Source: https://old.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/comments/1cjyll7/some_discord_updates/
Also, Spitz (a CM at AH) isn't being a jerk. The other images show them having a much better tone than yesterday.
this post was submitted on 04 May 2024
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I hope that Sony allows some levity here, the game already can function without linking, as it has been. it would be, development-wise, trivial to reverse it, nothing in the game actually relies upon it.
Sony just has to bite the bullet and do the right thing.
I think the way they had planned on banning players for cheating and potentially unwanted behaviour was through PSN. People are also fairly sure it is a requirement in the contract with Sony that PSN accounts are required. It's just due to server issues from popularity they removed the requirement.
So while it's possible from a technical standpoint, there's some non technical hurdles to overcome as well.
True, they would need to do the work needed to pivot to VAC, so it isn't nothing. We'll have to see how it shakes out.
See the only part I don't get is, if it was truly mandatory from the get go, why did they sell it in regions not supported by PSN?
From what I have seen, Sony seems to mostly turn a blind eye to people from unsupported regions simply selecting a supported region.
However it is stupid to have made the game available for sale in those unsupported regions, I agree.
I think that it began as a "gentlemen's agreement" of sorts, but now that the game is SUPER POPULAR Sony wants all that juicy PII and that bump in active PSN accounts to appease shareholders.
All of that sounds so insanely illegal. Selling a game that by all intents and purposes, doesn't work in your region.
Yeah, but the legal system lags way behind on tech and data. It lags harder that the original Ubisoft potato servers.
Never expect a japanese megacorp to back down.
Are not PS division of Sony run out of CA in the US? This stinks of US corpo MBA.
Nah, a standard corpo MBA would have rolled out the apology wall by now and reverted the change.
The only way I see this getting better is if Arrowhead sues Sony for intentionally killing the game on PC.
The MBA at the publisher likely still has not gotten the report on the blow back.
Not sure if that last bit is meant as a joke, and while id love to see anything like that happen... I don't think they would stand a chance saying that, considering AH most likely new from the get go that PSN was not going to be optional, and should not have hidden that info away.
Also, what the fuck is up with them selling the game in other countries, if it truly was "mandatory from the get go" thats the part I just don't get.
Yup, I don't think it would be that difficult to have the unique steam id being logged as part of the application, just requires a bit of coordination and cooperation with steam.
This isn't a unique or one off thing other games have done this I'm sure, this is just game publishers once being greedy assholes and wanting more data to exploit.
Wait, wait, I'm OOTL here. You're telling me that you need a PSN account to play the game on Steam!??!
Yep, like Ubisoft requiring you to link your Uplay account for some of their games in order to play.