Good news for all PC players. Sony significantly row back for PC accounts for PC implementations of PlayStation titles. In any case, this information is hidden ina contributionthat was published on the PlayStation blog.
In it, a total of four PlayStation Studios games are called, for which a PSN account should only be "optional" in the future. It is the following titles:
PSN account still brings advantages on the PC
However, there are a few advantages for everyone who still link a PSN account in these games. As can be seen from the blog post, these people can then use "additional advantages such as trophies or friend management".
Even if it is not explicitly in the contribution, it can be assumed that some future PC implementations from PlayStation Studios titles will now do without PSN account compulsion. Most recently, this was also at the third party gamehas been removed.
Massive excitement topic in 2024
This moves Sony in a direction that many PC players had already demanded last year. The mandatory use of a PSN account had brought many on the palm in 2024.
The first outcry was at the co-op shooter. Here Sony was already back after a huge shitstorm and had removed the PSN account obligation. But just under a month later, the community was angry with the same game at God of War: Ragnarök.
At that time, colleague Eleen had moved into a clear position in an article:
At that time, Sony initially catered for the PSN account obligation with the fact that one wanted to protect players "from griefing and abuse". This would have been correct for multiplayer titles, but the argument no longer grabbed many in pure single player games. So now Sony kicks the requirement for these single player games. It remains to be seen whether this will also apply to multiplayer releases in the future.
