Comment on Helldivers 2 Players Express Frustration On Steam As It Will Soon Require A PSN Account

n3m37h@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Account creation fatigue. I’m personally not fond of creating a one-off account for every fucking game I play on steam. It’s enough already. EA account, ubisoft account, rockstar account, PSN account, xyz account, ugh. Every new account I create is just an additional attack vector for when all of these companies eventually get hacked. I get occasional emails about security breaches or unauthorized attempts for random ass accounts I created years ago, and it’s so frustrating. I don’t even have a playstation. It’s just so annoying.

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  • n3m37h@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Wwwwwaaaaaaaa

    I don’t have Xbox or PlayStation and I still signed up. Just use a stupid throw away password. Ya know how many times people have tried to log into my twitch account and I ignored it because even if they did get the password it means absolute jack shit. If ya do use the acct to buy stuff, use a virtual credit card to make payments so its as easy as shutting down that CCD and opening a new one.

    Be more pissed about the rootkit of a anti cheat that they use

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    • FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Maybe be pissed about both?

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• aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  They are removing the “Skip” button from the linking page on game launch and forcing anyone who used it to link a PSN account now

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  • n3m37h@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    There was a skip button?

    I mean its not like EA games where ya need to install a 3rd party launcher

    Still anyone review bombing over such a stupid thing needs a slap upside the head. Took me all of 2 min to sign up and now I have 90 house played

    No one complains about having to sign up for Xbox shit.

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    • redcalcium@lemmy.institute ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Steam is available in 237 countries, while PSN is only available in 69 countries. Some people are going to be locked out from the game they bought.

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    • Sanctus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Because Xbox and Windows are fully integrated. Most people gaming don’t have to have a separate account, just an Xbox username that you create once and it is attached to your Microsoft account. You’re right about EA making you download the worst launcher in existence, but this statement about security is bs. Its more about them controlling the psn accounts and not the steam ones.

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      • billybong@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        There’s only about 195 countries in the world, give or take a few depending how you count. Not sure how you find an extra ~40 countries.

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• SmoochyPit@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Same— my understanding is that there’s now no option to play without making one, which for some countries and territories is not even an option, making the game unplayable for them.

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  • n3m37h@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    This makes sense, that’s kind of a shitty deal for them.

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• neo@lemmy.comfysnug.space ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  It was apparently skippable before.

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  • Kedly@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It was so skippable I never even knew there was an option to link to a PS Account, which I dont have because my last PlayStation was the PS2

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