you just know that this was an internal decision from Sony, made without any input from developers, and the deciders probably used a lot of cool words like KPI, metrics, engagement and brand awareness
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Yup. "think of all the new users psn will have!". No actual benefits, just line go up on graph to make shareholders happy. Most efficient system ๐คก
I'm 100% sure this was a decision made by Sony. Apparently this was intended from the word go but they had technical issues during launch and disabled the PSN requirement 20-30 minutes after launch and are now trying to turn it back on.
The photo-ID thing seems to just be the UK's incredibly invasive security state making demands. I'm not clear if other countries actually require photo ID, i haven't been able to find any clear information.
executives arent worth the food they eat
Regions that don't have PSN access probably
This is just the stupidest fucking decision Sony could have made and it's probably going to kill the game
Sony, MS and Nintendo have been in a real race to the bottom lately
What did Microsoft do recently?
Exist? Is that not crime enough?
Shoving a fuckload of ads into W11 that are also indistinguishable from OS functions until you click them comes to mind
The best and worst part of MS' gaming division is that they're pretty much ignored by corporate.
I guess? It sounded like there was some other thing they did recently.
Wasn't thinking of anything in particular but I guess buying Bethesda and letting Todd make Starfield for one
MS gave all their simps heart attacks recently by announcing that exclusives won't be exclusive anymore or some shit i don't care about not owning a current console
IIRC everything on XBox is also on PC via the MS store, which calls into question why the XBox needs to exist.
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Starfield
It's one of the more successful games in history and at least half the players are on playstation. This sucks but the game will likely be fine.
With Sony in charge of setting revenue goals? The amount of money they're making will be downgraded from "obscene" and that might be enough to liquidate them
reddit seemed to think it was majority pc but i didn't look into it at all
Added Democratic People's Republic of Korea
I suspect foreign policy and out of control US sanctions at play. This is a way they commit collective punishment without explicitly saying they're doing it.
So lemme get this right, you need a playstation to play this from now on?
Nah, you can make a PSN account as a PC player - I did on launch because I didn't realize it used to be optional. Problem is that PSN accounts are not available in some countries. This change will primarily impact people in Africa, Eastern Europe, and all those little island countries and colonies.
Ah we don't have PSN here either. Glad I didn't buy the game from the hype lol