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[-] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 54 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I mean, I like to think Sony made it perfectly clear this time around. There's really no excuse this time. People were warning other people, Sony had it on the system requirements sheet, and Steam had it listed as soon as the page went up. So if you still picked up the game and then decided to bitch about the PlayStation Network requirement because you didn't know, that's on you.

Flipside, if you bought the game just to bitch about the PlayStation network requirement, knowing full well this would be a requirement, you're way more privileged than me. When I don't like how someone does something, I typically don't give them money unless I don't have a choice.

[-] stardust@lemmy.ca 69 points 1 month ago

Honestly I appreciate them buying it and expressing the disappointment in Steam reviews. It is the best way to get attention to it since people aren't going to refrain from buying it. Boycotts don't work so people expressing their thoughts is the best we got.

[-] ChocoboRocket@lemmy.world 43 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"boycotts don't work" lmao

The gaming community is incapable of executing an effective boycott because they cannot go 5 minutes without the thing they like. So they'll pre-order garbage, never learn their lesson, and complain the whole time while paying a premium, instead of exercising restraint and playing something else - like one of their 4,000 unplayed games in their bought library.

[-] moody@lemmings.world 18 points 1 month ago

Boycotts only work when the group boycotting is large enough to impact the bottom line.

Most gamers just don't care enough about accounts and launchers to boycott a game or company. They just want to come home from work and play games.

[-] CleoTheWizard@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

It’s less about most gamers caring and more about people failing to advertise the boycott and act effectively. I just think the gaming community is much larger than people realize and even if everyone in a subreddit about the game agrees to boycott it, that’s nothing compared to the number of people who play that game and aren’t in the subreddit and don’t know to boycott.

[-] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

Yeah, they left off the rest of that lesson, which is "boycotts don't work if you don't fucking do them". Boycotts work when they happen, and it's still a good thing to personally boycott a game you feel isn't up to your standards even if the broader community isn't, but it's been consistently shown nonetheless that gamers are horrible at wide-scale boycotts.

[-] stardust@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

What do you think I meant by people won't refrain from buying. People not buying products they weren't going to buy anyways isn't a boycott. Do you trust the gaming community to actually not buy something they want?

People are misunderstanding that boycotts won't work in this case means a boycott isn't going to happen.

[-] stardust@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

If people don't refrain from buying then boycotts won't work. Gaming community is more effective at creating noise than not buying a product they want.

[-] Kroxx@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

RuneScape would like a word with you

[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 month ago

The gaming community is incapable of executing an effective boycott

If that's the case, then explain exactly why Sony backed off of the account requirement for Helldivers 2

[-] Klear@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

Bad reviews on steam causing a lot of negative publicity.

[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

So, literally the same strategy that gamers are going for here. And you said their methods never work, yet here we are with an example of it working

[-] Klear@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

And you said their methods never work

Where? You need to read more carefully, it's causing you to write nonsense.

[-] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 29 points 1 month ago

Steam refunds are easy and convenient. I wouldn't personally bother doing that just to post a "protest review" either, but it's definitely possible to do without losing any money.

[-] tehcooles@programming.dev 15 points 1 month ago

This is my exact reaction. The issue with HD2 was the bait and switch of adding the requirement at a later date, particularly since they had already sold copies in places where people literally could not make PSN accounts.

Not that I agree with Sony's decision to require the account for GOW, but at least they're being up front about it this time. If you don't want the account, there are 500 billion other quality games you can buy that don't require one.

[-] Fogle@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

Could be people who already have the PSN account. Linking it was never the problem. I don't want the account

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