Attention Helldivers, Due to technical issues at the launch of HELLDIVERS™ 2, we allowed the linking requirements for Steam accounts to a PlayStation Network account to be temporarily optional. That grace period will now expire. See details below in this post. Account linking plays a critical role in protecting our players and upholding the values of safety and security provided on PlayStation and PlayStation Studios games.
It may have been in the fine print. I’ll grant you that. But the de facto experience did not require a account with PlayStation.
I have on occasion accidentally bought an EA game, only to launch it to see that it requires an EA account, and then to refund it.
I don’t have an issue with somebody creating a game that requires a PlayStation account, that’s their business more power to them. Changing the requirements after the refund window has finished is what I have issue with. And I agree with you I don’t expect them to give me a refund, but I’m going to god damn well ask.
But let’s put it this way, I played a game, but I did not create a Sony account. Now the game is being taken away from me unless I agree to Sony’s terms and conditions. If I don’t agree if those conditions the game doesn’t work. That’s refundable
Not to mention a good middle ground would be you can’t do steam to Sony cross play unless you have a Sony account. Fair enough
Alternative take: they didn’t change the terms, they started enforcing the terms we already agreed to.
I’m gonna make an account anyway, for me the bigger issue was the exclusivity, I boycott Sony due that, and won’t be buying any of the FF games, but I decided to make an exception for HD2, for better or worse.
I’ve left a negative review on the page. And I’ve requested a refund from steam.
I doubt steam will grant the refund, I’m at 275 hours. But I’m trying…
[update] refund denied. “We will not be granting a refund at this time.”
Kind of weird seeing as they stated this requirement before release and you also agreed to it. Doesn’t seem like your refund has ground to stand on.
That said, I didn’t realize it either, but I’m not blaming my mistake on the storefront or devs.
It may have been in the fine print. I’ll grant you that. But the de facto experience did not require a account with PlayStation.
I have on occasion accidentally bought an EA game, only to launch it to see that it requires an EA account, and then to refund it.
I don’t have an issue with somebody creating a game that requires a PlayStation account, that’s their business more power to them. Changing the requirements after the refund window has finished is what I have issue with. And I agree with you I don’t expect them to give me a refund, but I’m going to god damn well ask.
But let’s put it this way, I played a game, but I did not create a Sony account. Now the game is being taken away from me unless I agree to Sony’s terms and conditions. If I don’t agree if those conditions the game doesn’t work. That’s refundable
Not to mention a good middle ground would be you can’t do steam to Sony cross play unless you have a Sony account. Fair enough
Alternative take: they didn’t change the terms, they started enforcing the terms we already agreed to.
I’m gonna make an account anyway, for me the bigger issue was the exclusivity, I boycott Sony due that, and won’t be buying any of the FF games, but I decided to make an exception for HD2, for better or worse.
Changing how the game is experienced is changing the de facto terms. But sure I agree with you it’s better that the title is not exclusive.