Everyone knows that Sony’s PSN requirement on PC could be very unpopular, however the firm has made it clear it has no intention to scrap it sooner or later.
Earlier this 12 months, Sony confronted a little bit of a PR disaster when it introduced it might be forcing Helldivers 2 gamers to attach their recreation to a PSN account, regardless of the actual fact it had been out for months on the time. Sony shortly walked again that call, however later releases, together with the Horizon Zero Daybreak remaster, have stored the requirement in, regardless of that specific title being single-player. This fixed inclusion of the requirement has led a lot of Sony’s flagship titles to finish up with some fairly combined critiques on Steam, however that hasn’t modified the corporate’s plans, as in a current buyers name, Sony president Hiroki Totoki made it clear as to why it has the requirement within the first place.
“We have now realized loads,” Totoki stated (thanks, PC Gamer). “The best way to face the problems concerning PC, for example, the PlayStation accounts that we’ve got supplied—by providing them, for example, generally that tends to ask pushback. However for the dwell service video games, as a way to keep order of the gaming, in order that anyone can benefit from the recreation safely, we have to create [an] surroundings conducive to that, [and] in fact having fun with the sport freely.
“Having some restrictions – [we] could not name it a rule – however to ask the customers and players to observe the way and [that] stability is essential. We have now to proceed to hunt one of the best ways to attain this.” As PC Gamer notes, this was translated dwell, but it surely’s apparent that what Totoki is saying right here is that the PSN requirement is right here to remain. It will clearly proceed to be irritating for a lot of gamers, as there are nonetheless a lot who dwell in nations the place you’ll be able to’t actually have a PSN account, regardless of Steam present there.
When it comes to everybody else who can get an account however simply would not wish to, effectively, I am certain Sony is simply ready for them to cease caring. I am certain it might afford to.