Up until this point, a PlayStation Network account was not required to play the game on Steam.
    • Phelpssan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      92·
      7 months ago

      The review chart is hilarious.

      review chart

      Doubt Sony or the developer expected this would happen.

      Edit [May/04, 14h UTC]: Updated chart. More than 70k negative reviews already.

      • Detective'@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
        471·
        7 months ago

        thanks for sharing the chart! I doubt they Sony takes a hint from this too, but it certainly shows other developers and publishers something about signing contracts with Sony…

        • CleoTheWizard@lemmy.worldEnglish
          34·
          7 months ago

          Sony should take the hint. Many of these reviews are from people who can’t even get a PSN account in their country. So Steam is about to be flooded with requests for refunds due to the game not being available to some users. I already asked for a refund because of this.

          It’s unlikely steam will be able to tell people to just pound sand, so Valve will likely step in at some point and then Sony will be in trouble with the platform itself.

        • umbrella@lemmy.mlEnglish
          81·
          7 months ago

          as long as still they make money from it, and people already paid for the game, no they will not.

    • Deway@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1263·
      7 months ago

      Although the Steam page for HELLDIVERS 2 has clearly stated since release that a PlayStation Network account is required, you actually haven’t had to link them. That will change really soon.

      So if it were clearly written on the Steam page, I don’t really get the complains.

      • Phelpssan@lemmy.worldEnglish
        79·
        7 months ago

        So if it were clearly written on the Steam page, I don’t really get the complains.

        It was optional for several months and the info on the PSN page contradicted that, so there was a lot of room for confusion.

        Not surprisingly that PSN page was edited earlier today, but there’s a million screenshots floating around already, plus you can check the previous version in the Wayback Machine.

        And even if it was clearly written on all places, it’s still a “too bad you didn’t read the fine print, now you’re past the limit time for a refund, so either let Sony track you or lose access to the game” situation which is very shitty. There’s also the fact that they sold the game to people in countries where is PSN is not available, which should not have happened if that requirement was going to be enforced in the future.

        Not hard to see why people would get pissed and lose trust in the developer. I also think that players have been annoyed for a while with this type of requirement (not specifically in this game), and they are now getting a good outlet with a lot of publicity around to vent about it.

        • CosmoNova@lemmy.worldEnglish
          21·
          7 months ago

          That makes much more sense now. I was also wondering why people didn‘t pick up on it earlier given the incredible popularity of this game. So of course people noticed it, but it just didn‘t make much sense. I can see why someone would shrug it off a messy bit of text that probably wasn‘t supposed to be there and will be removed or edited or something. Well edited it was… just not as expected I guess.

          • Phelpssan@lemmy.worldEnglish
            20·
            7 months ago

            There’s also the problem that they’re clearly rushing this without much thought, they don’t even have an answer to the obvious question of “what happens to people in regions not supported by PSN”.

      • gusgalarnyk@lemmy.worldEnglish
        682·
        7 months ago

        Who the fuck reads the entire steam page? My friend says buy the game, the reviews say it’s great with friends, you go and buy the game not scan the steam page for predatory data hoarding policies.

        • Anti_Iridium@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          7 months ago

          On top of the fact it was (more or less) turnkey. It worked. For months. Why would you look at the page when it works? If it was like that from the start, it would be different.

      • leftzero@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
        484·
        7 months ago

        “But the plans were on display…”

        “On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.”

        “That’s the display department.”

        “With a flashlight.”

        “Ah, well, the lights had probably gone.”

        “So had the stairs.”

        “But look, you found the notice, didn’t you?”

        “Yes,” said Arthur, “yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.

        — Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

      • Detective'@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
        362·
        7 months ago

        By clearly stated, they mean, in small letters further down on the steam page that nobody reads. Just like a cheeky terms of services…