Sony gives up on forcing PlayStation Network for Helldivers 2
Sony gives up on forcing PlayStation Network for Helldivers 2
Operation Completed? Sony announced their plans for forcing PlayStation Network accounts for Helldivers 2 have now been scrapped.
Sony learns that PC players are somewhat harder to fleece than console players. Will try to be gentler next time.
PCMR was fleeced 20 years ago when they gave up disks to gaben. I save thousands a year renting and reselling my games. It's beyond me how PCMR will rage about an account but to this day tolerate no discs.
While I understand that I'm giving up "owning" the game, Steam has a good track record of trying to make users happy. It being a private company means that it's beholden to users rather than shareholders. In this instance, the benefits outweigh the drawbacks, at least for me. I don't have enough space in my home for the 100s of games I have on top of not having to worry about disks getting scratched or corrupted. Then I also don't have to worry about downloading game patches from a 20 year old site that may or may not still be up (AoE 2) to keep playing on a modern OS. Also, there's a centralized space for users to communicate, upload mods, host servers, etc. without having to jump through different hoops for different games (Hamachi, GameSpy, etc.).
That being said, I appreciate that there are alternatives for people that feel differently. And I appreciate there are alternatives and competition (even people like you) keeping corporate greed in check and making Valve have to work to stay good for users.
When Gabe Newell dies or leaves the company though, I'll be watching closely to see who the new CEO will be and figure it out from there.
It bothers me less due to the nature of backups. You can back up a DRM free PC game. You cant back up a console game without jailbreaking it.
Agreed, I said harder not impossible.
Yeah, cause "PC players" are somehow completely different people from those who play on consoles. Literally every person I know personally who plays on PC also has consoles. So the chances are, vast majority of gamers just play games, whatever the platform.
Sony just sometimes reacts to pushback, like they reversed the decision to remove Discovery content, or how they kept the PS3 and Vita stores running after people complained.
Stop this gaming elitism.
Claiming a console only player would be more willing to accept this than a pc only player isn't elitist, it's common sense. Owning a console is already saying "I'm okay with exclusivity and walled gardens." If you weren't you wouldn't have paid so much for access to exclusive titles. Also just because your friend have both doesn't make that the norm. I haven't owned a console since I built my first computer and only know one person who owns a console that isn't a switch.
Went on vacation, learn about fiasco during, now that I'm back nothing's change. Well done lads.
Good job to everyone involved. 👏👏👏
That was quick!
Good. Now I can finally buy the game.
…for now.
We pay we say. Give us back the wilderness.
I was too busy to play this weekend so im doing my part.
Too late.
Uninstalled, severally negative review posted, multiple return requests submitted. This game is a shit box.