This game felt like a fresh breath of air so it's really sad to see it go like this. I can ignore the game breaking issues since I've been having so much fun with this game, but I draw the line at the PSN account.

I bought this game on Steam with the intention of playing it on Steam. I don't own a PlayStation, so why should I have to sign up for an account just to get my data sold. If it's cross play and I don't conform with the new account requirement, then let me just only be able to play with other PC users.

Forcing players to link their account with PSN or banning them from the game just because they used VPN to follow the rules months after launch is unacceptable. The whole "protecting our players" nonsense doesn't really fly when it involves a company like Sony that has a data breach or a hacking event every other year. Especially when those events have hundreds of thousands of users, accounts and information stolen or corrupted.

For anyone linking their account, I would strongly advise even if it may be obvious, to not use the same password as your other apps when creating a PSN account. That opens you up to a Sony server breach making your password public and people using it to log into your other accounts. Sony had multiple breaches in the last couple of years so their IT security is horrendous.

Godspeed Helldivers, may we cross paths again in the future and spread some Democracy together again.

This game felt like a fresh breath of air so it's really sad to see it go like this. I can ignore the game breaking issues since I've been having so much fun with this game, but I draw the line at the PSN account. I bought this game on Steam with the intention of playing it on Steam. I don't own a PlayStation, so why should I have to sign up for an account just to get my data sold. If it's cross play and I don't conform with the new account requirement, then let me just only be able to play with other PC users. Forcing players to link their account with PSN or banning them from the game just because they used VPN to [b] follow the rules [/b] months after launch is unacceptable. The whole "protecting our players" nonsense doesn't really fly when it involves a company like Sony that has a data breach or a hacking event every other year. Especially when those events have hundreds of thousands of users, accounts and information stolen or corrupted. For anyone linking their account, I would strongly advise even if it may be obvious, to not use the same password as your other apps when creating a PSN account. That opens you up to a Sony server breach making your password public and people using it to log into your other accounts. Sony had [b] multiple breaches [/b] in the last couple of years so their IT security is horrendous. Godspeed Helldivers, may we cross paths again in the future and spread some Democracy together again.