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HawlSera, do games w Helldivers 2 Players Express Frustration On Steam As It Will Soon Require A PSN Account

I feel weird using my PSN account because the birth date on it is wrong… I tried to tell Sony this, but they said they couldn’t change it

SomethingBurger,

If you’re in the EU, they have to correct your personal information. Threaten to report them to your local privacy authority if they don’t.

lemmyvore,

If they’re as incompetent as they sound they’d have to change it manually and assuming you could make them do that it would probably break something in the account. 😄 There’s no good way to do this if it was badly put together.

Cocodapuf,

So every company you give info to is responsible to catch every one of your lies? That sounds hard.

SomethingBurger,

No, but they have to update your info if you want to change it.

HawlSera,

I’m in the Land of Eagles and Hamburgers I’m afraid

Cocodapuf,

That’s probably a good thing. I generally put different information into every service. If you keep track of who you told what, you can use that information later. If you receive spam from somewhere random, but they use the name you gave Sony, you can say “oh so Sony sold my data to you…”

Dragster39,

Sony has been part of at least one major data leak. They don’t have to tell anyone since all of their data already is on the internet.

Justdaveisfine, do games w Obsidian’s Avowed 2025 Roadmap Includes New Abilities, Weapons, New Game Plus, And More

Seems like everyone was all over Avowed the week it was out, then I hardly heard it mentioned at all until now.

That being said, these seem like some nice QoL features but I don’t really see this persuading many people to hop in and buy it.

gradual,

I’ve never heard of it, but it definitely seems like one of those games.

Obsidian has to pay streamers more to shill it for longer in order to compete.

DarkThoughts, do games w Netflix Announces Minecraft Animated Series

They went full toddler mode with MC a long time ago. No thanks.

DoucheBagMcSwag,

Surely this was after “Story Mode” I’m guessing?

casual_turtle_stew_enjoyer,

I’ve never met any Minecraft player that played Story Mode, but a few had primary school siblings that did.

DarkThoughts,

No idea. Never played it, no idea when it came out, never cared for it. I don't think it was necessarily a straight cut from one to the other but a gradual transition through various changes with the game and the company. I'd hazard a guess that this transition began before Story Mode though, even if it wasn't as apparent at the time, as it is today.

DoucheBagMcSwag,

I honestly thought it was when dungeons came out

n3m37h, do games w Helldivers 2 Players Express Frustration On Steam As It Will Soon Require A PSN Account

I had to sign up for PSN over a month ago, why is there outrage now?

aBundleOfFerrets,

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

n3m37h,

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.

Sanctus,
@Sanctus@lemmy.world avatar

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.

redcalcium,

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. E.g African players are going to be fucked.

FeelzGoodMan420,

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. I’m sick of it. I don’t believe for a fucking second that Sony is requiring this for “security and safety.” Those fucks just want to inflate their user numbers for the shareholders and collect our data to sell to 3rd parties. I am so fucking sick of this shit already. I bought the game on steam. Just let me use my steam account only god dammit.

n3m37h,

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

FeelzGoodMan420,

Maybe be pissed about both?

SmoochyPit,

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.

n3m37h,

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

neo,
@neo@lemmy.comfysnug.space avatar

It was apparently skippable before.

Kedly,

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

Rubric, do games w Is The PlayStation Portal Worth A Purchase? - GameInformer

I got mine today, and whilst the layout takes a small amount of time to get used to, I find it pretty intuitive and easy to use. Obviously it’s not for everyone, but as someone who regularly loses the battle for the TV, this is hands-down a great purchase for me. Otherwise I’d have to use my phone, which is annoying as I have to disconnect my controller and connect it to my phone, and the screen is too small, or my laptop which is a bit too cumbersome. The Portal hits the sweet spot for me, it may not be for everyone, but I’m part of that niche that will use it regularly.

EDIT: My other gripe is the lack of being able to play through the cloud - I hope this is something to be added in the future as it’s literally just a WiFi controller with a screen.

Appoxo,
@Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Literally the Wii U rehashed lol.
Still useful.

kryptonianCodeMonkey,

The problem with the Wii U wasn’t the concept. It was the execution. The idea of a portable handheld console is a sound one, it’s just not a universal need. Making your console dependent on a niche feature and only having like 2 exclusive launch titles and bunch of third party ports is not going to compel people to buy a whole new console, especially when everyone and their grandma already owns your previous console that had hundreds of games available on it. I bought one with my brother mostly so I could play Breath of the Wild when it was impossible to buy a market price Switch. It’s perfectly fine as a console and I used the portable mode on occasion. It just doesn’t have a lot of other reasons to exist.

secondaccountlemmy,

At least the pad was included with the wii u.

Nintendoland was THE shit tho.

kryptonianCodeMonkey,

I recently got the G Cloud for the same reason. I’m sitting in the same room as my playstation, not allowed to exist in the other room all night or my wife feels like I’m mad at her, and don’t always want to sit and binge tv with her. Now I can us PSPlay and Steam Link to play games from my PS5 and gaming PC while sitting on the living room with her. It’s not as nice an experience as playing on a full sized screen with a lighter controller and no occasional connectivity issues, but it beats not being able to play at all. Been using it all the time.

leonbringeroffuego, do games w The Unlikely Development Of The First Splinter Cell

If only we could get this game remastered.

eagleeyedtiger,

I would love a Chaos Theory remake/remaster!

derpo,

I’ve been going through Pandora Tomorrow on my Steam Deck and it’s been great. I wish they just kept making more in this format

heavy,

My cousin, I was thinking the same thing. Pretty innovative for it’s time and don’t forget the later multiplayer

mycatiskai,

I Saw A Bear on YouTube recently did a playthrough of the original game and the timing was pretty brutal and some of the situations where you had to jump and turn at the same time and get a very specific hitbox to catch a ledge correctly.

Katana314, do games w Avowed's Creators On Why Romance Was Considered, But Ultimately Not Included And Skyrim Comparisons

What I want out of romance in games is to have it take you by surprise, which often means it’s not a “romance option”. Some of the best character scenes I’ve seen wrapped some other major plot point into the fact that one person cares a bit too deeply about another, and processes it all very suddenly.

So I’m fine with this removal. All those romance choices in RPGs like Fallout and Skyrim felt ultra shallow to me. Even BG3 just seems like raw wish fulfillment from a horny cast.

EmperorHenry, do games w Helldivers 2 Players Express Frustration On Steam As It Will Soon Require A PSN Account
@EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

Okay…the video game industry is going to crash any day now.

They keep raising prices, lowering quality, abusing their devs and now they’re also making everything more restrictive. And There’s also several games out there that require you to disable your core isolation to install them.

If it won’t run with core isolation enabled, it’s malware. That’s the rule every windows user needs to start following.

nutsack,

Americans are not going to stop playing video games anytime soon. I think they can easily get away with more

Aielman15, do games w Crash Bandicoot 4, Spyro Reignited Trilogy Dev Toys For Bob Is Splitting From Activision
@Aielman15@lemmy.world avatar

So, T4B splits from Microsoft-owned ActiBlizz… To keep working with Microsoft. Odd.

But anyway, they were one of the very few developers I cared about in the ActiBlizz group, so I’m happy to see them going independent. I hope it turns out fine for them.

I suppose this also means that Microsoft is not interested in having a new Spyro/Crash game? Otherwise, why let them split up?

altima_neo,
@altima_neo@lemmy.zip avatar

Doesnt seem terribly odd. I dont think they get to keep any of the IPs they worked on, meaning MS can still make Spyro/Crash with any of their other developers. What this does mean, though, is that T4B is able to work on their own IP that they will own the rights to, and partner with Microsoft to publish the game.

QuaternionsRock,

So weird that Microsoft owns the rights to Crash now. That little fucker was the PS1 mascot in my mind.

NOT_RICK,
@NOT_RICK@lemmy.world avatar

And now Sony owns the dev that made Xbox relevant. It’s definitely gotten weird in the industry the past few years

altima_neo,
@altima_neo@lemmy.zip avatar

Though, they’re definitely not the juggernaut they used to be. A lot of people like destiny, but I didn’t care for it. It doesn’t have the same magic Halo had.

altima_neo,
@altima_neo@lemmy.zip avatar

It’s deeper than that, when you think about it. MS owns the rights to Crash and Spyro, but also Banjo Kazooie, Perfect Dark, and Killer Instinct. Like damn, not even Nintendo was safe.

ParkedInReverse, do games w Final Fantasy XVI Is Getting Two DLCs And One Of Them Is Available Now

So the DLC is PS5 exclusive with a *. The * says ‘Not available on other formats until at least 31/12/2023.’ Not sure what to make of this.

Carnelian,

The game itself is also a ps5 exclusive currently I believe, with plans to eventually come to other platforms. So maybe just some weird technical disclaimer?

ParkedInReverse,

That’s a good point. Very weird disclaimer indeed, lol.

imaBEES,

So it’s only exclusive for 23 days?

Really weird when the game isn’t currently on any other system…

altima_neo,
@altima_neo@lemmy.zip avatar

Yeah, I didnt even realize it had come out already.

SnotFlickerman, do games w Spiritfarer Developer Thunder Lotus Reveals At Fate's End, An Action Game With Dialogue-Driven Combat
@SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Insult Sword Fighting taken to a new level.

bungle_in_the_jungle,

You fight like a cow

saimen,

Came for this comment

Vegeta, do games w Clair Obscur's Composer Talks Going From Unknown To Scoring 2025's Most Celebrated RPG

Honestly, their soundtrack is the best one I’ve heard in all of gaming. That whole game is amazing.

CitizenKong, do games w Avowed's Creators On Why Romance Was Considered, But Ultimately Not Included And Skyrim Comparisons

Between Fable and Dragon Age, which both look pretty good, I’m afraid this game will have problems not tanking.

ampersandrew,
@ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

Thus far, Obsidian has been very good at creating games within reasonable constraints, which means they’re typically not overscoped relative to the size of the game’s actual audience. And they do all of this while being a multi project studio that’s allegedly good to its employees.

CitizenKong,

Yes, I really like them as well. And I bet the game will be good too. I just worry about the game not selling good enough and with Microsoft’s current track record of shutting studios down, Obsidian being shut down as well.

ampersandrew,
@ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

Microsoft is a wrench in the works, but they’re not building a game any larger than they’ve been doing for some years now. This is still a game that is scoped so that it doesn’t need to sell 10 million copies to break even.

Rentlar, (edited ) do games w Helldivers 2 Players Express Frustration On Steam As It Will Soon Require A PSN Account

It doesn’t seem like a big change to me, so long as you can just have it linked to your Steam account and nothing else.

I’d mostly be upset if it breaks Linux compatibility or was a single player game (HD2 isn’t).

E: Changed only to mostly

Fiivemacs,

And the people that bought it but can’t get PSN accounts? Do they get a refund (HAHAHAHAH) or are they just fucked?

It’s a huge change even if you can’t grasp it.

Enough demanding accounts for everything.

Rentlar,

I think those people that will no longer be able to play it, because Sony doesn’t let them do the thing that they now require, deserve refunds. I will leave a negative review when the update drops if they don’t, despite really enjoying this game, because it’s not fair to those who bought it and will be locked out. If they can make it such that you can have a placeholder Sony account that can’t access all PSN features, for the sole purpose to play this and other Sony games on Steam, that anyone in the world can access, that would be an acceptable compromise to me.

I understand EULA and account creation fatigue. It’s just that it’s not the accounts themselves that are the worrisome part of the change for me is what I’m saying. If it’s for specific reasoning (console crossplay), is unobtrusive, and maintains access for existing Steam purchasers then I don’t have a real problem. If they use it to limit people’s access that’s where I have a problem.

nous,

If they can make it such that you can have a placeholder Sony account that can’t access all PSN features, for the sole purpose to play this and other Sony games on Steam, that anyone in the world can access, that would be an acceptable compromise to me.

If they did that then what is the point in requiring a login at all… just remove the damned feature that is not required and very few want. We know it is not required as the game has been working fine for months without it. There is zero need for you to need a login for this game. Except that sony wants more user information they can sell to others.

Rentlar,

In the compromise model, Sony gets the interaction data they want and pad their account numbers for investors. Players get sustained access to the game. Win-win.

nous,

Players get sustained access to the game.

That should be the default for any game you have brought… not a compromise… Forcing everyone to have an account only serve to benefit Sony.

FeetinMashedPotatoes, do games w Bethesda Announces New-Gen Update For Fallout 4 Coming Next Year

And you can get it next year on sale for $70 because fuck you you stupid consumer bitch that’s how it works here in Bethesda! Now go praise Starfield you fucking idiot!

SuperSaiyanSwag,

Tbf it will likely be in game pass

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