Sony removes PlayStation account requirement from 4 single-player Steam games
arstechnica.com
In-game goodies still provide incentives even though the requirement is gone.

Sony’s game publishing arm has done a 180-degree turn on a controversial policy of requiring PC players to sign in with PlayStation accounts for some games, according to a blog post by the company.

Sony hasn’t lost hope that players will still go ahead and use a PlayStation account, though, as it’s tying several benefits to signing in.

The change is a major about-face for a handful of single-player titles after Sony faced considerable backlash from many angry PC players about the PlayStation account requirement to play the games.

  • Rekorse@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    12 hours ago

    They were trying to either profit off the data collection directly or use it to increase future sales or improve marketing.

    They tried the stick, which was you can’t launch the game without an account, when they should have used the carrot instead, which would be giving in game bonuses for logging in and willingly giving them your data.

    Also part of the problem is that Sony does make good games, and has for a while. They are games people want to play so that makes it more frustrating.