After negative fan backlash and Steam reviews, Helldivers 2 CEO Johan Pilestedt has apologized to players for the new PSN account policy
  • HopeOfTheGunblade@kbin.social
    87·
    14 days ago

    It’s not an apology if you keep trucking right the fuck on along. You apologize, in part, by fixing the problem. Absent that, it’s just empty words. Meaningless.

    • huginn@feddit.itEnglish
      61·
      14 days ago

      You can’t fix a problem that you’re being forced to create by your owners.

      Sony owns¹ them. Sony says “force PSN log in” and Arrowhead either does what they’re told or gets replaced.

      1. it has been pointed out that Sony doesn’t literally own them. They’re the publisher and choose if the game ever sees the light of day but since that’s legally distinct from ownership: Sony doesn’t own Arrowhead, they just have their balls in a vice grip and a gun to the CEO’s head. Totally different.
  • littleblue✨@lemmy.worldEnglish
    73·
    14 days ago

    Yes, please, because the rootkit implication that every single one of my fellow Helldivers is cheating wasn’t enough for Sony (hell, that was only their foreplay)… Now, we get the next step in the data mining cash grab.

    I mean, what did you expect? Truly.

      • chingadera@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        14 days ago

        I don’t, but I do at least expect that a massive corporation will at least try to make money by not doing something this fucking foolish, I swear they fucking hate money and reputation.

        • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          4·
          14 days ago

          “Alright dev studios, your assignment is to bake a cake. Core feature: it must be possible to eat the cake, and then still have the cake”

          Arrowhead: wtf

    • Seasoned_Greetings@lemm.eeEnglish
      11·
      14 days ago

      It’s not just a data mining cash grab. It’s a bigger cash grab than that. If they had required the account link from the beginning they would not have sold the game in countries where you can’t get a PlayStation account.

      They clearly waited until the hype from the game settled in before they made this requirement so that they could make all of the money from the countries they don’t service.

      That way they could squeeze a little extra out of the player base by mining their data long enough later that players can’t get a refund. Doesn’t matter to them that they’re forcing players in half the geological world to quit.

      Truly despicable. They should be forced to issue refunds to players they are effectively kicking from the game, but something tells me nothing is going to happen.

  • Audacious@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    15·
    14 days ago

    Helldivers having DRM was the red flag for me to not play it. I’m not surprised they are making more bad decisions.