• Jake Farm@sopuli.xyz
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    6 months ago

    They didnt require a psn account for Helldivers 1, I wonder why they thought it would be a good idea now.

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      6 months ago

      Supposedly it was for ‘player safety’ which is a load of crap since steam already handles that.

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        6 months ago

        Yeah the reality was probably that someone thought it would be a good way to boost some numbers somewhere to justify their position or get a bonus for ‘increasing the user count’ or other nonsense.

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          6 months ago

          I have a theory it’s part of the same effort that’s resulting in some Sony-published games getting PlayStation trophy support on PC. They probably want to eventually accomplish something similar to what Microsoft did with cross-platform services between the Microsoft store and Xbox.

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            6 months ago

            In similar spirit, my theory is that this is part of how they fix the issue where PC players and PS5 players have issues making/accepting friend requests. Recently the players ID’s were changed from being randomly generated to a set assigned ID, and I would have bet money that the PSN account linking could have been a way to resolve whatever issue was going on there.

            Alas, no way to confirm this now haha!

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            6 months ago

            That would be a smart move. And it would be in line with typical Corpo thought - Bury a good idea under a bunch of bad ones lol.

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        6 months ago

        Sony and safety do not go together. PS credit card leaks and Sony email leaks show they don’t care about security.