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[Mr Moose]

Right, of course. But the developers are saying things like 'we don't have all the details yet', it kinda shows that the announcement happened before everything was hashed out with them fully.

Yeah but that part is about the region thing, which honestly shouldn't be a thing to begin with. How can you sell consoles and games in a country but not have PSN?

 

[LakeOf9]

As with everything else that goes wrong with video games as an industry and as a medium, I place the blame for this squarely on Microsoft

 

[ArtHands]

I wonder if Sony Playstation will be able to recover from this fiasco.

 

[Bulletbrain]

Sony out here working overtime to destroy the little goodwill they've built among the PC community. IF they need PSN integration so badly (from a business point of view I get why they need to) it should be; (1) communicated well in advance BEFORE the launch and then applied consistently from thereon; (2) bring with it tangible benefits to the end user. Altering the deal after the fact will more often than not create a swift backlash.

Just an poorly thought through business move. But I guess big corporations gonna corpo.

 

[Heisenberg007]

"Sony should bring their games to PC. It'll be good for their revenue and MAU."

Sony: "Okay."

PC Players:

 

[Loxus]

Anyone knows if this had an effect on player drop off or is this blown out of proportion?

 

[Hero of Spielberg]

Anyone knows if this had an effect on player drop off or is this blown out of proportion?

Damn, there’s still that many people playing Stardew Valley?

 

[Leonidas]

Anyone knows if this had an effect on player drop off or is this blown out of proportion?

The numbers today are the lowest its been since launch day.

 

[Loxus]

The numbers today are the lowest its been since launch day.

I'm not talking about from launch, I'm talking about from when Sony requires having a PSN account to play Helldivers 2.

 

[Joramun]

Is this Sonys Trojan Horse moment?

Indubitably

 

[Hudo]

That's fine, I haven't seen any typical live service game that plays like this one, but hey, you have, "I guess"

I dunno. Probably? I wish you all the fun, tho!

 

[Gaiff]

I'm not talking about from launch, I'm talking about from when Sony requires having a PSN account to play Helldivers 2.

The requirement hasn’t taken effect yet.

 

[MayauMiao]

Anyone knows if this had an effect on player drop off or is this blown out of proportion?

Its too early to tell, and its still not mandatory for now?

 

[Bernoulli]

Anyone knows if this had an effect on player drop off or is this blown out of proportion?

That's high for this time of the day

 

[Gojiira]

Typical PC Players, piss,moan and beg for releases but then cry incessantly EVEN THOUGH they have been BEGGING for trophy support as well sunce day one, how the fuck else did they think trophies would be integrated hmm?
Absolute fucking morons…

 

[twilo99]

As with everything else that goes wrong with video games as an industry and as a medium, I place the blame for this squarely on Microsoft

There really is not other option here.

 

[drganon]

I wonder if Sony Playstation will be able to recover from this fiasco.

Maybe you should make a thread about it.

 

[Heisenberg007]

I wonder if Sony Playstation will be able to recover from this fiasco.

They obviously can't. Sony will have to declare bankruptcy or sell the company to Microsoft. It's over.

 

[Tallahassee]

Typical PC Players, piss,moan and beg for releases but then cry incessantly EVEN THOUGH they have been BEGGING for trophy support as well sunce day one, how the fuck else did they think trophies would be integrated hmm?
Absolute fucking morons…

please don't put all pc players in the same bucket, it's the deranged steam hive mind as usual

 

[lifa-cobex]

 

[Mithos]

Sony should...

1. Refund the money for anyone living in a country where you can not sign up for a local PSN account.
or
2. Open up the ability to register a local PSN account in ALL countries that they sell their games in.

 

[Musashipan]

I would stop playing and ask for a refund.
What a bullshit this is.

 

[STARSBarry]

 

[nemiroff]

PC gamers when an EA game needs an EA account:
PC gamers when a MS game needs a MS account:
PC gamers when a PS game needs a PS account:

This literally never happened.

 

[Bert Big Balls]

Oh no. The horror.

 

[Bert Big Balls]

Square Enix did the same thing with FF14, pretty annoying but not a big deal I think.

Yep. I've seen shit like this countless times, but suddenly now it's the end of the world.

 

[Gojiira]

please don't put all pc players in the same bucket, it's the deranged steam hive mind as usual

Your not wrong to be fair. But man are those the vocal whiners

 

[YCoCg]

You can now get refunds on Steam if you don't want to create/use a PSN account:

 

[ZehDon]

Anyone knows if this had an effect on player drop off or is this blown out of proportion?

Doesn't become mandatory until the end of the month. When it kicks in and players can't play without a PlayStation Account, I suspect you'll see the numbers come down.

 

[lefty1117]

As with everything else that goes wrong with video games as an industry and as a medium, I place the blame for this squarely on Microsoft

You know what's funny about that is I had seen a report a few days ago about MS dominating the playstation store recently with the Fallout games and Sea of Thieves - and how with SoT in particular they are able to claim those players on the xbox platform because they are required to log in with xbox accounts. And then a couple of days later we get this awkward thing from Sony. A reaction to MS?

 

[ArtHands]

It’ll take a miracle for Sony to recover from these

 

[MayauMiao]

Anyone knows if this had an effect on player drop off or is this blown out of proportion?

Maybe they are waiting if Arrowhead/Sony will solve the problem before the end of the month deadline.

 

[Self_Destructive]

It's 19th on the global top sellers list... It's dropped far. It was consistently in the top 5 or 10 before this popped up.

 

[sendit]

This literally never happened.

Ubisoft (AssCreed)
Rockstar (GTAV)


The main issue here is Sony locking out the 10 people who can't access this anymore because PSN isn't in their country.

 

[3liteDragon]

 

[Hawking Radiation]

PC gamers when an EA game needs an EA account:
PC gamers when a MS game needs a MS account:
PC gamers when a PS game needs a PS account:

LFMAO

Since when??

 

[sendit]

WTF? No week long wait for a 'business update event' to build anticipation of decision? Just a stupid twitter post. I'm pretty disappointed tbh.

 

[coffinbirth]

Sony just played the fuck around and find out game.
200,000+ negative reviews since the announcement resulting in a reversal of "manadatory requirements" is a not-so-friendly reminder of who's holding the wheel here. Even Stevie Wonder could see what they were up to here, lmao.

 

[ArtHands]

LFMAO

Since when??

Non-PC players trying to build a fake narrative