Nice bait and switch

[Rethias]

No PSN required.

Now PSN required.

I guess Sony finally pulled AH's leash hard enough to force a change. Anyone else wonder what's on the horizon? Maybe a rainbow flag and some hormone pills in the Research tab.

[Amaranth]

The required PSN account was on the store page since before the release. They just didn't enforce it at the start.

[CipherΞHawk]

Oh -- nothing is out of the realm of possibility now, once you take a know you may as well show them your a55.

[Damion Wolf]

You don't... read any of the things you're told to sing off on, do you? You just hit the little box that says, "I understand," and carry on your merry way, oblivious as to what you just agreed to.

This has always been a condition of playing the game. It's been right there on the store page from day one.

[Snake0384]

I saw this coming a mile away. I never let myself be pressured into buying into this scam.

[dedsir]

PSN account has always been required

[Rethias]

Originally posted by d3ds1r:

PSN account has always been required

I played without it.

Now I can't.

Do you know cause and effect?

[Mauro Gabriel]

honestly, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥ move, be it AH or SONY, we got three monsths of "its optional, you can play it without it!", and now that we cant really refund it, we get the "do this ♥♥♥♥ or you cant play the game you piad for", every other game that requieres account creation or linking accounts, forces you the first time you start the game, not THREE ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ MONTHS LATER!, no matter what people defending this ♥♥♥♥ says, this is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, utter and complete Frakking ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥!

[Cheez3]

sony being mean with their players?
wow, thats new.

what's next? nintendo making lawsuits against their fans???

[Rethias]

Originally posted by Cheez3:

sony being mean with their players?
wow, thats new.

what's next? nintendo making lawsuits against their fans???

Nintendo lawsuits are designed to protect their IP. Sorry your horny pokemon fangame got canceled.

[President ☯Vibin☯]

Originally posted by Amaranth:

The required PSN account was on the store page since before the release. They just didn't enforce it at the start.

exactly.
it's been known since day one lmao

[VigilantPhase449]

Originally posted by Amaranth:

The required PSN account was on the store page since before the release. They just didn't enforce it at the start.

Any reasonable person would see a skip button and assume that whatever is written here is in fact not mandatory or required, nor have any inclination that down the line said written terms would be retroactively enforced. especially given the fact said skip button allowed the player to continue playing and accessing their purchased product well beyond the allowed refund time limit instead of stopping the player before that was the case.

[Khloros]

Originally posted by d3ds1r:

PSN account has always been required

We have always been at war with east Asia.

[DRACO]

Helldivers 2 CEO: the goal now is simple make this the best live game you've ever played
"I appreciate your sentiment and post," "Let me add some context. Arrowhead is independently owned by people working at the studio and not swayed by shareholders in the traditional sense. Of course we are in a great partnership with Sony where we agree on targets to hit etc. But there isn't a forcing function or requirement per se."

SOURCE: Helldivers 2 CEO says after success, the goal now is simple—'make this the best live game you've ever played - PCGAMES
SO where is the no force now ???????

[CerusSerenade]

Originally posted by Cuddle ♥♥♥♥:

You don't... read any of the things you're told to sing off on, do you? You just hit the little box that says, "I understand," and carry on your merry way, oblivious as to what you just agreed to.

This has always been a condition of playing the game. It's been right there on the store page from day one.

Not according to the last 3 months. This is deceptive and abusive business practices.

[LazyAmerican]

Originally posted by Cuddle ♥♥♥♥:

You don't... read any of the things you're told to sing off on, do you? You just hit the little box that says, "I understand," and carry on your merry way, oblivious as to what you just agreed to.

This has always been a condition of playing the game. It's been right there on the store page from day one.

This is the most disengenous "damage control" response.... you know well in advance nobody does yourself included.