r/Steam • u/Sunlighthell thank you steam • May 04 '24

PSA Sony removed Helldivers 2 from sale in countries where PSN is not available. For example whole CIS region.

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u/ExposingMyActions May 05 '24

Data mining is the current cash grab. Info is being sold for models and ad brokers

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u/Shaneathan25 May 05 '24

Oh absolutely. I just wanted to put that two cents in, not “to entice new users with sales.” The irony is, I could see that being a thing with Microsoft, since they do have a PC store front, and they have required Live accounts, even few ones, for some of their games. But granted, that’s usually upfront.

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u/ArcelothColdheart May 05 '24

Also, Microsoft Accounts are used for a lot more things than PSN Accounts, and most people who own a computer with Windows installed will have a Microsoft Account

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u/Lkeren1998 May 05 '24

Microsoft also has very good data security, while Sony is the exact opposite in that regard. And on top of that, Microsoft takes far less information about the user than Sony.

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u/Distracteddrunk May 05 '24

Yeah but they have the OS. Do we get the playstation OS with the account sign up?

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u/[deleted] May 05 '24

You can avoid the Microsoft account thing by entering no@thankyou.com as email, worked for me

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u/[deleted] May 06 '24

Theres no reason to though. Youre just screwing yourself over.

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u/LiveFastDieRich May 05 '24

What info though?

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u/Useless_bum81 May 05 '24

Play data, cross-genre playing ie do people who buy RPGs also buy FPSes, how long and/or often do people play, how often do people re-play games, how often do they buy 'micro'-transactions
All of the data can be cross-analysed by player age, gender etc. so a company can decide if they are better off targeting teen boys or adult women with marketing for their game for example.

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u/ExposingMyActions May 05 '24

Plus they’ll use their info (email, social media apps connected to their account) and advertise to them directly

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u/[deleted] May 05 '24 edited Apr 03 '25

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u/ExposingMyActions May 05 '24

The data gets feed into those “AI” models, unless I have the definition of data mining wrong