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Sony cancelled the PSN account linking requirement for Helldivers 2 (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by slaacaa@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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[-] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 22 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I was one of them to begin with but once I found out about the whole thing with people of certain countries not able to have an account even though they had already bought the game and were even previously able to play are now locked out, then I was on board.

I'm not against just making accounts, I must have thousands across the internet, what would be one more if I hadn't already had a PSN account.

[-] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 19 points 6 months ago

what would be one more if I hadn’t already had a PSN account.

One more attack vector to gain access to all your other accounts across the internet.

[-] NocturnalEngineer@lemmy.world 18 points 6 months ago

Using a password manager would avoid this. Everyone should ideally use unique passwords per service, that way a single account can't compromise the others.

The loss of personal data however is fricking annoying. If a company has no legitimate reason, I avoid signing up to them.

Looking at you Nvidia, Razar, etc...

[-] RadimentriX@troet.cafe 1 points 6 months ago

@NocturnalEngineer @Isoprenoid i was so infuriated back when nvidia demanded an account for shadowplay. I thought id lose access to the encoder thingy. So glad that it can be used by other software too. Uninstalled the shadowplay/gf experience stuff and never looked back

[-] bigmclargehuge@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago

Wouldn't it be nice to not have your info spread across thosands of accounts that you yourself even implied you don't keep track of?

What sony pulled, and coporate moves like it, are at least in part a result of people saying "meh, what's one more account, I've already got thousands."

We as a community aren't an immaculate entity. Companies don't just make these moves out of nowhere, they analyze what we're willing to do so they can take advantage of those things to make money. That's not some sleazy secret scheme, thats basic market research. If we collectively show we do actually care about this stuff and won't supoort their business when they do it, it might not happen so often.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk -2 points 6 months ago

But the game isn't even available on PlayStation so why am I creating an account? At the very least it's pointless busy work. And apparently not even well thought out.