE's way of backing out of their PC strategy?
It's the only way this disaster of a fiasco could make any sense. And at least it'd mean them focusing back on their console the way they should have before the pandemic scared them into thinking GAAS & PC were the only real ways forward.
But, I could also be way too optimistic about that.
It's the only way this disaster of a fiasco could make any sense. And at least it'd mean them focusing back on their console the way they should have before the pandemic scared them into thinking GAAS & PC were the only real ways forward.
But, I could also be way too optimistic about that.
Bro come on we dont need to make a new thread everytime theres helldivers 2 pc player outrage
Just merge it all into one existing thread
I dont want to see 100 thread here about pc gamer complained about heldivers 2
Just merge it all into one existing thread
I dont want to see 100 thread here about pc gamer complained about heldivers 2
Honestly I appreciate this development. Maybe this will backfire so hard that Sony will drop PC porting. Sony only needs to focus on their console Playstation.
i've NEVER seen such amount of rage for any other company in the industry for an account requirement, not even the most garbage company in the world like EA
my friend, this is about refunds and Valve's answer to the situation, it has nothing to do with the outrage itself
Yeah Sony is the only publisher that shouldn't be allowed to have a required playstation account for their live service online games
No, a company doesn't operate on feelings. Sony just screwed up, which will result in the game losing a lot of players and a massive refund wave. They should have taken the "loss" on this one and started the PSN requirements from Ghost of Tsushima. A much better solution than losing money AND finding yourself in an astroturfed shitstorm of your own doing.Valve fanboys think they'll get Sony to revert this, they'll end up having all of Sony's games delisted from Steam with this fake outrage nonsense
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It's Sony. Don't think they think that far ahead or at that capacity. This was most likely a decision by some paper pusher who doesn't know the industry, just so he could see some MAU numbers grow.
Doesnt have to make another thread
You can merge this into the main one
We dont need hundred thread everytime theres pc player being mad on helldivers 2
This heldivers 2 pc mess is exhausting
yeah, i do think they'll continue with PC ports but on their own launcher where they actually control the situation and the userbase, this thing with Steam is madness and insanity to say the least
i won't merge a single thing, specially when it's a new statement or response of a company that has nothing to do with the outrage itself, this is the staff work, not mine
Then you haven't looked at PC gaming in years. 2022's fight over the Epic Game Store blows this out of the water. And Steam won that one too.
Sony is the only publisher that started forcing this AFTER they sold the game to people. Let's not turn this forum into an xbox-like circle jerk, where it's always someone else's fault. Sony messed up. They should have delayed the game, staggered the release or included a limited "beta" to avoid the technical difficulties they had implementing that at release.Yeah Sony is the only publisher that shouldn't be allowed to have a required playstation account for their live service online games
And again, I don't know why people keep bringing up the "Not only Sony does it" argument. The issue is, that unlike the others, Sony is the only one that did this after they sold the game to people. And while they have a legal leg to stand on by including this in the game's description from the start, they stand on shaky ground when it comes to morality.
It's a horrible way to do things and they possibly killed any momentum the game had. Just pure amateur hour.
IIRC how that goes is that Steam is just going to deduct from the amount they were going to give PlayStation for April.
They're not going to ask for the money they've already sent.
See the Payment page here:
Yeah Sony is the only publisher that shouldn't be allowed to have a required playstation account for their live service online games
The thing is, it doesn't matter why Gamers™ are mad, it only matters that they are mad.
This is like when different public figures get graded on a scale(think politicians).
Some of them can commit heinous shit and still have relevancy or even keep their jobs while others, not so much.
Is it "fair"? Obviously not, but it's the public and the base that decides if they're "okay" with whatever.
i will say this all seems so overblown, I also thought I saw a post somewhere that said a psn account was needed too.
With the dozens of launchers out there, I don't understand why this is such a big deal.
If you can build a fucking PC, surely you can make an account on PlayStation.
Then again, a lot of people made an issue about a screw on the ps5 ffs.
With the dozens of launchers out there, I don't understand why this is such a big deal.
If you can build a fucking PC, surely you can make an account on PlayStation.
Then again, a lot of people made an issue about a screw on the ps5 ffs.
It was their day one but had issues so they had to remove it while they worked on the issues it always said a playstation account was required on the details of the game