I hardly get this "Account Linking" as a problem, y'all need to stop overreacting

[Mr. Moon]

You can create Sony account in a few mins, link it and then continue playing like nothing happened. Not only that, many games already require you to have a EA account, Microsoft account, Ubisoft account and even download their launchers in order to play + log in to those launchers and so on. So, when Playstation does the same thing (Minus the launcher) what EA, Ubisoft, Microsoft has been doing forever now is a problematic thing? I get they haven't been asking for this before. But now they do. So, whatever?

Not only that but you get to keep your save and if you ever decide to buy a Playstation one day, you'll get to keep your account and everything linked to it and continue playing your game there. And if you don't choose to buy a PS, you still keep your account and don't have to open another account if future game asks for your PSN.

The whole "Account Linking" drama really shows how low people have became. You literally lose nothing. Instead of opening a PSN that would take you 2 minutes and just continuing to play a game you like, you choose to review bomb a perfectly good game that is away from this forced DEI bullsh*t and refuse to play.

[zmanbuilder]

I have a psn account, i forgot my password for it though. Still not linking it.

[Fireserpent7]

Sony knowingly sold the game in areas where PSN accounts are not allowed, this game is 1000% a scam.
https://steamdb.info/sub/137730/history/?changeid=23416542

[AoD_lexandro]

Jester farming bait thread.

Can I have his instead?

[BoomBoomLou]

"The game itself is great but the soon to be enforced mandatory PSN account link is a disaster

-Sony will collect and sell your steam analytic data to third party info brokers quite extensively

-♥♥♥♥ cybersecurity track record with more than 7 major hack in a decade with +100 million account affected, your personnal data may be easely stolen

-Multiple countries have no way to even make a PSN account, and using a VPN is a perma banable offence costing your entire Sony game library as its a TOS violation

-Sony's TOS IS HORRENDOUS

Logging chat and voice chat without consent and may perma ban even over friendly banter if deemed offensive by an AI

Simply put : PSN account link is a big red flag, bad enough to not recommend the game until its purely optional"

[Mr. Moon]

Originally posted by AoD_lexandro:

Jester farming bait thread.

Can I have his instead?

How is this bait lmao, it takes 2 mins to open an account.

[GunSlinger]

the problem is developers doing whatever they want and daring gamers to do something about it. well... people just did something about it. RIP helldivers 2.

[Shiroe (cortana)]

you sure need to everything thats going on..
The issue itself isnt about linking your steam to psn, its far far larger than that

Besides, If you have account linked to sony..
IF sony gets hacked again, or rather, WHEN! your steam account will be affected too.
You can for sure as hell expect your years old steam account with 200+ games to be hacked and lost in the process.
Thats just issue nr2.
Issue nr1 is how sony sold the game to psn restricted countries and didnt bother to change that until today...

[Shiroe (cortana)]

Originally posted by Mr. Moon:

Originally posted by AoD_lexandro:

Jester farming bait thread.

Can I have his instead?

How is this bait lmao, it takes 2 mins to open an account.

It is bait. there are just as many threads as there are negative reviews by now...
You can just read every single thread and see...

[AoD_lexandro]

Originally posted by Mr. Moon:

Originally posted by AoD_lexandro:

Jester farming bait thread.

Can I have his instead?

How is this bait lmao, it takes 2 mins to open an account.

You do not own the game and have never even played it. Obvious.

[Grunt]

had to link it when i first got the game i had no problem and i havnt had a ps since ps3

[gachi is manly]

Surely this will convince people to make a PSN account where the other 10000 identical topics failed to do so.

[_-Dave-_]

Another one of these, there is nothing unclear here, Sony needs to understand how anti-consumer they decided to be and that most people are not happy.

[Mottenkugel]

PSN is the security threats.

April 2011: Hackers Access Personal Data of 77 Million Sony PlayStation Network Users
May 2011: Personal Details on 25 Million Sony Online Entertainment Customers Stolen
June 2011: Sony Pictures Website Hacked, Exposing One Million Accounts
November 2014: Hackers Steal 100 Terabytes of Data from Sony Pictures
August 2017: Hacker Group Accesses Sony Social Media Accounts
September 2023: Sony Investigates Alleged Hack
October 2023: Sony Notifies Employees of Data Breach

https://twitter.com/Grummz/status/1786564212669714736

https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/comments/1cjvw1s/arrowhead_community_manager_misty_admits_that_the/

and Sony has lied.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3239296740

[zacharyb]

Originally posted by Mr. Moon:

You can create Sony account in a few mins, link it and then continue playing like nothing happened. Not only that, many games already require you to have a EA account, Microsoft account, Ubisoft account and even download their launchers in order to play + log in to those launchers and so on. So, when Playstation does the same thing (Minus the launcher) what EA, Ubisoft, Microsoft has been doing forever now is a problematic thing? I get they haven't been asking for this before. But now they do. So, whatever?

Not only that but you get to keep your save and if you ever decide to buy a Playstation one day, you'll get to keep your account and everything linked to it and continue playing your game there. And if you don't choose to buy a PS, you still keep your account and don't have to open another account if future game asks for your PSN.

The whole "Account Linking" drama really shows how low people have became. You literally lose nothing. Instead of opening a PSN that would take you 2 minutes and just continuing to play a game you like, you choose to review bomb a perfectly good game that is away from this forced DEI bullsh*t and refuse to play.

You're assuming people didn't already have those accounts beforehand from a long time ago, and are now required to make an account for a game that so far hasn't needed said account.

I don't plan on buying a Playstation anytime soon and so far haven't really been that interested in PS exclusive games and likely won't be interested in games that require a PSN account either.

On top of that this is the second major ♥♥♥♥♥♥ with this game and both times have shown how unfriendly Sony is to the consumer so why be silent when they'll likely try to screw people over again later.

[Hellsmoke]

Originally posted by Mr. Moon:

many games already require you to have a EA account, Microsoft account, Ubisoft account and even download their launchers in order to play + log in to those launchers and so on.

So since it's been happening, just bend over and continue to take it. Let every company screw you since you've let one do it already. Spoken like a true shill.

Originally posted by Mr. Moon:

Not only that but you get to keep your save and if you ever decide to buy a Playstation one day

Why would anyone with a PC that is 10 times more powerful than a Playstation that charges you $80 dollars a year, want to switch to playing on an inferior machine?

Originally posted by Mr. Moon:

You literally lose nothing.

No, you literally lose your data.

April 2011: Hackers Access Personal Data of 77 Million Sony PlayStation Network Users
May 2011: Personal Details on 25 Million Sony Online Entertainment Customers Stolen
June 2011: Sony Pictures Website Hacked, Exposing One Million Accounts
November 2014: Hackers Steal 100 Terabytes of Data from Sony Pictures
August 2017: Hacker Group Accesses Sony Social Media Accounts
September 2023: Sony Investigates Alleged Hack
October 2023: Sony Notifies Employees of Data Breach

If they want my data, they can start paying ME for it. And for everyone else, stop giving these clowns your points, your giving them an incentive to make these threads.