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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
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Subject: Re: Sony Backs Down
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2025 00:10:04 -0000 (UTC)
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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 01:08 this Thursday (GMT):
>
> 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?


My opinion is that more companies are definitely going to TRY and get
you to make an account, at least. It seems like the perfect way to
"subtly" convince PC goers to migrate to Playstation, because "oh you
already have an account, why NOT try out playstation?" and "look at all
these benefits you're missing out on by having an account with no
playstation" and other assorted email spam.
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