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Re:Helldivers 2 PSN account linking update will not be movin... by zik on Monday May 06, 2024 @02:11AM (#40271646)
I think you're missing the point here. Lots of people bought Helldivers 2 and happen to live in countries like Estonia where it'll no longer be possible to play the game because PS doesn't operate there. Even more people don't have PlayStation accounts and specifically don't want them. They bought the game in good faith and now the terms have been changed on them to something unpalatable.

This shouldn't be possible. If you buy something it should belong to you. It shouldn't be subject to the whims of companies who simply don't care about you.

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Re:Helldivers 2 PSN account linking update will not be movin... by Knajjars on Monday May 06, 2024 @02:15AM (#40271671)
In the case of not been able to play what you bought legally, I agree, it’s BS. I do remember reading that developers were working on a solution for this.

But my point remains for people screwing up the little guy (Arrowhead Studios).

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Re:Helldivers 2 PSN account linking update will not be movin... by Ekaros on Monday May 06, 2024 @02:23AM (#40271717)
With games you often really can not separate the publisher, the studio and the game from each other. And honestly in feedback consumer should not need to care where the demand for change came from. Maybe attacking studio is not fair, but attacking game due to changes by publisher or developer certainly is.
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Re:Helldivers 2 PSN account linking update will not be movin... by aaomidi on Monday May 06, 2024 @10:17AM (#40274984)
They did willfully sign a contract with Sony. Game devs need to think about who they’re using as a publisher.

If Sony was willing to take them on, then probably a ton of other publishers were too.

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Re:Helldivers 2 PSN account linking update will not be movin... by eps on Monday May 06, 2024 @10:17AM (#40274981)
Well, no, the point was that they sold it under certain conditions and then retroactively and unilaterly tried to change these conditions.

That's no bueno irrespective of PSN's availability in specific countries (thouh it does make for an extreme case in those).

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