• @[email protected]
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    Although the Steam page for HELLDIVERS 2 has clearly stated since release that a PlayStation Network account is required, you actually haven’t had to link them. That will change really soon.

    So if it were clearly written on the Steam page, I don’t really get the complains.

    • @[email protected]
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      1 year ago

      “But the plans were on display…”

      “On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.”

      “That’s the display department.”

      “With a flashlight.”

      “Ah, well, the lights had probably gone.”

      “So had the stairs.”

      “But look, you found the notice, didn’t you?”

      “Yes,” said Arthur, “yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.

      — Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

      • Sips'OP
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        61 year ago

        Love this! 🙌 Just started listening to the Audiobooks.

            • anguo
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              21 year ago

              Looks like the web archive is down for me atm. As long as you can hear multiple voice actors and sound effects, you’re at the right place.

              • Sips'OP
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                21 year ago

                This is the one narrated by the one and only Stephen Fry <3

                • anguo
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                  21 year ago

                  Well, that’s good too, but if you’re listening to audio, might as well listen to a full cast.

                  • Sips'OP
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                    11 year ago

                    Could you link to what you’re referring to?

    • @[email protected]
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      681 year ago

      Who the fuck reads the entire steam page? My friend says buy the game, the reviews say it’s great with friends, you go and buy the game not scan the steam page for predatory data hoarding policies.

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        31 year ago

        On top of the fact it was (more or less) turnkey. It worked. For months. Why would you look at the page when it works? If it was like that from the start, it would be different.

    • Sips'OP
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      361 year ago

      By clearly stated, they mean, in small letters further down on the steam page that nobody reads. Just like a cheeky terms of services…

      • Saik0
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        161 year ago

        Just like a cheeky terms of services…

        check both EULA links on the steam page. Nothing about this is in either (even now). So it’s literally just the banner.

        • Sips'OP
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          61 year ago

          I can personally see it on the steam page, underneath controller support section.

          • Saik0
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            41 year ago

            Yes. That would be the banner I’m talking about.

            • Sips'OP
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              41 year ago

              oh right, i misread what you wrote mb

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      So if it were clearly written on the Steam page, I don’t really get the complains.

      It was optional for several months and the info on the PSN page contradicted that, so there was a lot of room for confusion.

      Not surprisingly that PSN page was edited earlier today, but there’s a million screenshots floating around already, plus you can check the previous version in the Wayback Machine.

      And even if it was clearly written on all places, it’s still a “too bad you didn’t read the fine print, now you’re past the limit time for a refund, so either let Sony track you or lose access to the game” situation which is very shitty. There’s also the fact that they sold the game to people in countries where is PSN is not available, which should not have happened if that requirement was going to be enforced in the future.

      Not hard to see why people would get pissed and lose trust in the developer. I also think that players have been annoyed for a while with this type of requirement (not specifically in this game), and they are now getting a good outlet with a lot of publicity around to vent about it.

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        211 year ago

        That makes much more sense now. I was also wondering why people didn‘t pick up on it earlier given the incredible popularity of this game. So of course people noticed it, but it just didn‘t make much sense. I can see why someone would shrug it off a messy bit of text that probably wasn‘t supposed to be there and will be removed or edited or something. Well edited it was… just not as expected I guess.

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          201 year ago

          There’s also the problem that they’re clearly rushing this without much thought, they don’t even have an answer to the obvious question of “what happens to people in regions not supported by PSN”.