Is a fully paid playstation subscription required to play on Steam?

[Foxtrot]

Basically what it says on the title. I've been wanting to play this game for a while, but I haven't purchased it on Steam specifically because of the Playstation account requirement. Sony's decisions in recent years have turned me away from them, with that 35% price hike for PSN being the final nail in the coffin.

So I just want to know if I need a fully paid subscription just to play this game.


edit: Well then, thanks for answering my question for me, SONY.

[Chaos]

No, unlike the console peasant, we can play online game without paying Sony/MS extra.
And no you don't even actually need to link playstation account to play the game.
You can just skip that part when asked.

[Delta Dagger]

Nah

[ImHelping]

The adds and even in game menu when you launch the first time make it sound like playstation stuff is mandatory, so I can't ever blame people for asking.

I think it might still outright say it is required in the game pop up too? even when it isn't.

I don't pay for super mega playstation ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, so my PSN account link is just for the fact it can enable me to cross play with the console guys. (There is no cross progression.)

[Majorita]

You just need a Playstation account, no subscription.

[Foxtrot]

Originally posted by Majorita:

You just need a Playstation account, no subscription.

Ok then. Thank you for telling me. I just hope my pc can run it, it's not exactly a new model.

[Halle]

I think we need more information to fully answere your question, but i think we will sort it out in my post:

1. IF you play the game on a PC (personal computer) AND buy the game for STEAM, you will not need any payment whatsoever / or have any subscription etc. related to Playstation. I don´t even own a Playstation. I have a Playstation account, but the only thing ive paid to play Helldivers is related to the steam purchase in order to play it on my PC.

If you are not playing this game on a PC, well then maybe some sort of subscription is also required on playstation.
But if you are a PC player you should already know that we dont play extra for online services if we buy the game at full price, the only exceptions being if the game itself has a subsription, like World of Warcraft etc. But maybe you haven´t been in the PC gaming world for to long.
Very few pc players would play this game if it would require a subscription for a playstation account.

[Charon]

Originally posted by Foxtrot:

Originally posted by Majorita:

You just need a Playstation account, no subscription.

Ok then. Thank you for telling me. I just hope my pc can run it, it's not exactly a new model.

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 470
Storage: 100 GB available space

these are the min specs, steam deck runs ~30fps on min settings so you should be good

[Majorita]

Originally posted by Foxtrot:

Ok then. Thank you for telling me. I just hope my pc can run it, it's not exactly a new model.

Well! Might be a little rough, keep graphics low. Play with 'render scale' on native for a while

Make sure to disable V-Sync, Motion Blur, Antialiasing, play with Sharpness see if you like it high (I use 0.6) but I recommend not turning it off since without it your game will look crazy muddy. You can try it though, no harm in that. Try setting a framerate limit of 60.

Helldivers 2 is hard to run so good luck. On lower difficulties the game is noticeably easier to run, possibly cuz the map gets larger and the host computer is being forced to keep active like a ton of different enemies and things, on higher difficulties with the biggest maps it will destroy your computer.

So hosting actually costs you frames and is harder to run so if you can help it join other people's games. Don't let that stop you hosting though, you may have to in order to progress.

(To unlock next difficulty, you have to complete a full operation which is one mission for difficulties 1-2, two missions for 3-4, and three missions for 5-9... and you'll have best success completing a full operation when hosting.)

But anyway once you play for a while if you can't get consistent 60fps, try bumping that 'Render Scale' down, one below native. A bump down to 'ultra quality' render scale won't make the game look that much worse and you should get some more frames.

[CarlTJexican]

Originally posted by Foxtrot:

Basically what it says on the title. I've been wanting to play this game for a while, but I haven't purchased it on Steam specifically because of the Playstation account requirement. Sony's decisions in recent years have turned me away from them, with that 35% price hike for PSN being the final nail in the coffin.

So I just want to know if I need a fully paid subscription just to play this game.

How, how is this even a question?

[BCPowerhouse]

Originally posted by CarlTJexican:

Originally posted by Foxtrot:

Basically what it says on the title. I've been wanting to play this game for a while, but I haven't purchased it on Steam specifically because of the Playstation account requirement. Sony's decisions in recent years have turned me away from them, with that 35% price hike for PSN being the final nail in the coffin.

So I just want to know if I need a fully paid subscription just to play this game.

How, how is this even a question?

Because companies can be greedy bastards.

[The Norwegian Elevator Bomber]

Originally posted by Majorita:

You just need a Playstation account, no subscription.

I don't have a PS account and can still play on PC, the popup about a PS account is optional but makes it seem like you need one to play.

[Zaraphiel]

Originally posted by Majorita:

You just need a Playstation account, no subscription.

That's even not true. I don't use my Playstation account with the game.

[Foxtrot]

Originally posted by Norwegian Godzilla 2024 Edition:

Originally posted by Majorita:

You just need a Playstation account, no subscription.

I don't have a PS account and can still play on PC, the popup about a PS account is optional but makes it seem like you need one to play.

Wait, really? That's a relief.

[Foxtrot]

Originally posted by Majorita:

Originally posted by Foxtrot:

Ok then. Thank you for telling me. I just hope my pc can run it, it's not exactly a new model.

Well! Might be a little rough, keep graphics low. Play with 'render scale' on native for a while

Make sure to disable V-Sync, Motion Blur, Antialiasing, play with Sharpness see if you like it high (I use 0.6) but I recommend not turning it off since without it your game will look crazy muddy. You can try it though, no harm in that. Try setting a framerate limit of 60.

Helldivers 2 is hard to run so good luck. On lower difficulties the game is noticeably easier to run, possibly cuz the map gets larger and the host computer is being forced to keep active like a ton of different enemies and things, on higher difficulties with the biggest maps it will destroy your computer.

So hosting actually costs you frames and is harder to run so if you can help it join other people's games. Don't let that stop you hosting though, you may have to in order to progress.

(To unlock next difficulty, you have to complete a full operation which is one mission for difficulties 1-2, two missions for 3-4, and three missions for 5-9... and you'll have best success completing a full operation when hosting.)

But anyway once you play for a while if you can't get consistent 60fps, try bumping that 'Render Scale' down, one below native. A bump down to 'ultra quality' render scale won't make the game look that much worse and you should get some more frames.

Much appreciated. I have no idea what my computer's current specs are, but it's a gaming laptop from 2018. The only game it couldn't run at all was Doom Eternal.

[Charon]

Originally posted by Foxtrot:

Originally posted by Majorita:

Well! Might be a little rough, keep graphics low. Play with 'render scale' on native for a while

Make sure to disable V-Sync, Motion Blur, Antialiasing, play with Sharpness see if you like it high (I use 0.6) but I recommend not turning it off since without it your game will look crazy muddy. You can try it though, no harm in that. Try setting a framerate limit of 60.

Helldivers 2 is hard to run so good luck. On lower difficulties the game is noticeably easier to run, possibly cuz the map gets larger and the host computer is being forced to keep active like a ton of different enemies and things, on higher difficulties with the biggest maps it will destroy your computer.

So hosting actually costs you frames and is harder to run so if you can help it join other people's games. Don't let that stop you hosting though, you may have to in order to progress.

(To unlock next difficulty, you have to complete a full operation which is one mission for difficulties 1-2, two missions for 3-4, and three missions for 5-9... and you'll have best success completing a full operation when hosting.)

But anyway once you play for a while if you can't get consistent 60fps, try bumping that 'Render Scale' down, one below native. A bump down to 'ultra quality' render scale won't make the game look that much worse and you should get some more frames.

Much appreciated. I have no idea what my computer's current specs are, but it's a gaming laptop from 2018. The only game it couldn't run at all was Doom Eternal.

if you open your task manager and click the performance tab you can see your specs in the top right by catagory. You could also search up system information and it will list everything