You already need a PSN account for cross play
Factually incorrect. I never linked up and have played with at least one person I knew was on PlayStation.
Comment on Helldivers 2 Players Express Frustration On Steam As It Will Soon Require A PSN Account
Guy_Fieris_Hair@lemmy.world 6 months agoSony published the game. You already need a PSN account for cross play, but it wasn’t required, you just didn’tget crossplay. Niw you need it to play. A PSN account is free. I’ve had one for a decade+ and have never even owned a Playstation. Not that big of a deal in my opinion. You will just have to sign in. It is less invasive than a CDPR account for Cyberpunk and Witcher or ubisoft for farcry, or EA for all the others. PSN doesn’t even require an additional piece of software launcher like the rest. You literally sign in, in game, and never think about it again. Not that big of a deal.
drislands@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Guy_Fieris_Hair@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Crazy, I couldn’t play with any of my PS friends until I linked. Hmmm I guess I am wrong, internet man says so 🤷♂️
kinkles@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
It’s just a shitty thing to do though. The game was working 100% fine without an extra account and now you can’t play without it. It’s annoying for some and, for countries without PSN, potentially the end of the game being playable.
Guy_Fieris_Hair@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Annoying maybe, but not on par with the $70 games with micro transactions that make the game pay to win when the games are just rehashed battle Royale games. It’s the same game OVER AND OVER AND OVER. Signing in to a PSN account might be annoying, but my God it is small potatoes with everything else going on these days and it is something beyond the DEVs control. I feel like that perspective is lost. This game is a diamond in a giant pile of turds. The devs have done everything in their control to keep it clean, but some things are beyond their control.
As far as the people in countries without PSN, if they don’t make it right (either by removing the requirement for them or refunding), then that is bullshit. But I don’t think Arrowhead is out to screw anyone.
CaptainEffort@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Cyberpunk and Witcher don’t require a CDPR account, it’s optional for some cosmetic rewards in the respective games.
So really the only companies doing this are Ubisoft and EA. Sony’s in great company…
Gaspar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
And also CrossPlay…
Don’t get me wrong, it’s better than requiring the account to play the game, but it’s still kind of a disappointing move.
CaptainEffort@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Am I missing something? The link only talks about account migration and the rewards that I mentioned in my previous comment. There’s no mention of crossplay.
And yeah, obviously you would need to link your PS or Xbox account to use account migration. That’s how that feature works. Cyberpunk and Witcher are singleplayer games, crossplay wouldn’t apply anyway.
Gaspar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
At the bottom of the article, under “Can I opt out?”:
Again, it’s not a deal breaker for me, and not nearly as bad as needing an account to even play, but I felt it was at least worth bringing up.