[Knajjars]

Am I the only one who doesn’t care about account linking that much? Like, what are they going to steal from me that Google, Meta, Apple, doesn’t have already.

Plus if people wanted to protest, go against PlayStation directly, don't fuck up an indie studio that finally made it after 15+ of releasing games, this decision was made by Sony, not them.

[zik]

I think you're missing the point here. Lots of people bought Helldivers 2 and happen to live in countries like Estonia where it'll no longer be possible to play the game because PS doesn't operate there. Even more people don't have PlayStation accounts and specifically don't want them. They bought the game in good faith and now the terms have been changed on them to something unpalatable.

This shouldn't be possible. If you buy something it should belong to you. It shouldn't be subject to the whims of companies who simply don't care about you.

[eps]

Well, no, the point was that they sold it under certain conditions and then retroactively and unilaterly tried to change these conditions.

That's no bueno irrespective of PSN's availability in specific countries (thouh it does make for an extreme case in those).

[Knajjars]

In the case of not been able to play what you bought legally, I agree, it’s BS. I do remember reading that developers were working on a solution for this.

But my point remains for people screwing up the little guy (Arrowhead Studios).

[eps]

In some countires, e.g. the UK, creating a PSN account apparently requires sending Sony a copy of your ID. Given Sony's stellar record of not getting hacked this quite naturally doesn't sit well with some people.