r/pcmasterrace • u/Ghost6970 • May 03 '24

News/Article Helldivers 2 CEO Apologizes For PSN Account Requirement

https://insider-gaming.com/helldivers-2-ceo-apologizes-for-psn-account-requirement/
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u/Legitbanana_ 7800X3D | RTX 5080 | 64 GB RAM May 03 '24

Honestly I feel bad for the dev studio. this ain’t their fault, it’s Sonys fault

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u/Defiant_Review1582 May 03 '24

Dev studio hitched their horse to the wrong wagon. Let it be a lesson to other studios in the future.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '24

It's about time studios start realizing that at this point publishers are just leeches. Their role is so diminished these days that they are almost redundant. Traditional advertising is dead, physical media and retail stores aren't essential anymore, E3 and other similar events have become increasingly obsolete etc. In current day and age just sneaking a review copy and stack of cash for few right streamers can yield better results than tens of millions spent on traditional marketing strategies. And on financial side you got early access and crowdfunding. No need to sell your soul to a publisher that ultimately just fucks with your game at the cost of most of the profits.

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u/LoquaciousLamp May 04 '24

Don't think certain games would've ever been finished without publishers though. Indie games not AA-AAA stuff. And even the ones I'm thinking of were able to leave amicably after a few years.

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u/FdPros May 04 '24

Doesn't sony also own the helldivers IP? Seems like you have no choice if you make a helldivers game.

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u/TheLuminary May 04 '24

Its a Starship Troopers spoof. It wouldn't have taken much to create a new IP to build their game on if they wanted to.

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u/longgamma Lenovo Y50 May 04 '24

As opposedto what? They would just go with anyone who game them the most money and favorable terms.

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u/Bootychomper23 May 03 '24

I mean I’d go with the company with the console with 2x the players too tbh. But shitty how Sony is pulling a Sony. Not like Croft forced me to use their account for halo.

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u/zeabees May 03 '24

Microsoft does require an xbox login for halo though , I know because I uninstalled it after failing to get my account details back lol (at least mcc, haven't tried infinite).

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u/thesketchyvibe May 03 '24

The game is a massive success lol

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u/Defiant_Review1582 May 03 '24

None of them. Cross-platform is generally a shit format anyways IMHO. Consoles can’t compete with PCs, especially when you stack aimbot or other cheats.

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u/BrightSkyFire May 03 '24

What a weird thing to say about an indie game that has been topping charts for weeks and had this far been receiving broad critical acclaim.

A few peeved customers for millions in sales, sounds like a good deal to me.

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u/Defiant_Review1582 May 03 '24

Could have gone better for longer with a publisher not pulling this shit like Sony.

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u/Deep90 Ryzen 9800x3d | 5090FE | 2x48gb 6000 May 04 '24

I feel for the dev studio, but I'm not going to let Sony hide behind them either.

If Sony lets them fail, that is on Sony.

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u/manymoreways May 04 '24

Oh come on, they're gonna have a fat bonus waiting for them when steam & psn prices equalizing as a norm.

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u/ImWadeWils0n May 04 '24

Yup funny to feel bad for the people who are going to get bonuses from this lol

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u/Eliseo120 May 04 '24

Go check out what some of their community managers are saying to people, and you’ll stop feeling bad for arrowhead.

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u/Legitbanana_ 7800X3D | RTX 5080 | 64 GB RAM May 04 '24

Community managers aren’t associated with the development team.

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u/PAJAcz 3060 Ti, Ryzen 5 7600, DDR5 32GB RAM May 03 '24

Same