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Sony forcing you to have a PlayStation Network account for all their recent PC releases hasn't been well liked, and they of course have no plans to back down on it.

During the latest Sony Group Corporation investors call in their Q&A session at about 45:40, a question came up about what lessons they will take away from Concord (which Sony shut down and then closed the game studio).

Hiroki Totoki (President, COO and CFO) replied with an English translation from a live interpreter, so the translation is a bit loose and rough, but this is what was said:

Regarding that matter we have learned a lot. The way to face the issues regarding PC for instance, the PlayStation accounts that we have offered, by offering them for instance, sometimes that tends to invite push-back. But for the live service games, so in order to maintain order of the gaming, so that anybody can enjoy the game safely, we need to create environment conducive to that, of course enjoying the game freely.

Having some restrictions, may not call it rule, but to ask the users and gamers to follow the manner, and those balances are very important and we have to continue to seek the best way to achieve this.

Clearly the PSN requirement isn't going anywhere, and will be in all their future games, even though it's unpopular and locks out a whole lot of regions from buying their games. Sony want that extra control over their games, especially when they're now releasing outside of their own PlayStation console.

In some ways, it makes sense for their online live-service games, and you do have to remember the context of the question was for Concord that was supposed to be live-service.

However, it really makes very little sense for their single-player games where it's also now forced like Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered, Until Dawn, God of War Ragnarök and more to come. Forcing online accounts for single-player games is never going to go down well but it's here to stay for Sony's PC releases.

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Sakuretsu 3 days ago
The nerve.
Now I'm feeling like not buying anything from them even more.
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They must want it for DRM for single-player games, which stinks. Otherwise, I do see reason to have the ability to ban unwanted people from multiplayer games.
emphy 3 days ago
Drm decreases the value of a game. Adding an extra layer above steam decreases its value for me to the point of it no longer being worth my time.

As for multiplayer safety: They already lost me at the mere principle of multiplayer being centralised on servers fully owned and managed by the dev/publisher. That's a red flag for the playable software in question being a business model first, game second.


Last edited by emphy on 10 November 2024 at 3:40 am UTC
Avehicle7887 3 days ago
Would love to buy their games but I'm never gonna put up with an account requirement for single player games.

Their loss not mine. Plenty of other games to play.
Termy 3 days ago
Aren't they ashamed to blabber such bullshit?!

I mean for Multiplayer games - ok, with a whole lot of good will and booze, i will accept that argument. But for singleplayer? Go try to fool your grandma instead of treating us like 3-year-olds...

Quoting: TevurDo you remember the time when digital distribution with its more or less hassle-free accessability essentially killed video game piracy?

Well, they saw how it's going with the video piracy and thought 'We can do better than that and revive piracy even quicker!'


Last edited by Termy on 10 November 2024 at 9:18 am UTC
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Honestly, I hope they add the option to older games as well. I’d love to synch achievements and friend list. Having friends on PS being able to see what I play and DM me would be dope too. Hopefully they do that eventually.
Crossbuy would be amazing but it ain’t happening. 🤣

I don’t appreciate being mandatory for everyone of course. But as long as they give you the option of not buying their games. I don’t see the issue.

Cheers.


Last edited by DavidePorterBridges on 10 November 2024 at 9:51 am UTC
RedWyvern 3 days ago
Quoting: CanadianBlueBeerNope. ANY game that requires me to make an account with them does not get purchased.

Except for MMO type, where duh, you do NEED one.

Single player? Frack no.

Of course, I could make another new gmail acct just for them, but honestly,
none of their games are appealing to me anyway.
Even for MMOs this need can be disproven by counter-example.
Guild Wars 2 lets you play on Steam and log in to arena.net (account management site) with a Steam account.
Though that does restrict what codes can be claimed, so an actual account does have benefits.

On which I lost all interest for the in attempting to create one before the Steam account option existed and learning how non-functional that process was.
Down to not being able to open a support ticket normally, having to dig through the site for another way to initiate one and ask them to fix the account.

Followed with horrendous onboarding ingame, making this another example of them clearly not wanting my money for expansions and other items, so also not receiving it.

I would still consider Horizon Forbidden West if it comes on a decent sale.
But any game which requires (it being optional is fine) a PSN account is a no-go.
This since it adds an unneeded point of failure to the game, outside of Steam's control and with Sony dirextly being able to sabotage it after purchase.
TangoBaker 3 days ago
See, I appreciate this level of concern for the customer.

Sony wants me to use an account in their system for my safety. In return, I don't give them any money to keep them safe from being robbed. We all look out for each other and that makes the world a better place.
CanadianBlueBeer 2 days ago
Ok, subscription based MMOs. (ala WoW)

I'm gonna be leery about future Blizz games after the idiocy of D4. (mmo lite thing)
Oh, and the no lan play for D2 Res. (stoopids)

yeah, I'm getting crankier in my old age. /shrug
mZSq7Fq3qs 2 days ago
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I will then sail the seas for those titles... I am not gonna buy any game that requires 3rd party shittery.
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