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From: Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Sony Backs Down
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 08:17:20 -0600
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On Wed, 29 Jan 2025 20:08:48 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote: 

>
>Over the past year, Sony has been quite aggressive pushing its
>requirement that to play the latest PC ports of  its games, a
>Playstation.com account was required... even if it was just a
>single-player experience. This came to a head with "Hellraisers 2" and
>-after customer outcry about how they were adding this requirement
>after the fact- were forced to retract. However, all their newer games
>-- "God of War Ragnarok", "Last of Us Part II", "Spider-Man 2" and the
>"Horizon Zero Dawn" all demanded an account be made if you wanted to
>play.
>
>Needless to say customers were not happy (I know I wasn't) and
>apparently it's had enough of an effect on sales that Sony has changed
>its mind: if all your interested in is the single-player game, you can
>now enjoy these games without the account.
>
>     [It probably helped that there were mods that disabled 
>      the requirement as well]
>
>You'll still need an account if you want achievements or multiplayer,
>though. Not great, but an acceptable compromise. So good on Sony for
>listening to its customers for once (although who knows if they'll
>keep listening, or if they'll suddenly add the requirement back in
>some future update.)
>
>While none of the affected games were on my 'must buy' list, they all
>were on my, "maybe get when they're cheap enough, because why not?'
>list... or would have been if not for that requirement. But now that
>it's gone, I guess I can add them all back onto the wishlist. 
>
>Give your customers what they want and you get more money. It's a
>radical idea for a corporation to try. Do you think it will catch on?
>

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Zag

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