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Account linking between steam and PlayStation is now mandatory (store.steampowered.com)

submitted 6 months ago by MrNesser@lemmy.world to c/helldivers2@lemmy.ca

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[–] BrowseMan@sh.itjust.works 41 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

Was the account linking mentionned anywhere on steam?

~~It's really feels like a new condition sneaked in...~~ Edit: apparently it was clearly stated on steam and on the first launch of the game. I really have bad skipping habits...

The "it's to protect players against hakerzzzzz" doesn't feel very legit.

[–] MrNesser@lemmy.world 33 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This is absolutely a Sony push to get more data the game was released without the need of having a ps account

[–] ocassionallyaduck@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

But they own Arrowhead. They already have 100% of the data and telemetry.

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 22 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

No they don't?

Helldivers 2 was produced with a Sony publishing deal, but unless I missed some news, Arrowhead is still independently owned.

[–] copygirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 6 months ago

If you make a PSN account you have to agree to their ToS, which probably lets them do more than a EULA does.

It also boosts user numbers, which looks good on paper.

[–] snekerpimp@lemmy.world 18 points 6 months ago

How else are they going to make their subscription numbers look like they are going up when no one is buying PS5s?

[–] BarbecueCowboy@kbin.social 12 points 6 months ago

If you read the announcement, it's obviously a very carefully worded prepared statement from Sony that they've been given and ordered to pass out. The hackers reasoning is made up and just the best excuse they could come up with, Sony wants more data in their environment and they're being forced to comply.