Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Justisaur Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: Helldivers 2 to require Playstation subscription even bought on Steam for PC. Date: Sat, 4 May 2024 09:19:16 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 04 May 2024 18:19:17 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="e5ae09b8c1aedcd07a404770cb191c34"; logging-data="1359787"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/q6RuTx+Mx636DbX9XR9ezW+U47ze/5lo=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:BSNNs9LGztKSoTm3QVEKvcPC9NU= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2307 On 5/3/2024 11:43 AM, Justisaur wrote: > Helldivers 2 was looking like a pretty good squad Co-op game, I was > somewhat interested, but so many things to play, not enough time.  It > won't affect me if I were to play it, but there's regions where it was > sold that the PSN isn't available. ***** UPDATE! SONY GASLIGHTS CUSTOMERS! ***** Sony and Arrowhead (the dev) were saying that the fact it wasn't required was due to a 'server issue' and it was communicated that it was a temporary thing. However screenshots of the requirements from other countries where PSN isn't available show it says that PSN is "optional." Presumably they haven't updated all their requirements for all the foreign pages yet. They've been caught in a bold faced lie and gaslighting. The review bombing has greatly increased after this was found and now Helldivers 2 has been dragged down to 'mixed' for all time reviews. I'm not sure if this will have any real legal repercussions due to the usual "subject to change at any time" clauses present everywhere, and Japan's corrupt legal system's favoritism. -- -Justisaur ø-ø (\_/)\ `-'\ `--.___, ¶¬'\( ,_.-' \\ ^'