Sometimes companies actually listen to feedback when they make stupid mistakes

[Northpin]

Yea, but on the official page they say it's not required.
There is a "currently" slipped in there that makes things a bit muddy, but the final say is you dont require an account

Buy HELLDIVERS™ 2 - PC Digital Game | PlayStation® (US)

Join the Helldivers and fight for freedom with friends across a hostile galaxy in this fast, frantic third-person shooter.

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Not quite true. The requirement for a PS account was always in the T&C (that no one reads clearly), it was waived because of the networking issues the game had when it launched. They decided to enforce it in May. The dumb thing was continuing to sell in countries with no PSN access, not sure it that's a Steam issue or a Sony issue though.

I don't think you can compare the situation to ED though. You need an account to play the game with the company actually running the servers. What you don't need is the extra account from market places like Steam and PSN.

Steam offers an invaluable service to devs and customers - authenticate copies and push unified updates to games via the platform. We need no longer collect collect game updates from various sources.

 

[metatheurgist]

Yea, but on the official page they say it's not required.
There is a "currently" slipped in there that makes things a bit muddy, but the final say is you dont require an account

Buy HELLDIVERS™ 2 - PC Digital Game | PlayStation® (US)

Join the Helldivers and fight for freedom with friends across a hostile galaxy in this fast, frantic third-person shooter.

direct.playstation.com

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That's the general answer. The specific answer was it was always in the T&C for Helldivers 2.

Steam offers an invaluable service to devs and customers - authenticate copies and push unified updates to games via the platform. We need no longer collect collect game updates from various sources.

And that's great if you want to sign up for that service but that service is not going to give you access to the servers of the company running the game. Or do you expect every game company to bend over backwards and accept Steam credentials just because?

 

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That's the general answer. The specific answer was it was always in the T&C for Helldivers 2.

And that's great if you want to sign up for that service but that service is not going to give you access to the servers of the company running the game. Or do you expect every game company to bend over backwards and accept Steam credentials just because?

I don't know, some games don't require 3rd party accounts. I buy a product and it's convenient when I don't have to juggle accounts around.

 

[varonica]

Is it too late for Elite players to revolt about having to link their FDev account to their Steam account?

Is it compulsory to link your game account to a Steam account? No? I didn't think so!

 

[metatheurgist]

I don't know, some games don't require 3rd party accounts. I buy a product and it's convenient when I don't have to juggle accounts around.

In ED's case, Steam is the 3rd party.

 

[DYSEQTA]

Not quite true. The requirement for a PS account was always in the T&C (that no one reads clearly), it was waived because of the networking issues the game had when it launched. They decided to enforce it in May. The dumb thing was continuing to sell in countries with no PSN access, not sure it that's a Steam issue or a Sony issue though.

Thanks for the clarification.

 

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In ED's case, Steam is the 3rd party.

Not to me, I bought the game there. Those who take the money are liable to deliver.

 

[varonica]

Not to me, I bought the game there. Those who take the money are liable to deliver.

Steam deliver a service, that's all. I mean if FDEV suddenly decided to can ED and shut down all the servers would you expect Steam to continue providing the game to you?

 

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Steam deliver a service, that's all. I mean if FDEV suddenly decided to can ED and shut down all the servers would you expect Steam to continue providing the game to you?

No, but I might demand a refund depending on the circumstances.