nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 months agoHelldivers 2 received over 14,000 negative reviews today due to an update that will require PSN accounts next week.twitter.comexternal-linkmessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up1557arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1549arrow-down1external-linkHelldivers 2 received over 14,000 negative reviews today due to an update that will require PSN accounts next week.twitter.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square97fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDerin@lemmy.beru.colinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up70arrow-down14·5 months agoWell, to be fair, they did write - in bold letters - on the Steam page that a Playstation network account is required to play. They simply didn’t enforce that rule up until now.
minus-squareAdm_Drummer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48arrow-down2·5 months agoAlso locks out anyone not living in the 66 countries serviced by the PSN. Also now requires giving your personal info to yet another third party and their friends. A third party which has a storied past of losing user data.
minus-squareJustEnoughDucks@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 months agoI thought someone had gone to the waybackmachine and confirmed that it said it was optional initially and changed it when they made this decision?
minus-squareimkali@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoThat was PirateSoftware, and yes, but that was for Sony’s website not for the Steam page. Still shit though.
minus-squareDerin@lemmy.beru.colinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoThat was Sony’s site. Super shitty what they did there. But on the Steam Store page it was always “a PS account is required”.
minus-squareDuamerthrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·5 months agoNot having a system up to spec, I didn’t look at the Eula. That’s bizarre.
Well, to be fair, they did write - in bold letters - on the Steam page that a Playstation network account is required to play.
They simply didn’t enforce that rule up until now.
Also locks out anyone not living in the 66 countries serviced by the PSN.
Also now requires giving your personal info to yet another third party and their friends. A third party which has a storied past of losing user data.
I thought someone had gone to the waybackmachine and confirmed that it said it was optional initially and changed it when they made this decision?
That was PirateSoftware, and yes, but that was for Sony’s website not for the Steam page.
Still shit though.
That was Sony’s site. Super shitty what they did there.
But on the Steam Store page it was always “a PS account is required”.
Not having a system up to spec, I didn’t look at the Eula. That’s bizarre.